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Stone Sour shakes up the Midland
It was loud. It was crazy, and… it was sold out. The popular band Stone Sour, from Des Moines came to Kansas City to do what it does best, play hard rock hard. The $9.89 tickets made it imperative to attend this hardcore experience at the Midland. From teenage girls dressed up like vampires to shirtless, tattooed guys wearing creepy masks, the crowd covered a wide range of ethnicities and ages, all coming together for a one-night-only rave-like show where the music was the only thing that mattered. Almost everyone in the crowd had a beer in one hand, while the other hand was up in the air with a rock’n-roll sign or a middle finger pointing to the back of the theater. Stone Sour walked onstage at 10 p.m. after a great opening … Read entire article »
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concert preview: Stone Sour to play in Kansas City
The Midland opens its doors once again to hard rock and metal lovers this Wed., Jan. 30. The internationally acclaimed band, “Stone Sour,” will be performing a one-night-only show. Front man Corey Taylor, best known for his work with Slipknot, and the rest of the Des Moines, Iowa crew will be presenting “House of Gold & Bones, Part I.” This is their latest full-length release, which came out late last year. The band has sold over four million records worldwide and the video for the first single off its latest release, “Absolute Zero,” has surpassed half a million views online. Stone Sour will be in Kansas City, having just been named “Rock Band of the Year” by the reputable online magazine, Loudwire. 98.9 The Rock presents Stone Sour in Kansas City and tickets … Read entire article »
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album review: Stone Sour provides what works, but not what’s new
It only takes the first 38 seconds of “House of Gold & Bones Part I” to realize it was recorded for a can of Monster. Take for example how the first lyrics heard are “No one’s laughing now” repeated twice followed by “I’m sullen and sated and you can’t put a price on me” all while presented in the tried and true painful howl of the dark-rock lead singer. Some bands have taken this idea to speak from a deep well of inner pain to build up their own creative lyrical intensity, but in the song “Gone Sovereign” it feels much too forced, and more so than the rest of the album. It’s similar in the following song “Absolute Zero” in which the chorus begins with the lyrics “I can bleed if … Read entire article »
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