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Tag: 90’s Rock

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Rob Hoffman Bands, Live Music, Real life, Writing 90's Rock, making music, Music in your 40'sLeave a Comment on The Afghan Whigs, 40 Years, and the Band That Made Me Want to Write

The Afghan Whigs, 40 Years, and the Band That Made Me Want to Write

The Afghan Whigs, 40 Years, and the Band That Made Me Want to Write

Published by Rob Hoffman – Down on Jane Last Saturday night I stood in Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale with Tom, Scott,

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September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 Rob Hoffman Bands, Guitar Playing, Home Studio Recording, Writing 90's Rock, making music, recording studios, Starting a Band

The Cliff – When a Song Became a Life Story

The Cliff – When a Song Became a Life Story

There are moments in life that carve themselves so deeply into memory they never leave. For Jeff and his at the time

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August 8, 2025August 20, 2025 Rob Hoffman Guitar Playing, Live Music, Local Music 2000's rock, 90's Rock, Pittsburgh Music Scene, Starting a Band

When Contrast Makes Chemistry

When Contrast Makes Chemistry

There’s something electric that happens when two bands who have no business being on the same bill share the stage and make

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August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 Rob Hoffman Live Music, Local Music 2000's rock, 90's Rock, All American Rathskeller, Crowbar, guitar playing, Penn State, State College

Where We Used to Stand: Down On Jane Plays Penn State

Where We Used to Stand: Down On Jane Plays Penn State

Tom and I lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Beaver Avenue with another guy named Anthony during our time at Penn State.

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July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Rob Hoffman Guitar Playing, Live Music, Local Music, Writing 2000's rock, 90's Rock, making music, recording studios, tonic studios

Sunday Morning Soul: Recording at Soundscape Studios in the Early 2000s

Sunday Morning Soul: Recording at Soundscape Studios in the Early 2000s

Back in the early 2000s—before it became known as Tonic—an unassuming building on a busy stretch of road in McKeesport was home

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July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 Rob Hoffman Live Music, Writing 90's Rock, David Gilmour, Fender Stratocaster, Grunge Rock, Madison Square Garden, Pearl Jam, Pink FLoyd

From the Studio to the Soul: How David Gilmour and Pearl Jam Reignited My Musical Fire

From the Studio to the Soul: How David Gilmour and Pearl Jam Reignited My Musical Fire

I don’t play clubs anymore. I had my time in my twenties—hauling amps up staircases, sweating through late sets in smoky bars,

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