THERAPY? / THIRTY SIX STRATEGIES, Sub89 Reading
THERAPY? / THIRTY SIX STRATEGIES, Tuesday 14th April 2015 at Sub89, Reading It’s ten months since I last saw Thirty Six Strategies but that pails into insignificance compared to when I last saw...
View ArticleTHE DISINCLINED, The Cricketers, Kingston
THE DISINCLINED Friday 1st May at The Cricketers, Kingston Arrived just in time to catch just the last band tonight, the Disinclined. I don’t recognise any of them save for Shea from Refuse/All (ex...
View ArticleCharge 69 – Much More Than Music (Volume 1) Review
CHARGE 69 – MUCH MORE THAN MUSIC Volume 1 (Time and Matter T&M 020 CD and LP) Hailing from Metz French punk band Charge 69 have been around since 1993 and have stuck to their guns since their...
View ArticlePOISON IDEA / THE RESTARTS / DEFCON ZERO Borderline, London
POISON IDEA / THE RESTARTS / DEFCON ZERO Thursday 6th May at the Borderline, London I first saw Poison Idea back in the early nineties playing with the Hard Ons at ULU. What I remember was a short set...
View ArticleSLEAFORD MODS / CHAOS UK – Exchange, Bristol
SLEAFORD MODS / CHAOS UK Thursday 21st May 2015 at The Exchange Bristol Some gigs just stick out a bit in the calendar. An ‘away’ trip to Bristol to see Chaos UK on their home ground meant that this...
View ArticleGALLOWS / BABY GODZILLA at the Garage, London
GALLOWS and BABY GODZILLA, Tuesday 26th May at The Garage, London Uh, so what just happened there? That’s just about everyones reaction as Baby Godzilla exit the stage. Even those who have seen them...
View ArticleBLATOIDEA / DSA at the Dev, Camden
BLATOIDEA / DSA Saturday 12th June at the Dev, Camden Got to the Dev nice and early only to find out one of the support bands had pulled out so a long, long wait until DSA (Don’t Stand For Anything) …...
View ArticleKILLING JOKE / ASYLUMS at the Zombie Hut, Corby
KILLING JOKE / ASYLUMS Thursday 18th June 2015 at the Zombie Hut, Corby I maybe spend too much time on Facebook at times but it has its advantages. I got to hear about Killing Joke’s intention to play...
View ArticleDOA / GRAND COLLAPSE / TROPICAL NIGHTMARE at T Chances, Tottenham
D.O.A. / GRAND COLLAPSE / TROPICAL NIGHTMARE Saturday 4th July 2015 at T Chances, Tottenham, London With D.O.A. not due on stage until 11.15pm this was always going to be a late one (we don’t all live...
View ArticleGBH / DOOM / COITUS / SPLIT VEINS at Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
GBH / DOOM / COITUS / SPLIT VEINS Friday 17th July 2015 at the Boston Arms, Tufnell Park, North London A long, long time ago I put on a gig with Doom at the William Morris Club in Wimbledon and …...
View ArticleReading Festival Saturday 2015 round up
Half eleven in the morning and I’m queueing up to get into one of the classics on the Festival circuit. I was last at Reading festival when Nirvana headlined. I don’t really like festivals that much,...
View ArticleCheeky gigs
SECOND IN LINE, Friday 4th September at the PHOENIX BAR, High Wycombe THE DISINCLINED, Saturday 5th September at MILL Fest, Kingston Yeah, sorry about the title but how else do you sum up nipping out...
View ArticleANTI FLAG / BRAWLERS / THE TWIN DRACULA at the Sub89 Bowery District, Reading
ANTI FLAG / BRAWLERS / THE TWIN DRACULA Friday 7th August at the Bowery District, Reading Sub89 I’ve barely finished work but I’m already in the Bowery District in Reading because this is one of those...
View ArticleBAD RELIGION / SNUFF at the Forum, London
BAD RELIGION / SNUFF Saturday 8th August 2015 at The Forum, London Bad Religion at the Forum Bad Religion at the Forum, London Greg Graffin, Bad Religion Mike Dimkich, Bad Religion Jay Bentley, Bad...
View ArticleSLEAFORD MODS – Dismaland
SLEAFORD MODS Friday 18th September at Dismaland, Weston Super Mare The video for Sleaford Mods current single ‘Tarantua Deadly Cargo’ sees them wandering round a particularly bleak seaside resort set...
View ArticleANTI PASTI, CHRON GEN, THE DEFECTS, INFA RIOT at The Flag, Watford
ANTI PASTI, CHRON GEN, THE DEFECTS, INFA RIOT Saturday 19th September 2015 at The Flag, Watford You know it’s hard enough trying to decide the order these four bands appear in the headline above let...
View ArticleTHE EXPLOITED / DISCHARGE / THE DEFECTS at the Forum, London
THE EXPLOITED / DISCHARGE / THE DEFECTS Saturday October 24th at the Forum, London First off apologies to In Evil Hour and Paranoid Visions – I wanted to see both bands but sometimes life just doesn’t...
View ArticleR.I.P. Dickie Hammond
Sad to hear that Dickie Hammond, guitarist with HDQ, Leatherface, The Jones and many other bands recently passed away. My condolences go out to his friends and family. HDQ first came to my attention...
View ArticleKILLING JOKE, at the Academy, Oxford
KILLING JOKE Friday October 30th at the Academy, Oxford Been a while since I’ve made the journey over to Oxford for a gig. It seems further than it actually is so when I saw this late addition to...
View ArticleHECK / POLT HER GEIST / THECITYISOURS at The Horn, St Albans
HECK / POLT HER GEIST / THECITYISOURS Wednesday 11th November at The Horn, St Albans. I caught Heck earlier in the year, back when they were called Baby Godzilla and before the legal overtures that...
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