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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
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Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
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Gig review: COLLATERAL – Leo’s, The Red Lion, Gravesend, Friday 4 September 2020
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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – The Victoria, Swindon, Thursday 27 August 2020
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Tag Archives: Wales
Gig review: HIGHWAY TO HELL – Classic Grand, Glasgow, 7 September 2014
I am sure that everyone is aware of the Hard Rock Hell franchise which includes the Hard Rock Hell festival, Hammerfest and Hard Rock Hell AOR/ Prog/ Blues weekends. On top of these events for the last five years Chic, … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th September 2014, Afterlife, Alice Cooper, Bad Behaviour, Chic, Classic Grand, gig, Glasgow, Hammerfest, Hard Rock Hell, Highway To Hell, metal glam, Off Yer Rocka recordings, Preston, review, rock, Simon Cowell, Steve Reilly, The Texas Flood, Tom Sawyer, Wales, X Factor
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Album review: MAN – All’s Well That Ends Well
Esoteric [Release date 17.02.14] Man’s ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ is a splendid reminder that there was still some great music being made just before punk hit the rock scene like an unexpected sledgehammer. This album was supposed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, All's Well That Ends Well, Andy Dunkley, Barry Marshall, Deke Leonard, esoteric, jam band, John Cipolinna, John McKenzie, Man, Michael Heatley, Micky Jones, Phil Ryan, rock, Terry Williams, Wales, west coast rock
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Album review: ARTHEMIS – Live From Hell
Off Yer Rocka Recordings (Release date – 25th May 2014) A couple of years ago I headed to Wales for the annual Hammerfest shindig and one of the discoveries of that weekend were Italian thrashers, Arthemis. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Martongelli, Arthemis, Fabio D, Hard Rock Hell, Italian, live, Live From Hell, Off Yer Rocka, review, rock, thrash metal, Wales
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Album review: MY FAVOURITE RUNNER UP – Crossroads
Self-release [Release date – 17.02.14] South Wales for some reason is a bit of a hot bed for young pop punk bands and My Favourite Runner Up are another name to add to the list. The band, I suspect, have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, CD, Crossroads, Jimmy Eat World, My Favourite Runner Up, pop, punk, review, rock, Wales
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Gig review: HAMMERFEST – Pwllheli, Wales, 13-15 March 2014
It’s been a long cold wet winter but now is the time for the Hammer Horde to rise up and make their way to the first of the HRH festivals of the year, Hammerfest VI Book Of The Dead. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged 13-15 March 2014, Book Of The Dead, COC, Death, Enthroned, Extreme, Grand Magus, Hafan Y Mor, Hammerfest VI, Kreator, metal, Monster Truck, Overkill, Pwllheli, Thrash, Unleashed, Vintage Caravan, Wales
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Gig review: THE BLACKOUT – King Tut’s, Glasgow, 23 January 2014
This tour was billed as ‘The Final Party Tour – Take 2’ due to the fact that the first leg at the tail end of last year had to be cut short as frontman Gavin Butler had been taken ill. … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd January 2014, Gavin Butler, gig, Glasgow, King Tut's, live, LostAlone, Mike Hodges, punk, Rat Attack, review, rock, Sean Smith, Steve Battelle, The Blackout, Wales
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL 7 – Pwllheli, Wales, 28-30 November 2013
Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up (Rizlas? ed.) for the greatest show on earth, this certainly encompasses the feeling around the HRH community as “Hard Rock Hell 7 – Cirque De Rock” rolls into its now well established new home … Continue reading
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Tagged 28-30 November 2013, AIRBOURNE, Alunah, Arthur Brown, Attica Rage, Bernie Torme, Black Spiders, Black Star Riders, Blaze Bayley, Cage The Gods, festival, Hard Rock Hell 7, heavy rock, Kyrbgriner, metal, Michael Monroe, Pat McManus, Paul Di'Anno, Phil Campbell, Pwllheli, Skindred, THE ANSWER, THE JOKERS, The Screaming Eagles, The Treatment, Wales
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HAMMERFEST V, Pwllheli,Wales,14-16 March 2013
Another year, another venue but Hammerfest V goes on with the same spirit that it has done for the previous years. Yes there may have been a number of people complaining about the new venue, the line up etc but … Continue reading
