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DVD review: BIG COUNTRY – Live at the Town and Country Club, London
Wienerworld Recorded back in 1990 this is not quite the classic Big Country line-up as it features Pat Ahern on drums. Also it is just the concert, no extras or song selection, although with only nine songs perhaps one wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Country, DVD, Live at the Town and Country Club, London, pop, review, rock, Stuart Adamson
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Album review: HOUSE OF SHAKIRA – Pay To Play
Melodic Rock Records www.melodicrock.com/mrr-preorders.html House Of Shakira return with their second album featuring vocalist Andreas Novak (of Mind’s Eye fame) and another new record label, this time the one run by MelodicRock.Com guru Andrew McNiece. Hopefully this time their music … Continue reading
Album review: NICK LOWE – Quality Street
Proper Records (released 28th October) Nick Lowe has had a long and varied career, with ‘Cruel To Be Kind’ perhaps his best known hit, that and ‘Milk And Alcohol’ he co-wrote with Dr. Feelgood, plus he’s worked with Elvis Costello, … Continue reading
Album review: FLYING COLORS – Live In Europe
Mascot 2CD+DVD+BluRay+vinyl ltd edition [Release date 14.10.13] Flying Colors are (whisper it quietly) a supergroup consisting of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs) and Casey McPherson (Endochine/Alpha Rev). They released a superbly enjoyable debut album last … Continue reading
DVD review: QUEEN + – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Eagle Rock Staged back on April 20th 1992 this was a the all star tribute concert held in honour of Freddie Mercury who had died the previous November as well as raising awareness of AIDS and funds for Mercury Phoenix … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Lennox, Axl Rose, Brian May, David Bowie, DVD review, Elton John, Extreme, Freddie Mercury, Gary Cherone, George Michael, Guns 'N' Roses, Ian Hunter, John Deacon, Mick Ronson, Queen, Roger Taylor, Slash, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Tony Iommi
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Album review: THE CONTRAST – A Sinister Flick
Angel Air Records www.angelair.co.uk [Release date 07.10.13] This Peterborough-based band have some big name backing in the shape of Little Steven and Mott The Hoople’s Overend Watts, in fact the band support Mott The Hoople on their Manchester UK date … Continue reading
Album review: SAMMY HAGAR & FRIENDS – S/T
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Sammy Hagar has had an amazing career when you look back at it from Montrose, through to Van Halen, coupled with a successful solo career and more recently the supergroup Chickenfoot. This album with all its guests … Continue reading
Album review: DENNIS DeYOUNG – Desert Moon/Back To The World
BGO Records www.bgo-records.com Dennis DeYoung was the vocalist and keyboards player in Styx, a band he helped form and left under a cloud in 1999. These two solo albums are re-issued on one disc with sleeve notes from Neil Daniels, … Continue reading
Album review: WOLFPAKK – Cry Wolf
AFM Records Wolfpakk are Michael Voss of Mad Max fame and Mark Sweeney of Swiss band Crystal Ball plus a host of guest stars. This follow up to 2011’s self-titled debut features the talents of Amanda Somerville, Ralf Scheepers (Primal … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Amanda Somerville, Blaze Bayley, Cry Wolf, Crystal Ball, Don Airey, Hermann Rarebell, Johnny Gioeli, Kee Marcello, Mad Max, melodic metal, Michael Voss, Paul Sweeney, Ralf Scheepers, review, rock, Roland Grapow, Tony Carey, Wolfpakk
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Interview: 10Q’s with STORMZONE
Guitarist Steve Moore takes us through the latest Stormzone album ‘Three Kings’, what the band have planned including Hard Rock Hell in December… 1. What are you currently up to? We’re ramping up to a really busy period towards the … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Harv' Harbinson, classic metal, Hard Rock Hell, Jess Cox, metal, Neal Kaye, NWOBHM, Steve Moore, Stormzone, Three Kings
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Album review: ARC ANGEL – Harlequins of Light
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Arc Angel is Jeff Cannata and Jeff (and Arc Angel) go back a long way. Jeff (going then by the name of Christopher Hawke) was a founding member of Connecticut based progressive rock band Jasper Wrath who … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, ARC ANGEL, Asia, Harlequins of Light, Jeff Cannata, John Payne, pomp rock, Yes
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Album review: JESSE DAMON – Temptation In The Garden Of Eve
AOR Heaven Jesse Damon is the guitarist/frontman with Silent Rage and this is his fifth solo album. He has renowned producer and melodic rocker Paul Sabu in the producer’s chair (Sabu also handles bass on the album) and Eden’s Curse … Continue reading
Album review: DAVID ROTHERAY – Answer Ballads
Navigator Records (released October 14th) Former Beautiful South guitarist David Rotheray has produced a star studded album based on a novel premise, that of a collection of songs where he writes an ‘answer ballad’ (or what happened next) to classic … Continue reading
Album review: JOSEPH ARTHUR – The Ballad of Boogie Christ
Real World Records Joseph Arthur has built up a loyal following of fans as well as plaudits from fellow musicians including Peter Gabriel. This two disc set is loosely based on a fictionalised character, Boogie Christ, who bears some resemblance … Continue reading
Album review: HAKEN – The Mountain
Inside Out www.insideout.de This is Haken’s third album, although they only came across my musical radar after seeing an excellent performance at this year’s Celebr8.2 prog festival. This is a concept album about each everyone’s personal mountain they have to … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Dream Theater, Haken, Inside Out, prog metal, Queen, Ross Jennings, The Mountain
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Interview: 10Q’s with LAWLESS
Lawless are a new band who have just released their debut album ‘Rock Savage’ through Escape Music. Here we catch-up with vocalist/guitarist Paul Hume to find out more about the band, their new album and what they have planned in … Continue reading
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Tagged classic metal, DEMON, Escape Music, LAWLESS, Nigel Ogden, Paul Hume, Rock Savage, Stoke-on-Trent
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Album review: STEVE CRADDOCK – Travel Wild, Travel Free
Proper Records (released 30th September 2013) This is the third solo album from Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller’s guitarist Steve Craddock, who also has his wife Sally help out on vocals adding a folk air to the proceedings in places. The … Continue reading
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Tagged album review, Ocean Colour Scene, Paul Weller, Proper Records, Steve Craddock, Travel Free, Travel Wild
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Book review: Cher: All I Really Want To Do by Daryl Easlea and Eddi Fiegel
Backbeat Books Despite being well into her 60’s Cher is still instantly recognised as one of the most famous female singers of all time. From her big 1960’s hits with ex-husband Sonny Bono to massive solo success in both music … Continue reading
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Tagged All I Really Want To Do, Backbeat Books, book review, Cher, Daryl Easlea, Eddi Fiegel
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Book review: Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison by John Kruth
Backbeat Books I have personally been looking for a good biography of Roy Orbison for a number of years and John Kruth’s “Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison” has certainly met my expectations. With a sense … Continue reading
Quick plays: REBELLIOUS SPIRIT, UGLY KID JOE, KING KOBRA
REBELLIOUS SPIRIT – Gamble Shot (SPV) The recent success of Reckless Love has had an impact on a number of young bands. A good example of this is young German band Rebellious Spirit, whose logo is not dissimilar from the … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Doll, Gamble Shot, II, KING KOBRA, Ragdoll Diaries, Rebellious Spirit, review, Stairway To Hell, The Quill, UGLY KID JOE
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Album review: FERGIE FREDERIKSEN – Any Given Moment
Frontiers www.frontiers.it Fergie sang on Le Roux’s wonderful So Fired Up and then joined Toto for one of my absolute favourite Toto albums, namely Isolation…it was just a shame that his time in the band was so short. Back in … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Any Given Moment, AOR, FERGIE FREDERIKSEN, Frontiers, melodic rock, review, Toto
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Album Review: MINISTRY – From Beer To Eternity
AFM Records The enigma that is Al Jourgensen. A man who does not do things by halves. In a career with more diversions than the M1 junction 13 roadworks, Jourgensen returns here with a Ministry album that seemed unlikely to … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM Records, Al Jourgensen, album review, From Beer To Eternity, Ministry
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Album review: SAGA – Spin It Again Live In Munich
Ear Music/Edel [Release date 30.09.13] 2-CD Also available on DVD and Blu-Ray this was recorded on the band’s 2012 tour which marked the return of original vocalist Michael Sadler and the live debut of new drummer Mike Thorne. Saga have … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Michael Sadler, prog, progressive, review, rock, Saga, Spin It Again – Live In Munich
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Gig review: DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE – The Borderline, London, 23 August 2013
Deadly Circus Fire take their moniker from the Hartford circus fire of Connecticut in 1944, one of the worst fire disasters in US history. Many burned to death while others, overcome by hysteria, were reported to have run round in … Continue reading
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Tagged 23 August 2013, DEADLY CIRCUS FIRE, gig, London, review, The Borderline
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Album review: UNTIL RAIN – Anthem To Creation
Escape Music www.escape-music.com Until Rain hail from Greece and were formed back in 2004, since then they have released one full album and an EP. Now they have signed with Escape Music to release this rather good slab of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Anthem To Creation, At Vance, Evergrey, Greece, progressive metal, review, Symphony X, UNTIL RAIN
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