A Tampa Bay Icon! Responsible for breaking some of the largest bands ever as well as definning an entire genre of music dominted over the decades with Jim and Tom Morris' musical playing and engineering prowess, it all starts here!
Charlie Logan
D.J.'ing at Tampa Bay's 95YNF Charlie Logan instantly connected the local talent to the people with shows like Radio Clash, ultimately leading him to become program director, eventually furthuring his career path as PD at SiriusXM
Savatage
Formed in Tampa Bay originally as Metropolis, then Avatar. Savatage emerged out of these ashes only to reamerge again as Tran Siberian Orchestra
Iced Earth
Formed in Tampa Bay by Jon Schaffer, originally as The Rose, then Purgatory, in 1989 they released their first Iced Earth Demo, "Enter the Realm" and the rest as they say is history as Schaffer and Hanzi teamed up for Demons & Wizards
Uncle Sally
Jeff Dyer's Uncle Sally is a musical force to be reconed with, not only is he a super talented no ego musician but he also devoted his off hours promoting other bands as a VJ for Metal Masters
Seven Kingdoms
Sprouting wings out of DeLand Florida this power metal band has made their mark on the music scene with souring female vocalist and shredding guitars
Stone Nomads
The sons of Sabbath, raised in the Texas fields of doom, we are STONE NOMADS... Experience an amalgamation of Doom, Southern Sludge, and all things Metal on a stoned out Sabbath trip...
Formed in Texas as a Heay, Sludgy Doom inspired Metal band.
Psychotic Waltz
Starting out as the band "Aslan" based on a name from a charater from the Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe, chnging it due to another band of the same name they became "Psycotic Waltz" in 1988
Ayreon
Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Areon is pure musical genius combining multiple led talents on each album. The music is eclecic power metal at its core combining music of all walks of life
Stranger
Heralding from Thunder Bay F.L.A., the Stranger Band known for Florida Rock & Roll, establishing their own genre of music and fan base. Hits include Swamp Woman, 3D, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Thunder Bay and so many more!
Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids
Miami's Shock Rocker Marilyn Manson got a huge break with his "Live in Hell" 1992 Demo Cassette Tape, recorded live at Morrisound Studios and Broadcast live over the Tampa Bay Airwaves via Charlie Logan's Radio Clash
Mark Christopher Garrett
Instrumentalist and rock vocalist often compared to as a cross between Tangerine Dream and Pink Floyd as Mark Christopher Garrett's music takes you on a journey to far off places in your minds eye hince his monicur IIIrd Eye and Cyclops
Circle II Circle
Founded by Savatage vocalist Zachary Stevens and featuring the writting of Jon Oliva & Criss Caffery, band members also consisted of talent from Dr. Butcher and Jon Oliva's Pain
Ashes of Ares
Power Metal Band formed by ex Ice Earth vocacalist Matt Barrlow as well as Freddie Vidales, and had ft. Van Williams of Nevemore Recorded at Morrisound Studios Tampa Florida
Demons & Wizards
Surging poower metal band founded by Ice Earth founding member and guitarist Jon Schaffer and vocalist Hanzi of Blind Guardian
St. Warren
Formaly "Brij" and now known simply just as "The Warren Bros". St. Warren were a Tampa Bay staple playing anywhere and everywhere they could, eventually making it big writting hit songs for Country artist Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Tobie Keith and many others.
Bleeding Hearts
Straight out of Boston,Bleeding hearts took Tampa Bay over like a storm with their agressive rock and Earl Footes uncann stage presence. They received regular air play on the local rock stations for a couple of tracks off their debut "Loaded Gun"
Arazmo
Guitar maistruoso Dave Arazmo and vocal extroidenair Warren Buckinghan were a tour de force of party rock bringing with it that arena rock mentality with complex catchy guitar riffs and solos and glass crystalI creamy screams making Arazmo a band that brings a smile to your face!
Secret Service
Vocal gymnastics master Steve Gruden shows off his super talented vocal prowess backed with phenominal song writting and excellent production making it an instant must listen for any musician or want to be singer as Steve set the bar that still has not been broken to this day
Heartless
Formally "Juliet", Heartless reamerged out of the ashes like a phoenix taking Tampa Bay by surprise with their polished classic hard rock chops.
Deloris Telescope
St Petersburg Florida's trio of delight as you never knew what ou were going to get at each live show as Kaci Ross is a great showman, musician, and commedian all rolled up into one exceptional musical experiance I
Dr. Butcher
Chris Caffery's pet project enlisting fellow Savatage member Jon Oliva to collaborate on what ended up being some of the best metal ever, due to tragic circumstances this band never came into fruitinon on its own but amalgamated into Circle II Circle & JOP (Jon Olia's Pain)
Spirits of Fire
Chris Caffery's new "Super Group" signed to Frontiers Music and has featured ex Iced Earth and Judas Priest vocalist Tim the Ripper Owens now replaced with Rhapsody of Fire's vocalist Fabio Lione
Crimson Glory
Legends, nuff said
Jon Oliva's Pain
Writting with guitarist Matt Laport (Circle II Circle, Midnight) Jon Oliva was at last writting the way he used to in the earlier days of Savatage diving into the archives and pulling out unreleased works he and Criss had worked on to finally finish them
Midnight
After leaving Crimson Glory to find himself Midnight released some of the most profound music put on master tape, his heartfelt pain and emotion come through sharply as does his compassion and love all making for great music