by Simon Walker | Oct 27, 2022 | Bands, Gig Review, Interview
Review Originally published in Rock N Load Mag It’s the second night of the long-awaited Thunder Tour with special guests Ugly Kid Joe. Tonight we’re at the Leeds First Direct Arena and there’s no doubt we’ll be in for a great show. With a different opening band for...
by Simon Walker | Oct 27, 2022 | Bands, Gig Review, Interview, Uncategorized
Review originally published in The Stage Invasion Back In 2011, the band took just 20 days to write and record their second album ‘Pressure and Time’, produced by Dave Cobb. To celebrate the anniversary, the band is touring the album in its entirety around the USA,...
by Simon Walker | Oct 27, 2022 | Bands, Gig Review, Interview, Uncategorized
It’s been almost two years since Yungblud last toured the United Kingdom. His new ‘Life On Mars’ tour is set to remind us why he’s still at the top of his game. Opening for the artist is Liverpool act STONE. A real ‘balls to the wall’ band with huge...
by Simon Walker | Nov 2, 2021 | Bands, Interview
In this very first ‘Behind The Lens LIVE”, we go from blog to vlog, with Wayward Sons founder and frontman, Toby Jepson. At the tail end of 2015, Toby had all but given up on being in bands. Several years of singing for established acts such as Fastway,...
by Simon Walker | May 26, 2021 | Bands, Interview
Embrace were formed in West Yorkshire, England, in 1990 by brothers Danny and Richard McNamara. To date, the band has released seven studio albums. The Good Will Out (1998 Platinum) Drawn from Memory (2000) If You’ve Never Been (2001) Out of Nothing (2004...
by Simon Walker | Mar 19, 2021 | Bands, Interview
The Virginmarys first exploded onto the scene in 2013 with their album King of Conflict, which impressively debuted at number 3 on the Billboard New Artist Alternative Chart and number 8 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The Virginmarys were dubbed the buzz band of...
by Simon Walker | Mar 10, 2021 | Bands, Interview
The SoapGirls are a South African based punk band consisting of French-born, sisters Mie and Millie. They began their music career as child street performers at ages 8 and 9 singing while selling hand made soap for charity, which is how they came to be The...
by Simon Walker | Mar 6, 2021 | Bands, Interview
The Jam were one of the most successful British acts to emerge in the late 1970s. with eighteen Top 40 singles including four number one hits, they broke up in 1982. However realising that there was still a very real demand for the band’s Mod classics, original...
by Simon Walker | Mar 5, 2021 | Bands, Interview
Stone Broken formed in 2013 in Walsall, West Midlands, England. In 2014 they released their self-financed, self-released EP, The Crow Flies, a calling card largely intended to secure local gigs. But it was the release, in January 2016, of debut album ‘All In...
