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Rock on the Range has rapidly become the biggest sort of European-style festival in the U.S., and there are more that are building quickly as well, which is great!  The chance to go to one place and be able to experience so many bands in a short amount of time, covering all different kinds of rock and metal is something the U.S. has been way behind Europe. One of the bands on the main stage during

A couple of the bands that had originally been scheduled to play Rock on the Range 2014 had to pull out of the festival.  Sadly, Motorhead was one of them.  Lemmy's had a lot of health issues this last year or so, and they're taking things a little slow so he can get better...

The final day of Rock on the Range 2014 was much warmer and less rainy than days one and two, which a lot of people really enjoyed!  The bands loved the weather, but really enjoyed the thousands of people that crowded their stages and partied really hard with them on Sunday, May 18th!  The crowd showed no signs of slowing down on the third full day of shows, and crowd-surfed and moshed all day! Re

Nothing More came through town recently with Chevelle (check out the video), and if you missed them, they will be coming back to town in September with Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat.  They also rocked it hard this weekend at Rock on the Range 2014!  They kicked off their set on the Ernie Ball stage with one of my favorite songs, "Christ Copyright", from their new album, Nothing Mor

You've heard the songs on WGRD, first "Fire, Fire" and, most recently, "Nothing Left to Lose" from this great British band called Heaven's Basement.  You've even checked out their live acoustic performance here at WGRD from a few weeks ago.  (You have checked them out, right?) Now, check out what Heaven's Basement can do in front of several thousand crazy fans at Rock on the Ra

Alter Bridge hit the stage in one of their last performances before Myles hits the road this summer with Slash, and Mark begins more work on his next solo Tremonti CD.   They roared onto the main stage at Rock on the Range with their huge song, "Addicted to Pain", and got the crowd riled up and ready for their set of great song after great song! Myles sounded amazing, and Mark ripped out

Trivium literally destroyed singer Matt Heafy's voice at Rock on the Range this weekend.  Trivium hit the main stage with a heavy set, filled with great songs like "Brave This Storm", "Black", "Built to Fall" and more. The news has just come out that the band has to cancel the rest of their shows for the next couple weeks so Matt can rest his throat after their ROTR p

We As Human is a great band from Nashville, and they rocked the Ernie Ball stage at Rock on the Range 2014 on Saturday, May 17th!   The guys should be familiar to 'GRD listeners, as we had them in the studio for an acoustic performance the day they opened for Skillet here in Grand Rapids in March.   Great guys, fantastic band! Check out the band kicking off their set at Rock on the Range with thei

The Pretty Reckless are sitting pretty with one of the biggest songs of the year right now, "Heaven Knows", and they came to Rock on the Range to show why they're so big right now!   They hit the Ernie Ball stage with the song "Follow Me Down", and Taylor Momsen showed the sold out crowd exactly how good the band really is.

Adelitas Way has a new album called Stuck coming out very soon, and you can hear the first song from it, "Dog on a Leash" right here on WGRD.  And this weekend, Adelita's Way rocked the main stage at Rock on the Range! They came right out of the gate with a great song from their last album, Home School Valedictorian, called "The Collapse"!  Check it out, and then check out more

Sunday night, day 3 of Rock on the Range was a great time for Five Finger Death Punch to hit the stage for their blistering set in Columbus, OH.  They hit the stage right before Kid Rock, and the crowd went absolutely nuts for the band, singing along, crowd surfing, and moshing during the entire set! They cranked through a lot of songs during their set, including "Burn MF", "Bad Com

Of the 60 or so bands at the 2014 Rock on the Range, Kyng is a great, heavy band with a great throwback set of sound on their albums.  The songs don't sound old and slow, and come across crushingly live. Check them out, opening their set at Rock on the Range 2014.