GagReflex – Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom. What do you think of when you think of Cheltenham? Having never been I only really know it as the place near to Gloucester and for better or for worse, that’s the limit of my knowledge. Or it was… GagReflex are two-piece Punk-Rock band...
Boston – Massachusetts – USA. This was a show that had me on the edge of my cramped polyester seat riding the T (Boston’s subway system) back to my side of town to link up with a handful of very talented musicians, for a show that had been the talk...
Phase – Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. Based in Newcastle, UK, Phase are a band. A band that play sound. Sound that is organised into a genre-crossing selection of music that is hard to pin down to any one particular style or genre. I was in conversation with the band...
Negative Bones – Baltimore, Maryland, USA. ‘Negative Bones is a magic swamp where amps outnumber people…’ – He saw that… It’s great when bands challenge what has been established. Whether it’s through a full throttle change-up, or simply via the subtle changes that often becomes the quality that ultimately sets them apart. That was a...
Upon listening to KICKFIST, one thing is as clear as a fist to the face; the blatant nature of their influences. These guys are well educated in metal muscle. Listing in their influences the likes of Pantera, Black Label Society and Slipknot, you get a pretty hefty impression of what you are dealing with. A...