James DePaolo, Author at INFRARED MAGAZINE

Classic Album Review: ALICE COOPER ‘Muscle of Love’

December 17, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] Review – Muscle of Love will always be seen as the “forgotten” record by ALICE COOPER. It was in the middle of Billion Dollar Babies and Welcome to my Nightmare, which for […]

GOO GOO DOLLS 'A Boy Named Goo - 20th Anniversary Edition' - Cover Photo

New Music Review: GOO GOO DOLLS ‘A Boy Named Goo (20th Anniversary Edition)’

December 17, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] Review – 20 years ago, grunge was starting to fade away, nu-metal was peaking in the door and punk was seeing a pop resurgence thanks to bands like Rancid, Offspring and Green […]

New Music Review: RUSH ‘R40 Live’

December 6, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 8.0 text=true] REVIEW – No one was more excited for Rush going into the Hall of Fame than I was I feel. I feel Rush never really got the respect they deserved. They never had the […]

DOLL SKIN 'In Your Face - EP' - Cover Photo

New Music Review: DOLL SKIN ‘In Your Face – EP’

December 4, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 7.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – DOLL SKIN’s debut EP In Your Face is something special. This all female band based out of Arizona has an energy and passion that comes out of the speakers and commands that you pay […]

THE ORDER OF CHAOS 'Apocalypse Moon' - Cover Photo

New Music Review: THE ORDER OF CHAOS ‘Apocalypse Moon’

November 24, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – After a 3 year break THE ORDER OF CHAOS have returned with their best record to date. This monster just comes right out of the gates with The Anthem of Pain; this […]

New Music Review: DEF LEPPARD ‘Def Leppard’

November 23, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 4.0 text=true] REVIEW – How DEF LEPPARD is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is one of the biggest crimes. You can ask a million old school metal fans to name one record […]

VISION OF DISORDER 'Razed To The Ground' - Cover Photo

New Music Review: VISION OF DISORDER ‘Razed To The Ground’

November 23, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 9.0 text=”true”] REVIEW – I first discovered VISION OF DISORDER around the time of Imprint. While most metal fans seems to think that the band would never return to the high point of that release, I […]

Exclusive Interview: PHASES Lead Singer Z-Berg

November 17, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

Before you read this interview, a huge thank you is in order to the PR people at the label who made this possible. Another huge thank you to the lady herself Elizabeth Berg aka Z-Berg. […]

Movie Review: THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (6 DVD) by Time Life

November 8, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

[usr 10.0 text=true] It is that time of the year for most people, the holidays. I wanted to showcase something that just was re-released with bonus discs and a ton of extra content that the […]

New Music Review: PHASES ‘For Life’

October 27, 2015 James DePaolo Comments Off

Rating: 9 / 10 Stars PHASES is: Z Berg (vocals), Michael Runion (guitars), Alex Greenwald (bass), and Jason Boesel (drums) REVIEW – For people who miss THE LIKE, (they were a band that had 2 […]