Chris Akin, author of CAUSE & EFFECT: MOTLEY CRUE and one half of THE CLASSIC METAL SHOW, will act as host of the three day hard rock festival known as MELODIC ROCK FEST 5 at the Home Bar in Arlington Heights, IL on May 4-6, 2018.
The festival will features rare US performances by Crazy Lixx, FM, Boulevard, H.E.A.T. and more to be announced.
While attending the event, Chris Akin will be doing a book signing each day for his books CAUSE & EFFECT: MOTLEY CRUE, CAUSE & EFFECT: METALLICA, CALL ME CHRIS and LITTLE VICTORIES.
The Classic Metal Show, featuring Chris Akin and co-host Wendell Neeley, can be heard every Saturday live from 9pm to 3am EST at www.theclassicmetalshow.com.
For over 20 years, Chris Akin has been a larger and louder than life character in the media of one of the countries most major markets – Cleveland, Ohio. Chris has held a myriad of positions in the Cleveland media. He got his start in the media writing for the biggest free music and entertainment magazine in Cleveland – SCENE Magazine. Additionally, he was a regular contributor for magazines such as the short-lived BUZZARD BONE, the online zine BLOGCRITICS and Chicago’s MIDWEST BEAT, to name a few. Never being satisfied, Chris soon decided that he would expand past those projects and start his own magazine. So he started MUSIC’S BOTTOM LINE; a no-bullshit magazine that challenged the Cleveland print medium to keep up as it became the most respected publication for pure music coverage. While the other magazines in town focused on selling advertising, MUSIC’S BOTTOM LINE kept it’s bottom line focused on music.
At the same time, Chris took to the radio to become one of the most acknowledged and feared radio hosts in Cleveland. Hosting THE METAL SHOW on Cleveland’s biggest radio station, 100.7 WMMS and then later at 92.3 WXRK, Chris found incredible success on the strength of testing every boundary that program directors, the FCC and just common decency would allow. Regularly in trouble with station management, but more beloved for their hard hitting style, THE METAL SHOW took the Cleveland Metal Scene by storm for well over a decade. Still, Chris needed more, so he went to the internet where his rebellious ways could go unchallenged, joining THE CLASSIC METAL SHOW and converting the show from a mostly music program to a ferocious, attacking show that had no guilt about anything.
For more info head to www.chrisakinbooks.com
