Vix20 – The UK’s Most Disaffected Band?
At one point, the duo who make up Vix20 – CJ and Gary – were part of the firmament of the UK music industry. Movers, […]
Rock
Ten Unusual Dual Careers of Musicians
Unsurprisingly, there are many bands and musicians, in the great scheme of things, who have music as their sole career. With album sales strangled by […]
New Sounds from the Wilds of Europe
For all the modern world’s negatives, the globalisation of the music industry is helping to get voices heard which would never have reached our ears […]
Shadows of the Season. Looking Back at Screaming Trees’ Sweet Oblivion with Gary Lee Conner
Some 27 years since its original release, Screaming Trees’ most successful album is given the reissue treatment courtesy of Cherry Red, the handful of B-sides […]
Divine Inspiration? Ten Songs with Odd Subject Matter
Not for everyone the boys meets girl theme so many lyrics concentrate on. For some, inspiration, even in a small part, can come from the […]
Hal Blaine, The Most Remarkable Drummer of All-Time
John Bonham; Mitch Mitchell; Ginger Baker…the list of “greatest drummers” rarely deviates from the usual names, generally those who began their careers in the sixties […]
Goblin – Italy’s Pioneering Cinematic Prog Superstars
Goblin is an Italian progressive rock band formed from the ashes of two bands: Oliver and Cherry Five, by keyboardist Claudio Simonetti (born in 1952 in São Paulo), guitarist Massimo Morante (born in 1952 […]
All Roads Lead to Rome – The Rise of Italo-Rock
European rock bands largely come with a knowing nod that though their hearts are in the right place, their music may be lingering around 20 […]
Rasha Jay – Riffing, Hollering Soul
Rasha Jay populates two of the least well represented areas of the music industry for women – blues and alternative rock. For the former genre, […]
Bad News to Release 32nd Anniversary Goodies
VIM, DEN, COLIN and SPIDER are BAD NEWS! Four hairy musos with a dream to be the next Motorhead. Sure, they have musical differences – […]