rock/metal
Not Forgotten: Ray Davies – The Storyteller
The rock star’s autobiography is big business these days, but rarely are they as revelatory, or as informative as they could be and even rarer do they actually make for enlightening reading. There are, of course, honourable exceptions. Indeed, both volumes of Julian Cope’s autobiography are wildly entertaining (whether you are actually a fan of …
Not Forgotten: Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
The live album was a right of passage for the majority of 70s rockers. By and large it was a great leveller, as it could find otherwise massively successful acts amplify their lesser qualities (Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same, Yes’s Yesshows, etc), on the other hand it could be a handy document of …
See: A Place to bury Strangers – Now its over + Tour Dates
A Place To Bury Strangers have just released their latest video. ‘Now It’s Over’, an album track from ‘Transfixiation‘. Dark, somewhat bleak, it’s a rather ominous tune. Video animator Dave Merson Hess explains “I loved the mood of “Now It’s Over”, and the way the lyrics and arrangement captured the feeling of a breakup as …
Not Forgotten: Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
The career path of Fleetwood Mac has been a long, complicated and much storied one. Following their Brit-blues-boom beginnings, they enjoyed a flurry of initial success in the UK before band founder Peter Green departed. They would then have difficulty retaining guitar players until American Bob Welch gave them a sense of stability during which …
Album Review: Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls
Iron Maiden are back with new music in the form of The Book of Souls, a greatly anticipated double- album that’s sent metal fans into a frenzy. OK, it’s sent me into a frenzy. I may be categorically the wrong person to review this as I am a huge Maiden fan. For those of you …
Not Forgotten: The Waterboys – This Is the Sea
Following a number of false starts, A Pagan Place had finally established The Waterboys as not only an act of great promise, and had come tantalisingly close to establishing them as one of the key acts of the decade and masters of the sort of epic and emotional Celtic rock that was poised to fill …
See: Tim Muddiman & The Strange release video for ‘Rolling Stones’
Long time Gary Numan guitarist and Pop Will Eat Itself cohort Tim Muddiman has revealed a new video for his own project, naming him alongside his band, The Stange, for their new track, Rolling Stones. Peppered throughout with these slightly menacing guitar riffs, it’s dark, gory Mission like rock. It has this swagger about it …
See: Little Brother Eli – ‘Dreams’ Music Video
Back with another highly impressive video (and creating a hefty dose of beard envy), Little Brother Eli have just released the music video for their song ‘Dreams’. An awesome track in the first place and now it has some incredible visuals to go along with it. Utilising a number of cool effects and focused shots, …
Not Forgotten – Nazareth – Razamanaz
Nazareth were (and still are), one of the hidden gems of hard rock. Admittedly their first couple of albums weren’t spectacular, as they struggled to capture their hard rocking sound in the studio. However, during a tour supporting Deep Purple, they voiced their frustration to Purple bass player Roger Glover over a few beers one …
Not Forgotten – Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
1972 was the turning point for Mott the Hoople. Having decided to throw in the towel after four poorly selling albums and multiple sold out tours, they wound themselves down by fulfilling their final commitments and casting their minds to the future. In search of a new gig, bass player Pete ‘Overend’ Watts called rising …