{"id":2057,"date":"2016-02-14T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/music\/long-beach-band-rival-sons-rocks-the-forum\/"},"modified":"2016-02-14T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T00:30:00","slug":"long-beach-band-rival-sons-rocks-the-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/music\/long-beach-band-rival-sons-rocks-the-forum","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Band Rival Sons Rocks the Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-46731\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Rival_Sons_One.jpg\" alt=\"Rival Sons One\" width=\"620\" height=\"334\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Rival Sons on the L.A. Forum stage (L to R): \u00a0Touring keyboardist Todd Ogren-Brooks, bassist Dave Beste, drummer Michael Miley, vocalist Jay Buchanan, and guitarist Scott Holiday. Photos by Brett Bixby.\u00a0<\/em> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Long Beach&#8217;s own Rival Sons amped up its role as a rock &#8216;n roll torch-bearer, opening for Black Sabbath last Thursday night at L.A.&#8217;s iconic concert venue, the Forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Rival Sons will be the opening act on Sabbath&#8217;s farewell tour, <em>The End<\/em>, throughout 2016.\u00a0 After playing the United States, Europe and Australia, the two bands will return to L.A. on September 19 to play at another legendary venue, the Hollywood Bowl. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-46732\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Rival_Sons_Two.jpg\" alt=\"Rival Sons Two\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday night, Rival Sons followed in the Forum footsteps of Led Zeppelin, a band to which they&#8217;re often compared.\u00a0 Led Zep played blazing shows at the Forum in &#8217;72, &#8217;75 and &#8217;77. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Like Led Zeppelin, Rival Sons works quickly in the studio.\u00a0 The Sons&#8217; 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