Bands Crossing Genres on Bills — Now & Then
Go back to the ‘60s and ‘70s and look at the old flyers.Santana Chicago FoghatOr:Aerosmith The J. Geils Band Ten Years After New Riders of the Purple SageThose bills were wild. Rock. Blues. Psychedelic. Country-rock. All on one stage. Promoters like Bill Graham were known for mixing it up.Genre purity wasn’t the point.Energy was.Fast forward to now.You’ve got:Anthrax Black Label Society ExodusStill crossing lanes within subgenres. Thrash. Groove. Classic heavy metal. Same night. Same room.But here’s the bigger question:Can those kinds of bills survive in casinos?It comes down to risk.Band…
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