by Simon Walker | Jul 27, 2023 | Bands, Blog
EMBRACE The Good Will Out 25 Years 1st July – The Piece Hall Day Two Three days had passed since the Huddersfield warm-up gig(s), and I’d slept, worked, and revisited shots in between while thinking ahead to The Piece Hall show, along with...
by Simon Walker | Jul 25, 2023 | Bands, Blog
EMBRACE The Good Will Out 25 Years 28th June – The Picturedrome EMBRACE, amongst other bands that exploded onto the scene into the 90s, initially ‘passed me by’ during that period. As a teenager, I was still discovering music,...
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 | 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 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...
by Simon Walker | Feb 11, 2021 | Bands, Interview
Bad Touch is a Hard Rock band from Norfolk UK, originally formed in 2010 when the band members were still in college. Growing up on a steady diet of Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, Free and Lynyrd Skynyrd combined with the rolling Norfolk countryside and hard-working...
by Simon Walker | Feb 9, 2021 | Bands, Interview
Circus 66 are a UK rock band bursting with blues infused funk overtones, shaken up with enough groove to sink a battleship. The brainchild of guitarist, Matt, aka “The Wizard”, who formed the band in 2013 whilst studying “The Intricacies of Sexual Tension between...
by Simon Walker | Feb 9, 2021 | Bands, Interview
Late Night Legacy, full-bodied, anthemic Alt-Rock soaked in hard rock riffs and modern beats. The band are no strangers to the industry. Cutting their teeth touring the UK festival and club scene, the band have made a name for themselves with their signature melodic...