Owen TenBrook Music

08/28/2025

What a fun day celebrating 10 years of RiverCity Rock Star Academy in Salem, Oregon! I still remember back when I joined the Woodstock Rockers program in senior year of high school 2018, and it changed my life! Now I’ve been working here as a staff member for nearly 2 years in my first ever real job and I’m so grateful for getting to make more memories with some of the coolest students and fellow faculty/staff this side of the Willamette!

07/31/2025

Happy Birthday to the greatest guitarist of our generation! Rock on, Andrew!

07/22/2025

Memory Eternal, Prince Of Darkness. Mama, he’s coming home. Sad to hear he finally gave up his spirit just weeks after his farewell concert, but at least his suffering and health afflictions are finally over.😢🙏🏻🤘✝️

07/06/2025

The Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath concert livestream was amazing beyond what words can give it credit! Love how every band covered a Sabbath or Ozzy song to pay tribute. And Tom Morello’s all-star jam group performance had some great highlights including (to my obvious delight) a 3 way drum battle between Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Travis Barker from Blink-182, and Danny Carey from Tool! Other highlights included Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins singing Judas Priest’s “Breaking The Law” with founding guitarist KK Downing, former Ozzy backing musicians Rudy Sarzo and Jake E. Lee being part of the performance, Sammy Hagar singing Ozzy’s “Flying High Again”, and a surprise comeback performance by Steven Tyler after Aerosmith canceled its farewell tour due to Steven’s larynx troubles!

I’m so happy and thankful that Ozzy got this chance to not only play the final show in his solo career he was so determined and hopeful to have, but that he got to share it with his OG Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward for a farewell performance by them as well in their hometown of Birmingham (England, not Alabama). They still got it! It’s great too they were supported by all the bands and artists they either grew up with or influenced as the forefathers of heavy metal! And I pray all four of them will have an easy time transitioning to life after the concert stage to spend time with their families. Particularly for Ozzy, I pray he’ll be able to continue to fight his Parkinson’s and that he’ll be able to record more new music now that he doesn’t have to play live anymore.

Other highlights from the other bands? Metallica’s whole set, just the whole thing (I loved “Battery” transitioning into “Master Of Puppets” so seamlessly)! Halestorm’s whole set too and Lzzy’s powerful voice! Pantera performing their version of Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan” during their set. Lamb Of God covering “Children Of The Grave.” Jack Black’s and Fred Durst’s pre-recorded renditions of “Mr. Crowley” and “Changes,” respectively. Guns N Roses did four Sabbath covers before launching into “Welcome To The Jungle” and “Paradise City.” Jason Momoa made a great MC and hype man for the concert!

Overall, concert was a total 11/10! All tribute concerts should be structured like this from this point forth!

05/16/2025

04/20/2025

Zak Starkey’s NOT getting fired! Yeah, baby!

04/17/2025

Hey, why don’t I apply to be The Who’s next drummer? I know plenty of Keith’s classic parts, I got the energy, and I have enough youth and s***k that I can argue back at Roger if he thinks I’m too loud!😂

03/26/2025

So thankful and blessed to have helped out these amazingly talented teens in the Royals group at RiverCity as an instructor on drums for their show playing the whole Ziggy Stardust album! They brought the house down, as this photo from the show will hopefully display!

Special thanks to Make Music Salem for sponsoring the show, The Historic Grand Theatre in Salem for hosting us, and the string players from the Salem Orchestra who helped play the string arrangements from the album for the show!

03/01/2025

AI has gone too far. Now, it’s replacing real art. Here’s hoping enough voices speak out that the UK doesn’t pass this law.

01/02/2025

We love James Hetfield!

During a recent show in Brazil, singer James Hetfield served up a emotional moment with the crowd, speaking of his insecurities
"I've gotta tell you I wasn't feeling very good before I came out here. [I was] feeling a little bit insecure, like I'm an old guy, [I] can't play anymore — all this bu****it that I tell myself in my head," explained the singer. "So I talked to these guys, and they helped me — as simple as that. They gave me a hug and said, 'Hey, if you're struggling onstage, we've got your back.' And I tell you, it means the world to me."
After Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo left their respective places on the stage to join Hetfield in a group hug, the singer added, "And seeing you out there, I… I am not alone. I am not alone, and neither are you."
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We love you James

12/11/2024

The UK has set the ball in the court. Now, it’s America’s turn! Let’s get legislation like this to support local and independent venues and stop Live Nation from further putting barriers on getting into the live music industry.

The UK government has responded to calls for a strict deadline for their plans to introduce a new ticket levy which will support grassroots music venues.

09/12/2024

The professor!

Happy Birthday to the late Neil Peart