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DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT PRODUCE BREATHTAKING DISPLAY AT HAMMERSMITH
Devin Townsend is no stranger to performing his albums in their entirety. He did a four night residency at the University Of London Union in November 2011 performing the DTP’s first four albums and performed the entire ‘Z2’ album at a spectacular concert at The Royal Albert Hall in April …
Four Blues Travelers Go Supersonic In The Garage
“We all started in a garage and we all sucked,” said Gary Hoey during the opening set of Rockin’ The Blues, a showcase of some of the best talent on the Provogue label, gratifyingly including a UK date. Well they are still in a Garage tonight [17 March], and they …
No Warning As Geoff Tate Stuns With Show Celebrating 30 Years Of Operation Mindcrime
1988 was a good year in the world of rock and Metal – AC/DC were trying to blow up your video, Motörhead had no sleep at all, Megadeth were looking so far, so good in their career and then there was Slayer who were to be found somewhere south of …
SUPER MARIO DAY CELEBRATES THE BAND OF BROTHERS FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF IRON MAIDEN
This special sold out event was organised as a farewell party for original Iron Maiden singer Paul Mario Day, at the conclusion of what may be his final visit to the UK having emigrated to Australia in 1986. It developed into a full blown celebration of the very early years …
Archive / Wacken 2018: A Furnace Of Heavy Metal
2018 saw the first ever Wacken that we can think of which didn’t see a single drop of rain. The sun was turned up to eleven the whole weekend. Words: Nikki Rohlfing Pictures: Wacken.TV, with thanks to Liz Medhurst and Kahmel Farahani This wasn’t going to stop Heavy Metal though, …
Archive / Les Binks Goes Beyond The Realms Of Judas Priest
Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has been active lately with two Priest related projects. Earlier this year he unveiled his new band, Les Binks’ Priesthood, who played a couple of shows in the UK with a set featuring his time with the band between 1976-79, performing tracks from the …
Lemmy Laid To Rest: Superb Tributes Paid At Moving Service
The world paid tribute to Lemmy as the legend was laid to rest in Los Angeles late Saturday night (9th January 2016) UK time. The service, held at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery, was broadcast live on YouTube and watched by 280,000 people all over the world. Motörhead manager Todd Singerman …
Lemmy Remembered: From Childhood And Beyond
We knew it was coming, it was inevitable, as much as Lemmy had built up an indestructible image of himself as the man who could calmly walk out of the mushroom cloud of Armageddon with a glass of Jack Daniels in his hand and a Marlboro hanging from his mouth, …
Lemmy Remembered: Frivolities From The Frontline
The first word I ever wrote about Motörhead was “WOOOOOARRRRGHHH!!!” (give or take a few Gs, Hs and !!!!). I was young, a mere fledgling journalist writing for fold-out poster mag Metal Fury in the early eighties and, well, devoid of verbally elegant equivalents, this explosive string of letters seemed …
Lemmy Remembered / Tribute To The Legend
Life changed forever yesterday and it is very difficult to find words for this. “I wlll be the watcher, and I will never sleep…” Lemmy, 1993 Words: Steve Göldby At 1.30am on the morning of Tuesday 29th December 2015 the biggest Motörhead fan I have ever known, Ripsaw, burst into my …
