February 2011
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Rob Zombie @ O2 Academy Leeds 21.02.2011
It has been 12 long years since he visited the UK, in which time his love of horror and hard rock has seen him become a Hollywood film producer, but tonight Zombie madness has struck and the O2 Academy in Leeds is packed full of eager fans ready for the show of their lives. Musician, film maker, comic book creator and all round artist of grotesque beauty, Rob Zombie may not been across these...
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Jettblack / Heavens Basement co-headline Spring...
Yes that’s right you can catch both bands on tour together this May!
Thu. 5: Leicester Sub 91
Fri. 6: York Duchess
Sat, 7: Grimsby Yardbirds
Sun. 8: Manchester Moho Live
Tue. 10: Nottingham Rock City
Wed. 11: Newcastle Trillians Rock Bar
Thu. 12: Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
Fri. 13: Sheffield Corporation
Sun. 15: Wrexham Central Station
Thu. 19: Southampton Talking Heads
Sun. 22:...
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Ivory Blacks 16/02/2011
Last night, I had the chance to go along and review 4 of Glasgow’s unsigned metal bands in Ivory Blacks. It was to say the least interesting, and definitely worth the trip.
Twisted Conspiracy
I found out a little later on that this band were playing without a singer, their singer couldn’t make it so I understand why they were the way they were now a lot more than I did at the...
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Why I love....
Every month we are going to feature a band close to our hearts, a band we adore and cannot get enough of no matter what and share our reasons for loving them, just because! This month its Laura W’s turn…
Why I love….Guns ‘n’ Roses
Anyone who knows me knows my huge love for Guns N Roses. I am of course talking about the classic Guns up until it all fell apart in the...
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Party Punks Prepare to Take On Europe.
Skudpuppetz are a four piece hardcore punk band with a twist; these guys are all about pushing boundaries, breaking rules and partying hard. Not to say that their music suffers as a result of it; in fact, they’ve brought a new meaning to the phrase “party music”.
After 3 line-up changes, a brief hiatus and 6 years, Skudpuppetz seem to finally be content with the members, the sound and their...
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Murderdolls @ Nottingham Rock City 13.02.11
It’s cold and drizzly here tonight, but that doesn’t stop hundreds of people queuing up outside Nottingham’s notorious music venue for a ground shaking performance from tongue in cheek horror band, Murderdolls. With the line snaking far past the venue itself and up towards the hotel around the corner, it’s easy to see that the group’s humourous take on obscene topics...
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The Bastard Fairies - Memento Mori
The name The Bastard Fairies gets you kind of excited, doesn’t it? They sound controversial, cheeky and even a little sexy. The album cover suggests the same as well.
The first track, ‘Apple Pie’ is a quirky song, with the same feeling to it as the beginning of Christina Aguilera’s “Back to Basics” album, circus sounds with lovely feminine vocals over it, shame that that was as far as it...
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Jack Johnson - To the Sea
Jack Johnson’s just lovely isn’t he? He could probably sing about murdering babies in that lovely Hawaiian voice and you’d still swoon.
To The Sea contains Johnson’s usual romantic, optimistic lyrics, his vocals are just effortlessly beautiful and eventhough the album isn’t anything spectacular, his style hasn’t changed and neither has the quality of his music, but why fix what isn’t broken?
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W.A.S.P @ Nottingham Rock City 20.11.10
After blowing us away with their Beast of Babylon World Tour in 2009, mighty metallers W.A.S.P created another massive UK explosion this month when they took us all “Back To Babylon” for another round of mayhem. Although they performed less of the old and more of the new, and their set a little shorter this time around, there were no dissatisfied souls left in the burning fires of Rock City’s main...
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Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders - Red Light...
Got to admit, I really didn’t expect to like this album, I love Foo Fighters and Taylor Hawkins is a famously great guy but that didn’t mean his solo project would be good, I was completely wrong, and so unbelievably happy to be.
Not Bad Luck was a fantastic intro to the album! The bass was funky, just followed by an outburst of energy, one of the best intros to an album I’ve heard in a long...
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CRASHDÏET @ The Underworld, Camden, London...
Outside Camden’s Underworld venue on a cloudy, dull afternoon flocked a herd of metal fans from across the UK, decked out to the nines to witness the return of Swedish sleaze rockers Crashdïet in their first UK show since 2005.
The atmosphere was buzzing as the 550 capacity venue filled up for the sold out show. Big hair, leather and chains appeared to be the uniform of the night.
The...
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Reckless Love @ Nottingham Rock City 24.09.10
Packed into Nottingham Rock City’s tiny basement room were a swarm of 400 people buzzing with anticipation for the arrival of glam rockers Reckless Love. Smack in the middle of their first ever UK tour, the Finnish foursome projected their love of eighties inspired metal and vibrant zest for life to the crowd with abundant success.
The local act were a no show, so opening the night was British...
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Hurts @ O2 Academy, Leeds. 06.02.2011
Before I get into the swing of this review I must state that I was a huge fan of Theo and Adam’s previous band Daggers before they mysteriously disappeared off the planet.
Opening band Saint Saviour seemed a very strange choice for support as it seemed they would be more fitting to a smaller venue and more specialized crowd as their sound didn’t project too well in the space....
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February's must see gigs!
Adler’s Appetite
Steven Adler of Guns N Roses fame hits the road with his new band, playing several dates in the UK. Tickets here!
Black Label Society
One of the greatest guitarists of all time Zak Wylde, definitely not to be missed. Dates here!
Europe
Perhaps one of thee greatest songs of the 80’s and much more. Check them out.
Murderdolls
Joey and Wednesday are back! Get on...
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Motörhead - The World Is Yours.
I tried to write this three times before realising that the reason I couldn’t review The World Is Yours effectively was because I wasn’t listening to it loud enough, Motörhead have been consistently brilliant in the 35 years they’ve been around, there isn’t one bad album, and yes I am incredibly biased, they’re my favourite band but from a purely musical point of view, these guys have been...
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The Cult @ O2 Academy, Leeds. 18.01.2011
Lights darkened, carpet laid out, crowd cheering, a skull and crossbones blazened across the stage. The Cult are about to begin the first night of their ‘Destroy Europa’ tour, and by the sounds of it, they are up for a fight. They take to the stage, silhouettes, Ian Astbury instantle recognisable, rabbit tails hanging from his belt and his foot stomping. The band begin, and the crowd...
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Just an intro...
Written by music enthusiasts for music enthusiasts.
This blog will be written by four girls, (Caris, Sarah-Louise, Laura W and Laura C) and we’ll be writing gig, album and band reviews, flashback articles and much, much more!
If you’re an unsigned band and are touring across the U.K drop us an e-mail at letthemusicdothetalking@hotmail.co.uk and one (or more!) of us will try and...
