rock/metal interviews
Meet: Neil Luschetta of Italian rockers Neil
Italian rockers Neil have just released their sophomore album, called ‘Black Flowers’, via Seahorse Recordings. Recorded on the isle of Sicily in southern Italy with renowned producer Paolo Messere (Blessed Child Opera), these 11 tracks showcase songmanship that mix folk with grunge, and vocals with an uncanny resemblance to Gavin Rossdale (of Bush). Comparisons also abound to the …
Meet: Tombstones In Their Eyes
Los Angeles’ rock outfit Tombstones in Their Eyes have announced the upcoming ‘Fear’ EP, to be released via Send Me Your Head Records. With this five-track release, the four-piece manage to embrace a wide range of influences, from the stoner rock of Kyuss to the warped neo- psychedelia of the likes of Spacemen 3 to …
Meet: Russ Russell – Music Producer
Whilst at a recent album launch gig in the heart of Kettering Town, Northamptonshire I bumped into music producer Russ Russell. Russ is well known in the Metal/Alternative scene for multiple, fantastic albums with great artists such as Dimmu Borgir, Evile, The Wildhearts, The Exploited, Napalm Death and many many more. So being nosey I …
Meet: Ranch Ghost
Their debut album contains a track that tells the tale of a cat tripped out on magic mushrooms. I thought this sounded like a story I wanted to hear, so I delved a little deeper and discovered a band of shack dwellers from Nashville that play some super fine chilled out tunes just perfect for …
Interview: New Years Day @ Camden Rocks Festival
New Years Day have an interesting take on life. We caught up with Ash and Nikki from the band at Camden Rocks Festival over the weekend, to find out how things are going for them. We discussed everything from Disneyland, to Marilyn Manson, and why it’s okay to be happy living on the darker side …
INTERVIEW: Reckless Love @ Camden Rocks Festival
With over 200 bands playing Camden Rocks, it was quite the task to grab interviews in all the madness. We managed to pin down Reckless Love in the yard behind the venue they were playing in, the Electric Ballroom, to have a quick chat about living life as though we’re still in the 80s! BM: …
Interview: Creeper interview @ Slam Dunk Leeds
Creeper are a little different, which is never, ever a bad thing. We took some time to chat with them at Slam Dunk Festival, to find out what goes on in their alluring black and white world. We talk to vocalist Will and keyboardist Hannah about film noir, momentos from your first ever show, and …
Meet: Cane Hill interview @ Slam Dunk Leeds
It’s an incredibly warm Saturday at Slam Dunk festival. It’s the early afternoon, and the partying is already well underway; while bands are already kicking things off on the surrounding stages, we grabbed a few minutes at the festival with Louisiana’s Cane Hill before their first ever UK performance, on Kerrang!’s Fresh Blood stage. BM: …
Meet: The Scaffold’s Mike McCartney on the reissue of the McGough & McGear album
Most novelty number ones are rubbish but a notable exception to this rule is The Scaffold’s flower power classic Lily The Pink which still raises a happy smile five decades on. The Scaffold’s nucleus of comedian John Gorman, poet Roger McGough and songwriter Mike McGear emerged from the fertile early 1960s Liverpool theatre scene before …
Meet: Bowling For Soup interview, Leeds, 3.2.16
Bowling For Soup have become somewhat of a household name in terms of the rock scene in the past two decades; if pop-punk were a food chain, Bowling For Soup would most definitely be at the top, sporting a dick joke or two with a plethora of catchy hooks in tow. It’s not long since …