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Tag Archives: Shinedown
Album review: ERIC BASS – If I Had A Name
Independent Release [Release date 28.02.25] Eric Bass is best known as the co-songwriter, producer, and bassist for multiplatinum rock institution Shinedown. As the bassist, co-songwriter, and producer for Shinedown – a band renowned for headlining major festivals and holding the … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, album, autism, concept album, Eric Bass, glam rock, hard rock, If I had a Name, modern rock, review, rock, Shinedown, Solo
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Donington Park, Leicestershire, 10-12 June 2022
A year ago a special pilot event at Download pointed the way for live music to return: now in 2022 the UK’s biggest rock and metal festival was back in a recognisable format. It was the biggest sign yet that … Continue reading
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Tagged AIRBOURNE, Dirty Honey, Donington, Download, festival, gig, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Kris Barras Band, Legacy of the Beast, Massive Wagons, metal, Monster Truck, Myles Kennedy, powerwolf, Shinedown, Tempt, The Darkness, Theory, Those Damn Crows, Tremonti, VOLBEAT, Wayward Sons
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Album review: HARDWICKE CIRCUS – The Borderland
Website [Release date 23.07.21] This band hail from Carlisle, apparently Hardwicke Circus is the first roundabout in Carlisle, as a the band say, they are the “greatest band you’ve never heard of”, somehow I think that is all about to … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alt rock, Gaslight Anthem, Hardwicke Circus, modern rock, review, rock, Shinedown, The Borderland
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Album review: ALL GOOD THINGS – A Hope In Hell
Better Noise Music [Release date 20.08.21] All Good Things signed with Better Noise Music in 2019 and now they unleash their debut album. All Good Things consists of Dan Murphy (vocals), Andrew Bojanic (guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards, producer), Liz Hooper … Continue reading
Album review: ESCAPE THE FATE – Chemical Warfare
Better Noise Music [Release date 16.04.21] Escape the fate have shaken off their bad boy image and this album, ‘Chemical WarFare’ sees them reinvigorated and enthused – if you like rock n roll, I’ll be amazed if you don’t enjoy … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blink 182, Chemical Warfare, ESCAPE THE FATE, metal, modern metal, review, Shinedown
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Gig review: ALTER BRIDGE – O2 Arena, London, 21 December 2019
Oh, what to make of Shinedown. Despite their second-billing on this tour, the multi-million selling Floridian quartet smashed out their anthemic tunes to an enthusiastic O2 Arena. The music mostly went down well. My problem is Brent Smith’s grandstanding audience participation … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 December 2019, ALTER BRIDGE, Blackbird, Brent Smith, gig, hard rock, live, Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy, O2 Arena, review, Shinedown, Walk The Sky
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EP review: LONELY DAKOTA – End Of Days
Facebook [Release date 18.06.19] When PR guff casually drops “southern rock” into a band’s bio, it usually has the catnip effect; this feverish desire to get under the hood and measure matters up against the greats of the genre. I … Continue reading
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Tagged End Of Days, EP, Lonely Dakota, modern rock, Nickelback, review, rock, Shinedown
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL – Donington Park, 8-10 June 2018
It was 30 years ago that I attended Donington for the first time for a Monsters of Rock festival (as it then was) that was summed up by the contemporary Kerrang! headline ‘The Triumph and the Tragedy’. A record crowd … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, Axl Rose, Black Stone Cherry, Brent Smith, Donington Park, Download Festival, Greta Van Fleet, Guns 'N' Roses, Inglorious, metal, Monster Truck, Myke Gray, No Hot Ashes, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, Shinedown, Slash, Temperence Movement, The Struts, Thunder, Toby Jepson, Wayward Sons
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Gig review: SUMMERFEST – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 28 June-9 July 2017
In a world of constant change in popular music, for a festival to celebrate its 50th year, as Milwaukee’s Summerfest did this year, represents a lifetime. I’d been to the festival certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged AOR, Bad Boy, Blackberry Smoke, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Dennis De Young, festival, Foghat, gig, Greta Van Fleet, Huey Lewis and the News, Jason Isbell, John Waite, July 2017, June 2017, melodic rock, Milwaukee, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, progressive, REO Speedwagon, review, rock, Sheryl Crow, Shinedown, Soul Asylum, Summerfest, Tesla, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Toto, Wisconsin
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Gig review: IRON MAIDEN – O2 Arena, London, 27 May 2017
Ariana Grande had been due to play the O2 on the previous two evenings and given the horrific events at her Manchester Arena show earlier in the week, it was no surprise that the atmosphere outside the venue was subdued. … Continue reading
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Tagged 27 May 2017, Book Of Souls, Bruce Dickinson, gig, Iron Maiden, live, Number of the Beast, O2 Arena, review, Shinedown, Steve Harris, The Trooper
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Gig review: DOWNLOAD, Donington Park, 10-12 June 2016
My last visit to Donington was back in 1988 when – as ‘Monsters Of Rock’ – it also featured Megadeth and headlined by Iron Maiden. I never really embraced the three day event and with not enough bands of interest … Continue reading
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Tagged 10-12 June 2016, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Donington Park, Download, festival, gig, Halestorm, Inglorious, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Rammstein, review, Rival Sons, Shinedown, Sixx:AM, The Amorettes, The Temperance Movement, the Wildhearts
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Gig review: BLACK STONE CHERRY, SHINEDOWN, HALESTORM – SSE Arena, Wembley, London, 4 February 2016
‘The Carnival of Madness’, a well known USA touring concept which brings together three or four like-minded bands from the newer generation, was making a first trip to these shores, but the personnel involved were in very familiar circumstances. Black … Continue reading
Gig review: MOONDANCE JAM, Walker, Minnesota, USA, 16-18 July 2015
I’ve been hooked on Moondance Jam ever since first arriving in this unspoiled part of the Minnesota countryside with its woods and lakes in 2009. The Jam plays host to a hedonistic four days of holiday relaxation and partying for … Continue reading
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Tagged 16-18 July 2015, Black Star Riders, Black Stone Cherry, classic rock, Doobie Brothers, festival, Finger Eleven, gig, Honeymoon Suite, Huey Lewis and the News, Jefferson Starship, Moondance Jam, Pat Travers, Peter Frampton, Pop Evil, Sammy Hagar, Shinedown, Thundherstruck, USA, Vixen
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News: THUNDER, SHINEDOWN, TANK – Sunday 22nd February 2015
Shinedown are currently recording their next album and plan a summer release. Axel Rudi Pell releases ‘Magic Moments – 25th Anniversary Special Show’ on CD/DVD on 27th April via SPV. Thunder charted at number nine in the UK album charts … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, Axel Rudi Pell, Helloween, metal, news, RAVEN, rock, Shinedown, Tank, Thunder, UK albums chart
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Album review: FAHRAN – Chasing Hours
Self-Release [Release date – 11.08.14] Fahran were formed from the ashes of Toxic Federation back in 2012. This is the band’s second release following on from their self-titled debut album and it sees the debut of new vocalist Matt Black … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Chasing Hours, Chris Byrne, Fahran, Iron Maiden, Jake Graham, Josh Ballantyne, Matt Black, metal, review, rock, Shinedown, Toxic Federation
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Gig review: ALTER BRIDGE, SHINEDOWN, HALESTORM – Wembley Arena, 18 October 2013
Alter Bridge were back headlining Wembley Arena for the second time in as many years with Shinedown and Halestorm in support. The arena looked close to a sell out and with the seating removed in the arena area there were … Continue reading
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Tagged 18 October 2013, ALTER BRIDGE, Brent Smith, Fortress, gig, Halestorm, Judas Priest, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy, review, Shinedown, Wembley Arena
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Albums of the year…to date
Saga – 20/20 (Ear Music/Edel) Michael Sadler returns as the band release one of their finest albums to date. Jeff Scott Soto- Damage Control (Frontiers) Back with a more straight ahead melodic hard rock album. Flying Colors – S/T (Ear … Continue reading
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Tagged Arjen Lucassen, Asia, Blackberry Smoke, Casablanca, D A D, Estrella, Europe, Flying Colors, Freedom Call, Headspace, House Of Shakira, Jack Blades, Jamie Hartman, Jeff Scott Soto, LA Guns, Michael Thompson Band, Saga, Shinedown, Slash, Styx
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SHINEDOWN – Amaryllis
Roadrunner 2012 Shinedown return with their fourth album and their first since 2008’s ‘Sound Of Madness’. They have also stuck with that album’s producer Rob Cavallo (Meat Loaf/Green Day). I must admit I have missed out on this band previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Amaryllis, Shinedown
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