West Michigan’s great weekend thaw was accompanied by face-melting shows covering rock in all its many forms from Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo. Check out the photo galleries at Local Spins.
“Hero”: Brian Vander Ark and The Verve Pipe electrified a 20 Monroe Live audience on Saturday. (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
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For 20 Monroe Live’s second birthday on Saturday, fans packed the downtown Grand Rapids venue for the return of Michigan alt-rock faves The Verve Pipe, who didn’t disappoint.
Album-Release: Max Lockwood at The Pyramid Scheme. (Photo/Local Spins)
The high-energy musical celebration that included an opening set by Grand Rapids’ Americana/rock band Brother Elsey left the enthused audience amped up and reveling in the Michigan-bred lineup.
That was just part of a sizzling music weekend that accompanied the “great thaw” after several brutal days of ridiculously frigid temperatures, snow, ice and treacherous driving.
There were album-release shows (Max Lockwood, How to Live Together, Bermudas), tributes to Gibson guitars, some classic Styx tunes and more.
Local Spins photographers were on had to capture some of that action, so let’s let the images do the talking.
PHOTO GALLERY: The Verve Pipe, Brother Elsey at 20 Monroe Live (SATURDAY)
Photos by Anthony Norkus
PHOTO GALLERY: How to Live Together, Bermudas, hi-ker at The Pyramid Scheme (SATURDAY)
Photos by Katy Batdorff
PHOTO GALLERY: The Crane Wives, Joshua Powell at The Pyramid Scheme (FRIDAY)
Photos by Katy Batdorff
