70000 Tons Of Metal: Your new favourite festival
February 10, 2010 by Dan Swinhoe · Comments
“Metalheads don’t really mix with normal cruise guests like families with kids and retired people looking for a vacation in the Caribbean.” This may be the reason you don’t see many Slayer T-shirts on Thomas Cook holidays.
Killswitch Dive Into Newcastle
December 3, 2009 by Dan Swinhoe · Comments
You struggle to lift a fat guy to help him crowd surf. You get pushed to the floor. The fat guy falls on you and your shoe breaks. You don’t care. Killswitch Engage are playing. Read more
High Voltage!
November 29, 2009 by David Brown · Comments
Electro God Numan takes Campus by Storm
It was a night that will live long in the memories of all that witnessed it. The pioneer of electronic music Gary Numan played to a packed-out Campus marking the eleventh show of his Pleasure Principle Tour 2009. Read more
Foo Fighters Greatest Hits
November 9, 2009 by Dan Swinhoe · Comments
The Foo Fighters’ frontman and all round rock god Dave Grohl isn’t happy. His band are releasing a greatest hits he didn’t want, and even though it’s guaranteed to sell by the bucket load he said in a recent interview he sees it as an ‘Obituary’; a gravestone on a band he feels has so much still to give. Read more
The Dead Weather Live!
October 22, 2009 by Dan Swinhoe · Comments
Jack White steps up from behind the drum kit and finally picks up the guitar that’s been waiting for him. The crowd goes wild. Allison Mossheart picks up a guitar and starts to play, and the crowd is near enough silent. The Jack White show has rolled into town.
Local Bands You Must See: Frankie and The Heartstrings
April 9, 2009 by Gary Evans · Comments
Each week InJournalism will bring you the very cream of Mackem musical talent for your listening pleasure. This week in the form of Frankie and The Heartstrings.
Donkey Rock and More
January 2, 2009 by Iraa Kadchha · Comments
It’s Saturday night in Paddywhacks. On stage, Monologues guitarist Jack Briggs breaks into a solo, playing ‘Purple Haze’ behind his head. Everyone stops everything else. Around the bar some people smile and nod in appreciation, while others are wide eyed in disbelief, compelled to watch as he plays across the different riffs. From that moment on, you know the Monologues are everything but ordinary.
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