DEVO: STILL DE-EVOLVING, STILL PUNK AF!
By John Johnson, photos by Allison Davis In the seventies there were only a few places that one could watch live music on television. Of…
Author: John Johnson
John is a Tampa native and an immensely passionate music lover. He’s currently the Creative Director for PDQ Chicken, and in the past worked as lead designer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, receiving a 2002 Super Bowl ring. As Art Director for Big 3 Records, he created art for Cheap Trick (Rockford and Sargent Peppers album covers), Stryper and Jon Secada among others. With his two children in college, he has more time to attend concerts with his wife of 30 years. His love for his hometown of Tampa, is only surpassed by his admiration of a diverse range of musical styles.
TWO OUTTA THREE AIN’T BAD – DEEP, LYNCH MOB AND DOKKEN AT FERG’S
By John Johnson. photos by Chaz Dykes When I was offered the chance to review the Dokken with Lynch Mob show at Ferg’s I was…
SWEAT, SYNTH, AND SORE KNEES AT THE TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL
By John Johnson, photos by Chaz Dykes Everyone has their favorite decade of music and they typically consider their particular preferred decade to also be…
TOM DEGEORGE: THE HEART OF CROWBAR, WILL GO ON
By John Johnson, Photos by Chaz Dykes Crowbar. Nestled at the corner of 8th Avenue and 17th Street in the heart of Historic Ybor City.…
CANADIAN ICONS ROCK THE AMP – TRIUMPH AND APRIL WINE INVADE TAMPA
By John Johnson, photos by Chaz Dykes of Chaz D Photography The clouds hanging over MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater looked like they had bad intentions all afternoon. Every weather app I checked seemed convinced Tampa was about to get swallowed by a much needed, but ill-timed downpour. Ponchos were out, nervous glances toward the sky […]
APRIL WINE IS BACK (FINALLY) – A CHAT WITH BRIAN GREENWAY
By John Johnson [ Triumph: The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded Tour April Wine & Triumph Sun. May 24th – 8PM MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre…
A TRIUMPH-ANT RETURN – A CHAT WITH GIL MOORE OF TRIUMPH
By John Johnson [ Triumph: The Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded Tour April Wine, Triumph Sun. May 24th – 8PM MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Tickets…
JOURNEY’S END – THE FINAL FRONTIER AT BENCHMARK
By John Johnson, photos by Jeffrey Moellering Initially this concert was supposed to be covered by my usual cohort Chaz and I, then something came…
A ROCK SHOW FOR THE AGES – Bush, Mammoth and Opener at the Sound
By John Johnson, photos Chaz Dykes of Chaz D Photography I wanted to title this review James and the Mammoth Bush, but although funny to…