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There are many questions in life that go unanswered. Which A&R man out there heard Crazy Town and thought ‘What a great band!’? How do Man. Utd get away with so much? And why the hell haven’t 311 ever got the hit record that they deserve? While penalties will never be awarded at Old Trafford, there is still h»
Once in a while it becomes apparent that you are hearing something that is a little bit special. With ‘Revolution, Revolucion’, Ill Nino are delivering the latest update on the Nu-Metal blueprint and extending the plans that little bit further. Drawing influence’s from just about every important releas»
It’s such a tricky situation to review a band like Dry Kill Logic. They aren’t necessarily a bad band, the problem lies within the fact that they are merely ordinary in an already over-crowded genre. Imagine a Madeira cake with a slight bit of icing on top of it in a shop full of exotic cakes. It seems like a n»
In 1999, Blink 182 unleashed ‘Enema of the State’ on an unsuspecting world. It was just over half an hour of ‘pop-punk’ at it’s irritatingly infectious best, making them an overnight phenomenon on a world-wide scale. Fast forward to the year 2001 where every Tom, Dick and wannabe Mark Hoppus are flooding the world with»
It’s going to be a tricky night for Weezer this evening. You all know the story of how Pinkerton became a flop akin to that of Martina Hingis’ Wimbledon campaign this year and with the ‘Green Album’ not being too well received by the Weezer massive, you feel they could have a rough night ahead of them. All this »
If, like me, you were fortunate enough to witness Tool amaze the hell out of everyone at this years Ozzfest, then your expectations of this evening would be of the highest proportions too. In short, Tool have a massive amount to live up to tonight on the second of their two night stand in London’s Brixton Academ»
Chances are you already know Static X. The bloke with the ludicrous barnet, the band with the obvious bland repetitive tunes and that are destined to be the support band for life. Well, I don’t know what happened between ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’ and ’Machine’ but the transition has been amazing. From the second th»
Before you even arrive into the Bowl tonight you already know what to expect, a blend of songs with zero in the way of sincerity and an audience saturated with people of the ‘Mr and Mrs Ford Mondeo’ variety. It goes without saying that tonight New Jersey’s finest rock ‘n’ roll exports, Bon Jovi are well and trul»
It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and it’s raining cats and dogs outside the St. Moritz club in London. As if this wasn’t bad enough, there’s another six hours of waiting to get into the ‘secret’ acoustic show by the Stone Temple Pilots, such is the availability of tickets for tonight’s first show in six years.»
To think that this band were booed off the stage only three short years ago is a warped notion. An even more jading fact is that tonight Limp Bizkit will play to 12,000 people. Even one year ago the Red-Capped one would be hard pushed to sell out the infinitely smaller Brixton Academy but here we are - 12,000 pe»
The Brixton Academy was always a bit of a risk for a mediocre metal artist that has not been seen on these shores for some two years and has not had an immense amount of success here anyway. But even this doesn't explain why there are so few people in here tonight to see the return of Kid Rock, a performer you k»
Blink 182 are just one of those bands, you either get them or you don’t. Blink come across as one of the following: one of few bands that manage to write consistently melodic catchy pop-songs where others fail or a bunch of typically Californian businessmen who write obvious pop disguised as punk to rip-off ‘the»
Legendry grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots will play a special acoustic show in London tomorrow night (June 9th). This will be preceeded by a play-back of the band's new album 'Shangri La Dee Da' and following the band's five song acoustic show both Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeao will be doing a signing s»
The full line-up to this years Tattoo the Planet has been announced. Set to joined the already announced heavy-weights Pantera Slayer and Cradle of Filth are Static-X, Therapy? and Raging Speedhorn. The dates are currently on sale from all good ticket retailers and take place at Birmingham NIA(Se»
Just one look at tonight’s queue outside Brixton Academy and it's clear to see just how much the crowds are changing. As kids of around eleven or twelve with parents stand in a queue which is mainly of the mid-teen variety, two things become increasingly apparent. First of all is that rock has officially tapped into th»
Californian pop-punk legends The Offspring have announced a special one-off club date prior to their spot supporting AC/DC. The Fly White Guys play Leeds Cockpit this Thursday (June 7). Tickets are not for sale but members of the Offspring Nation can go to their allocated part of the site and attemp»
Grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots have announced their first European tour for 6 years. The band have confirmed UK dates at London, Astoria (August 21), Nottingham Rock City (22), and Glasgow Barrowland (23). Wieland and co. will also release fifth studio album Shangri La Dee on June 18th. »
For every single Slipknot hater (And believe me I write with most of 'em) this one is well and truly for you. The heaviest rip-your-balls-off-and-ram-'em-down-your-throat noise you will hear this year, it really is that simple. Slipknot have come back and boy, does this make the first record sound like a Geri Haliwell »
It's a rare occasion that we see one of hip-hop's biggest stars on Brittish shores which is probably why expectations are so astronomically high for Missy Elliot tonight at the Brixton Academy. Indeed, it is her first show on this side of the Atlantic for just over four years and the audience crammed inside the »
This is not a good start to the Ozzfest. For the lesser informed The Union Underground (1) are a predictable group hailing from Texas that proceed to knock out the most obvious, bland collection of tunes heard for a very long time. OK, so 'Turn me on Mr Deadman' is an alright tune but it still sounds like»
Let's face it Blink 182 are never gonna be the thinking mans favourite band. In fact, if you are a thinking man, stop reading this right now and listen to your Pink Floyd records! If, like me, you need a release from the constant barrage of zeitgeist self pity'n'angst and just wanna hear two idiots, laugh»
The hype is over and the stage is set for the first UK Ozzfest in three whole years. After all the cancellations and excuses we finally get the show we rightfully deserve back here in front of 50,000 of the finest fans in the world. Makes you think that Main Stage openers Raging Speedhorn (4) must be shit»
The fact that Weezer are back is a reason to celebrate in itself. After creating the two greatest pop-rock records in existance it's time to add a third. One listen to The Green Album has you eating out of Rivers Cuomo's hand just like in the past. For the un-educated amongst our readers it's a case of this, if you lik»
Here it is then. The record that most of rock civilization has been crying out for. Something without funny backwards red baseball caps, boiler suits or gimmicks of any kind. With Tool, it's common knowledge that the music will speak for itself and it will be speaking many volumes. 'Lateralus' is absolute»
The success of Feeder has been well overdue. Since 1997's 'Polythene' Feeder have been ready for the big time, but being criminally over-looked by Britain's record buying public. After 1999's 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' opus flew over the heads of so many, you wouldn't have blamed Grant and co. for jacking it »
You know the ones. The prats in the make-up. That band that everyone seems to take there time out to give a little bit of a ribbing because of the way they look. Well, surprising to you and certainly to me, this is actually one hell of a record. If you're fed up with the poncing about that is mainstream Nu-metal then M»
Let's face it, the thought of Papa Roach signing a band and unleashing them on the world is hardly the most promising of prospects. Nu-Metal by numbers you're thinking, right? You could not be more wrong. If you was expecting a chicken and egg scenario then you are sorely mistaken. In fact, where Papa Roach is easily d»
REM, The Coors, Atomic Kitten, Black Mambazo and Mel B are set to take part in a Nelson Mandela Benefit Concert to take place in Trafalger Square on April 29th. The concert is completely free and are availible now by phoning: 0906 617 2904. Calls cost 60p per minute and all profits go to the Nelson Mandela Fund. »
'Teenage Dirtbag' - you either love it or you hate it! Either way, unless you've been living on the south coast of Abu Dabi you will have at least have heard it. Personally, it's as annoying as finding out that you have a twelve hour flight sat next to Jeremy Beadle. It has it's charms too. You know you've sung »
Green Day's official Website (www.greenday.com) have just confirmed that the band will be playing the Carling Weekend festivals. The punk-pop trio will be playing Reading on the 24th August, Leeds on the 25th and Glasgow on the 26th. More news on the rest of the bill as it is announced.»
