Opening band Scar City were hit with an unfortunate blow just before going on stage, their guitarist (who was present) felt too unwell to be able to play the set. To be hit with this blow last minute would throw the best of bands, but with some tweaks to the …
Read More »Tracer with Cage The Gods – Scala, London – 10th June 2013
Tracer returned to our shores this week for the first of two visits this year and, having waded our way through the confusion of the Kings Cross station re-development (there’s a different way to go every time we come here) we headed across to the second night of their headline …
Read More »Joe Bonamassa – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London – 27th March 2013
Billed as the “guitar event of the year”, Joe Bonamassa was back this week to trace his London gigging footsteps through venues of increasing size since 2006; starting at The Borderline on 26th March, followed by Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 27th, Hammersmith Apollo on 28th and The Royal Albert Hall …
Read More »Seven Deadly – Interview with H Virdee, Rob Hicks and Archie Wilson
As their first full UK tour supporting Breed 77 drew to a close, we took the opportunity to speak to imembers of Seven Deadly, managing to catch up with guitarist H Virdee (first speaker) and drummer Rob Hicks, both formerly of Panic Cell, before we were also joined by singer …
Read More »Breed 77 – Interview with Pedro Capparos López
As they hit their adopted home town on their headline tour, we caught up with Breed 77’s guitarist Pedro Capparos López on their tour bus, ahead of the show and the relaease of thier new album ‘The Evil Inside’ to talk about everything from using Pledge Music to dirty finger …
Read More »Breed 77 + Left Unscarred + For the Imperium + Seven Deadly – The Garage, London – 13th March 2013
Flamenco-metal is what we have come to enjoy tonight, but not before we have taken the time to check out the other three bands on tonight’s bill at The Garage. First up are Seven Deadly, a melodic thrash metal band. There are some familiar faces of metal in this …
Read More »Shai Hulud – Reach Beyond the Sun
“Welcome to a new age” declare Shai Hulud. A new age it might be but this band are old hands and show us in the opening lines of this new album the very sound that has gone on to influence so many of today’s bands. Despite their absence in recent …
Read More »Stone Sour – photos from the Brixton Academy gig, 10th December 2012
On 10th December, Stone Sour played a headline show at Brixton academy. Below are some photos from the gig. %%wppa%% %%slide=534%%
Read More »Papa Roach – photos from the Brixton Academy gig, 10th December 2012
On 10th December, Papa Roach played Brixton academy supporting Stone Sour. Below are some photos from the gig. %%wppa%% %%slide=535%%
Read More »Night By Night Reveal New Vocalist at The 100 Club
A change of any band member is always hard, but somehow seems harder when it is the singer, the front man of the band. Some bands manage this well and others do not, thankfully for us, Night By Night are one of the former. Warning us that their set was …
Read More »Doro photos, The Garage, London, 20th Nov 2012
Pictures taken at the Doro concert at The Garage in London on the 20th November 2012.
Read More »Heaven’s Basement – Electric Ballroom, London – 15/11/12
Hot off supporting Halestorm on their sold out UK and Europe tour, Heaven’s Basement have barely taken a breath before joining Seether on their tour. Tonight is the first of the UK dates and Heaven’s Basement leap onto the stage fresh footed and raring to go and with ‘Unbreakable’ we …
Read More »The Temperance Movement – 100 Club, London – 9/11/12
Having only discovered The Temperance Movement a couple of weeks earlier, it was with eager excitement, that I headed down to London’s legendary 100 Club. Opening with the first track on their EP, I was in no doubt from the initial words and notes that I was hearing and watching …
Read More »Jettblack interview with Tom Wright
We caught up with Jettblack’s bassist Tom Wright on the penultimate night of their first UK headline tour at Camden Underworld to promote their second album ‘Raining Rock’ released earlier this year. Hear his answers to the questions that had not been pre-approved by his manager! …
Read More »Interview with Seeb from Orden Ogan
Interview with Seeb from Orden Ogan
Read More »Jake Bugg, Secret Gig at the Queen of Hoxton, London – September 13th 2012
They say the music business is about who you know and not what you know and on this occasion that rang true as I happened to know the right person to get me in and to him I am very grateful. Jake Bugg is a name if you have not …
Read More »Jake Bugg photos, Queen of Hoxton, London 13/9/12
Some of the photos that I took at Jake Bugg's secret gig at the Queen of Hoxton in London on September 13th 2012
Read More »