Suited, Booted and Rooted!

Suited, Booted and Rooted!

We are well into the New Year, and the wheels of industry keep on turning. Today I bring you my newfound friends, Rooted, overseen by Andrew Miller, of Rock Riot Management, DJ at Brum Radio and host of ‘Let’s Build...
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Hey You!

Hey You!

‘The news is a lie’ Words you don’t want to hear when we have, for generations, settled down in front of the television and absorbed every item on the six o’clock menu. Now it is everywhere and available at every...
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Album Review: Graham Bonnet Band – Lost In Hollywood Again (Live)

Album Review: Graham Bonnet Band – Lost In Hollywood Again (Live)

It’s almost that time of year, so what the Dickens could be better than a good ol’, nostalgic, riff-tastic RAWK OUT, in the “bad” company of singing legend Graham Bonnet? This is a cracker. Bonnet’s latest live outing is blessed...
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A Storm In A Coffee Cup

A Storm In A Coffee Cup

‘They built skyscrapers where we used to play’ I just wanna scream, I am so utterly fed up and dispirited with this industry at times, but it is the music, the artistry that keeps me going.My friends 50 Year Storm...
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Daydream Believer

Daydream Believer

‘Grip your heart, shine always, write your tale, free’ Psychonaut: someone who intentionally uses mind altering methods to explore and investigate the human psyche. They hope to attain spiritual growth, embark on a journey of self-discovery and understand ...
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The Conjuring – Part Three

The Conjuring – Part Three

‘As you rip the aid from their hands, because no coin ever crossed your palm’ The night before last I was banished to the naughty step, it is from these barren lands that I write this. My crime is one...
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Breaking Bands (and Ubers) Part Two

Breaking Bands (and Ubers) Part Two

I was availed a brief chat backstage with Rooted, and where other writers would be ready to pounce, we gleefully exchanged tales of Ubers losing their minds, nepotism, out of control moshpits and comparing our war wounds. We cynically agreed...
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Breaking Bands (and Ubers – almost)

Breaking Bands (and Ubers – almost)

Breaking Bands (and Ubers – almost) They say that when the team works then the dream works and it perfectly describes the night of Friday 3rd October when Birmingham’s premiere promotions agency, The Catapult Club joined forces with local legend,...
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What You Leave Behind

What You Leave Behind

We stay at matron’s a little longer, enjoy another cup of Maxwell House and another slice of Dundee cake as we continue with a new single from Copperworm, friends of Great Music Stories and a mainstay of the Friday Rock...
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Howl When Your Heart Is Breaking

Howl When Your Heart Is Breaking

Well, mine was and now it isn’t as I sound the rock xylophone, break out the Dundee cake, and Maxwell House and I’ll see you at matron’s for tea. The undeniably cherubic and exquisitely vampiric Mikey and Bailey from As...
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