GRAMMY rock blogs

GRAMMY.com has a piece up that I wrote regarding my years of music-focused travel. Since it had to be edited down for length (I’ve been...

OK…before we even get to who won last night, I have to continue to express how exciting it was to have some hard rock/metal bands...

The GRAMMY week staple, Social Media Rock Stars Summit, was morphed into a new event this year deemed GRAMMY Connect.  Out at the YouTube Space...

My music education growing up was nearly non-existent.  A little Willie, a little Waylon, and a whole lot of western soundtracks broke the silence of...

It’s that time of year again! This will be my fifth time attending GRAMMY week as their Rock Community Blogger. That means, starting Tuesday night,...

1. The first GRAMMY for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance was given in 1988…and Jethro Tull won for “Crest of a Knave” over Metallica, AC/DC, Iggy...

“If life is but a dream, then wake me up.” Like the song “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”, from Queens of the Stone Age’s GRAMMY-nominated …Like...

I have never lost my appetite for new music as I’ve gotten older; my tastes may have sharpened, altered, and gone underground at times, but...

I wrote about this show for GRAMMY.com. My focus for the year in terms of live music is new stuff and bucket list bands. Morrissey...

My piece about the show for GRAMMY.com I went to 5 shows in a row this week- something that I rarely do anymore- and they...

This year marked my fourth year covering GRAMMY week as part of the Recording Academy’s Community Blogger program. With last year’s GRAMMYs being the most...

Read about it in my post on GRAMMY.com here and watch my red carpet interviews below!

I have this thing where I’m really attracted to stuff that both excites me and freaks me out. So when, this summer, my friends and...

I braved the rain for my first GRAMMY event of the season….Bon Jovi at the Paramount Backlot. You can read about it here.

I have a piece up on GRAMMY.com about the Alice Cooper show. I am forever challenged to keep my writing about bands to their small...

It was Halloween, and I was Lydia Deetz: I’ve already written about this Lamb of God set for the GRAMMY site, but here are a...

I wrote about The Darkness for the GRAMMY site…you can see the edited version of what’s below here. Haha. I’m standing at the front of...

You can find my show review on the GRAMMY site. On top of that, I’d like to crown Dallas, Texas with the award for scariest...

Hi. I’ve already got a piece up on GRAMMY.com about this…but it had to be edited down and there was just too much to say...

Read my post on GRAMMY.com here.

Read my piece about the show on GRAMMY.com here.

Read about the show on GRAMMY.com here.

“wish I was ocean size they cannot move you no one tries no one pulls you out from your hole like a tooth aching a...

It had been two years since I last went to the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. This time around, I would be there as the rock...

Every day should start with someone knocking on your door to do hair and makeup. I’d never really had this kind of treatment done for...

The Clive Davis party is one of the most exclusive nights in music….so me being there feels weird all on its own. But nothing….NOTHING…will ever...

Being on the red carpet of an event as exclusive as the MusiCares Person of the Year benefit is beyond surreal. When someone you’ve known...

This being my third year covering GRAMMY week, one of my favorite events is the Social Media Rock Star Summit. It feels very contemporary, and...

Artist: Dream Theater Nominated track: “On the Backs of Angels” from their 2011 release A Dramatic Turn of Events HardRockChick: What is it about your...

Artist: Sum 41 Nominated track: “Blood In My Eyes” from their 2011 release Screaming Bloody Murder HardRockChick: What is it about your nominated work that...

I knew this was going to be one of the most action-packed, geeky, and start-studded days of my life…and the energy was pulsing through me...

There’s been one thing that has remained completely consistent on this blog since it started five years ago, and that’s my focus on the live...

My GRAMMY week was kicked off in style- with a dress up event celebrating beauty and music. I started the evening at a metal show,...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it...

I’ve got two words for you: Sunset Strip. What comes to mind? Somewhere in the plethora of imagery that these two words evoke for me...

By the end of it I decided that I will never do rail at a big show again. After years in the front lines of...

Last summer was the “summer of my discontent“. This summer, I am intent on making it my own. To do that, I am relocating to...

When your hobby begins to take more and more time and you don’t get paid for it but you treat it like a job, the...

We had approximately 30 minutes between the Pre-Tel and the Telecast to run to the Social Media suite and recharge our phones/iPads and ourselves. This...

Last year’s GRAMMY Pre-Tel was one of the surprise highlights of my GRAMMY adventure. On paper, it looks really boring: 100 some odd categories including...

The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala is one of the hottest tickets of the year. Beyond the star-studded guest list, the party is know for its...

My first event to cover as the Rock community blogger for the GRAMMYs- my second year in this role- was the highly anticipated Social Media...

I was sitting in my room at my parent’s house in Texas writing this review at about 2am when an email popped up from someone...

The Best Alternative Music Album went to Phoenix, who were one happy little bunch of Frenchmen going up to accept their award. I’ve never thought...

It was a pretty good year for Rock at the GRAMMYs. In brushing up on my GRAMMY knowledge over the course of this experience, I’ve...

After leaving the Pre-Tel, I had about a 30 minute window before the climax of the weekend, the real deal live TV awards show, was...

I didn’t know what dress I was going to wear until the last minute. I brought options…none expensive, none extravagant, just cute simple dresses with...

As my cab pulled up to the Wilshire Ebell theater again, I saw a long line wrapped around the building, and the sidewalk was actually...