Sounds of the Underground at the Starland Ballroom Parking Lot
Sounds of the Underground at the Starland Ballroom Parking Lot: July 15, 2006 Sounds of The Underground has strolled through Sayreville for the 2nd year in a row. In what is quickly becoming a better and more affordable summer festival, SOTU has in its short inception become the summer’s top Metal festival. Boasting a lineup [...]
This Is A MetalCore BBQ
Sounds of the Underground/ July 2, 2005/ Starland Ballroom Parking Lot The inaugural run for the Sounds of the Underground tour has gotten underway. Thousands of angst ridden teenagers have come to Sayerville for this all day affair. Its main purpose is to find a less expensive alternative to its metal rival, Ozzfest or its [...]
Hardcore Revival at The Starland Ballroom
Anon/The Autumn Offering/Bloodsimple/Candiria February 20th, 2005 Starland Ballroom My friends and I had 2 reasons for going to this show. The first being that I have wanted to see Bloodsimple since they started to play shows, but always seemed to miss them when they played around my way. And the fact that they had Tim [...]
A Touch of Irish
Dropkick Murphys/Blood for Blood/Only Crime/Blood or Whiskey@Starland Ballroom April 30, 2004 The Dropkick Murphys have always been a touring band. Always out on the road promoting a new album or even a new live DVD. To wrap up their tour, they decided to come out to lovely Sayerville, NJ and play for an evening, bringing [...]
A Night of Trustkill
Throwdown/Most Precious Blood/Walls of Jericho/25 Ta Life @ Krome, NJ: January 4, 2004 It seems as if every January and every July, Trustkill Records has a little string of shows to showcase their bands. I arrived a bit late, so I missed some of the local openers on the side and main stages, but got [...]