Up-and-coming rock
Paul Green�s school of rock

Anyone who loves music also loves discovering new artists before the Enquirer finds them shoplifting or with drug addictions. Paul Green�s School of Rock is one place to score a first glimpse of up-and-comers. The School is the original performance-based rock music school founded in 1998 in Philadelphia, and it�s supposedly the inspiration for last year�s Jack Black film, too. The kids have played hundreds of concerts over the years, as the premise of the program is to get students good enough to put them on stage in front of as many people possible. The kids are doing a west coast tour�17 shows in 16 days. Sounds brutal, but that�s how you prep for rock stardom, I guess. And this is no recital of fragile tunes for grandmas; the students will execute a two-hour show of classic rock hits. One kid to watch is CJ, a 14-year-old Eddy Van Halen on guitar.
Monday, August 16, 7:30 p.m. $12.50, Big Easy.