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This has been one huge Pop Evil party weekend! First, Friday morning, Mayor Hartwell declared it Pop Evil Day for Grand Rapids, and it was also declared in Muskegon! The album came out at 10am, and then an amazing show happened at the Intersection with Aranda, and Red Sun Rising. But that's not the end of the Pop Evil festivities.

Aranda rocked Grand Rapids August 21 at the Intersection with Torrid, Red Sun Rising, and hometown rockers Pop Evil! Before the show Aranda stopped by WGRD to chat, hang out with GRD listeners, and play "One More Lie" live on the air!

Ghost is a cool band that you've been hearing on GRD, and they're about to release their third album, 'Meliora', on Friday! They're a Swedish band that hides their identities, only know as 'Papa Emeritus' and the 'Unnamed Ghouls'. They're on their third 'Papa Emeritus', even though it's the same singer, they change his look and alter-ego. It's a fun band, and they have a great throwback sound and

Trapt came to Grand Rapids on Tuesday, July 21st for a show a The Stache, and beforehand, they came by GRD to talk about their new album, being independent, new band members, touring, and play some acoustic songs!

Megadeth is in the studio, working on their 15th studio album, and you get photos and videos of the recording on their PledgeMusic page. It will be a few more months before it comes out, so in the meantime, enjoy this cool acoustic guitar percussion cover of their classic 'Killing is My Business...'!

The Temperance Movement are a great band from the UK, with members from London, Glasgow, and Australia, and they came to Grand Rapids to play a show Tuesday night at the Tip Top Deluxe Bar and Grille! Before the show, they stopped by WGRD to say hi and play a couple songs for us to get us ready for the show! Great guys, fantastic band! If you like good rock music with great harmony vocals, you're

Saturday night, Grand Rapids' own, Pop Evil returned home for a big show at The Intersection, with Islander, Letters from the Fire, Red Sun Rising, and Grand Rapids' own, Hurry Home!  All the bands kicked ass, getting the crowd rowdier and crazier as the night went on. Before the show even began, Islander came out to meet some GRD ticket winners, and play a few acoustic versions of some songs, inc

Godsmack is riding high on their new album 1000HP, and are working on more touring for 2015, so keep your eyes here for more information as we get it. Meanwhile, Sully has announced a series of solo shows for this coming December.  If you haven't seen him on his solo project live, it's really freaking cool.  He kicks things off with some cool acoustic versions of some Godsmack stuff, and then brin

Before their show with You Me at Six and Stars in Stereo, Young Guns came by the WGRD studios to talk about the band, the touring, and to play a few songs exclusively for us! They broke out the acoustic guitars and rocked a few of their songs, like their number one hit, "Bones", one of my favorites, "Meter and Verse", and their latest single, "I Want Out".

On Friday, the guys in You Me at Six came by the WGRD studios to play some songs acoustically for a few winners, and the GRD staff.  It was a great way to warm everyone up for the show on Friday night at the Stache with Young Guns, and Stars in Stereo. Meeting the guys from England was pretty cool, and they hung out with listeners, ate some lunch, and then talked to Janna about the tour and the ba

Nothing More is on the road with Sleepwave right now, and they blasted into Grand Rapids yesterday for a show at The Stache that was fantastic.  Check out some video proof here. Before the show, the guys in Sleepwave, Spencer and Steve, came to the WGRD studios to talk about the new band, their upcoming album, the tour...and to play some songs acoustically for the first time ever! We have the excl

Nothing More is a great band from Texas (my home state), and they came through town on Monday as one of the openers for the Chevelle show at The Orbit Room.  They also stopped by the station to meet some winners and play a couple songs for us in their special "acoustic" format. These guys do their acoustic thing a bit different from most.