1000 Mods…I was expecting some sharp suited, feather cut wide boys with a fearsome pill habit, a Lambretta and some spiky Who influenced pop but I guess in their Greek homeland the name has an entirely different meaning. The fact…
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Greece may be falling to pieces economically but it’s good to know that rock and roll is still alive, well and kicking out the jams!!! 1000 Mods 2009 release, the “Liquid Sleep” 7” was an impressive piece of downtuned, fuzzed…
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For a new band, South Wales based bruisers 33 have some pedigree. Born out of the cream of local bands, 33 was conceived as a vehicle for nihilistic sing-along hardcore emulating the likes of Sheer Terror, Blood For Blood and…
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Not 666 or 999 or 123. These Iberian noiseniks have chosen 413. Could it be the international dialling code for Spain? (It’s not – I checked and it’s +34). Or maybe it’s the number of strings broken by the guitarist…
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With the high number of quality stoner acts emerging from Greece right now I wouldn’t be surprised if throwing a stone around the streets of Athens wouldn’t hit some long haired, spliffed up, guitar toting rock star in the making!!!…
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There is a hoary old debate occasionally dusted off, and probably worth having, about what constitutes ‘heavy’ music, when the thudding blues rock of Sabbath is considered (rightly) to be heavy by many (like me) than the most overly ‘loud’…
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