text: Long time journo who sold his soul to newspapers to fund his passion of following rock and metal bands around Europe. A regular gig-goer, tour-traveller and festival scribe who has broken stories of some of the biggest bands in the world and interviewed most. Even had a trifle with Slash once. Lover of bourbon, 80's rock and is a self-confessed tattoo addict.
  Music Reviews
  2 days ago
  ALBUM REVIEW: Nickelback – Get Rollin’
  They are the eternal divisive rock band like marmite for your ears. Some people love them and others, well, seem to have a quite unrivalled and insatiable hatred. We're very firmly in the former camp and don’t get the Nickelback hatred. The Canadian rockers are back with their tenth slice of ass bootin’, head flingin’, and foot stompin’ rock n’ roll, and 'Get Rollin' is another nail in the coffin for their detractors.
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  Music Reviews
  1 month ago
  ALBUM REVIEW: The Pretty Reckless – Other Worlds
  For us, 'Death by Rock and Roll' was one of 2021’s top albums. Easily top ten for several of us at Bring The Noise UK and 18-months later it is still on heavy rotation on our turntable and in our headphones. So when The Pretty Reckless dropped a brand new mini-album packed with covers, acoustic versions and remixes of some of our favourite songs on 'Death by Rock and Roll', we were already sold.
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  Live Reviews
  1 month ago
  LIVE REVIEW: The Pretty Reckless, The Cruel Knives, Barrowlands, Glasgow, 26/10/2022
  It’s ironic this tour is called the Death by Rock N’ Roll tour as on this evidence the genre we love isn’t just alive and well, it’s thriving, exciting and the white-hot centre of the musical universe at tonight's The Pretty Reckless show.
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  Features
  4 months ago
  Heriot: We’d have been at Download had they booked us or not as we all had tickets
  Heriot had been planning Download 2022 for two years - literally. After all, half of the band had arena tickets rolled over after the cancellation of the 2021 festival due to the pandemic. But they didn’t need those tickets as they were handed the keys to The Dogtooth Stage, for a Download experience they will never forget.
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  Features
  4 months ago
  Monster Truck: We held onto this album for four years
  Monster Truck have been sitting on their latest album since just before the COVID witch swooped in to cast a shadow over all our lives. Fearful of releasing an album they were immensely proud of and having it lost in the pandemic panic and chaos, the Canadian foot-stomping rock juggernauts showed great patience, waiting until the time was right to release their latest musical baby into the world.
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  Features
  4 months ago
  Dragged Under: Making our UK debut at Download Festival was amazing and terrifying at the same time
  As UK live performance debuts go, playing Download Festival as an introduction to a new country isn’t half bad. That’s exactly what Dragged Under did this summer as they crossed the pond for their first run of live dates, which began with a first gig in front of tens of thousands on the hallowed turf of Donington Park.
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  Features
  4 months ago
  Dead Posey: We Love Our Moonstruck Lunatics
  Dead Posey penned a tribute to their fans in lockdown, declaring them ‘Moonstruck Lunatics’ and at Download, frontwoman Danyell Souza reckons they found their lunatics in their thousands. Speaking to Bring the Noise UK, she, and multi instrumentalist husband Tony Fagenson, heaped praise on their ‘Moonstruck Lunatics’, while explaining the driving force and catalyst for their significant musical evolution.
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  FestivalsLive Reviews
  5 months ago
  FESTIVAL REVIEW: Download 2022 – Sunday
  As our epic weekend at Download drew to a close, it was left in the hands of the Sunday line-up to round it off in style.
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  FestivalsLive Reviews
  5 months ago
  FESTIVAL REVIEW: Download 2022 – Saturday
  After an incredible start to our Download Festival weekend, we were back for the fun which day two was set to bring!
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  Live Reviews
  6 months ago
  FESTIVAL REVIEW: Download 2022 – Friday
  Download Festival returned to Donington Park for a weekend of incredible live music. Find out what happened on day one!
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