Tribute Bands Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The dream tour of 2019 features a McDonald’s-theme Black Sabbath tribute band plus a metal band based on The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders

I am soooooo in for this. Mac Sabbath is an LA-based Black Sabbath tribute act whose members dressed up as

One day, we’ll turn on the news and hear nothing about Brexit. One day… Meanwhile, this is music news for

[This was my weekly column for Global News. – AC] Normally, the goal of the tribute band is to provide

[Current intern-in-residence Dorothy Lee has come up with another list for us. She gets an A+ for “strange.” – AC]

There was a time not that long ago that common wisdom was that women couldn’t rock. Their job was to

This was the day of the great 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. It wasn’t the Big One, but it

Once upon a time, in the dark, dark ages of the 1970s, it was generally agreed that women could not

More proof that the Beatles are the most universally-loved band in the history of music. From The Telegraph (via Tom).

How much money is there being in a tribute band? A lot–if you do it right. From Pricenomics: When Henry

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver