This article covering the nightclub disaster in RI, is also a charming slice-of-life of a 37 year-old small-town metalhead.


"When he married in 1993, his wife made him take down the heavy metal posters. But after a painful divorce two years ago, his single friends began inviting him to nightclubs where they still played the music that he had listened to as a teen-ager"


"In the weeks before the show, Travis had his eight Great White albums on heavy rotation in his truck's CD player."


"A friend was supposed to join him. But the friend's jaw was wired shut from a bar brawl. "