Live: Ugly Kid Joe, Riverside, Newcastle
Some see Ugly Kid Joe as an oddity of the grungey, post-glam metal scene. A one-hit wonder even. They will for sure be remembered...
Chris Boltendahl’s Steelhammer are Reborn in Flames
Unlike a Phoenix that bursts into flames only to be reborn from the ashes, Chris Boltendahl’s Steelhammer are already born on fire and set...
Deaf Havana ‘Old Souls’
Sometime back in the 2000s, a five-piece from rural North Norfolk, who could have been neatly slotted into the post-hardcore/screamo scene, took to the...
Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is (And All The Ballads)
When Foreigner’s I Want To Know What Love Is stormed the singles charts worldwide I viewed it as a gushing overwrought take on their...
Supersonic Blues Machine play some solid bluesy rock on Road Chronicles ‘live’
Supersonic Blues Machine (SBM) are claimed by their fan base to be ‘the ultimate rock, blues and soul’ jam band. All the musicians involved...
Mick’s Jaguar find Salvation
With a name like Mick’s Jaguar, I was expecting a Stones based band and yet their debut, Fame and Fortune was more like New...
Reviews: Vagabond Specter – Mirrors
Well when I first pressed play on the new Vagabond Specter album Mirrors I must admit, it’s not the kind of thing I’d usually...
Stevie D featuring Corey Glover are Torn From The Pages
You must have heard of Stephen DeAcutis... no? Well, how about Stevie D? He is the ridiculously talented guitarist, producer, multi-Instumentalist, engineer, writer, and...
The Pineapple Thief’s Hold Our Fire
The Pineapple Thief can be included in the list of bands who continually release albums which achieve critical success, and who sell albums to...
Tuomas Holopainen – Life and Times of Scrooge
Finnish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician Tuomas Holopainen is most famous as the keyboardist with 'Nightwish'. Holopainen has based his first solo project ‘Music Inspired by...
