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Paramus Metal Stalwart Dan Lorenzo Surprises on New Single

At first, we didn’t think it was the same guy from Hades, Non-Fiction, Cass King and Patriarchs In Black on new single “I’m One Again.” But hell yeah, with horns upraised, it’s guitarist/songwriter Dan Lorenzo, our favorite metal dude from Paramus. So we asked him to explain.

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Dave Stryker Releases New Album, ‘Prime’

Guitarist/Composer/Producer/Educator (Montclair State University) Dave Stryker, 65, has released 32 albums in 35 years. Prime is the first with his working trio of the last 12 years, his fine-tuned machine.

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Patriarchs In Black Cover Led Zeppelin’s “Friends”

There’s a human keg of dynamite that came out of Paramus High School in Bergen County. Hades and Non-Fiction may be the two bands that cemented Dan Lorenzo’s rep but the dude’s a renaissance man of major-league proportions. Last summer, Reach For The Scars by Patriarchs In Black melted walls. Now comes “Friends,” a Led Zeppelin cover.

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