Precon Post-Mortem
Its a glorious day of summer sun. The fountain blasts forth between the art gallery and a reveling crowd sat beside the town hall. You’d hardly know this was Middlesborough. The North East’s latest annual event is gathering steam as I enter the basement club room of Blu and am immediately confronted by lolitas and [...]
Whitby Goth Weekend Set To Spread
Over the past few months politics have seen the twice annual Whitby Goth Weekend divide into many camps. The good news is that competition breeds growth, meaning these separate camps have to work harder for your money and do so by giving you so much more to choose from. I’ll be honest there is a [...]
5 More Bands Added To The Download 2010 Line-up!
Twitter Feeds: Gotta love them. A mere four and a half hours later than their previous announcement that Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith were to headline, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Stone Sour, Billy Idol, Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch have all been added to the Download 2010 line-up. There are a [...]
Download Announces New Headliners.
It has not been long since Download finally confirmed that AC/DC is definitely to headline the 3 day Donnington Rock festival and, as of 8pm this evening the announcement was made that Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith are also to rank highly in the event. The on-line announcement also states that 5 further bands [...]
A Christmas Of Horrors
It was the most wonderful time of the year when even the dark of heart spread festive cheer. Every time the Christmas season rolls around there are a few things I look forward to and one of these is receiving a Christmas card from Circus Of Horrors crew. Touring their brand new Day Of The [...]
A Bizarre Ball for Bizarre People
Having built a reputation as receptacle for the ridiculous, a directory of the disgusting and, obviously, a book of the Bizarre. Bizarre magazine is hosting yet another live event. Following on from the bizarre ball 08 and supplemented by a series of bizarre live dates, championing acts such as Electric Eel Shock and Zombina and [...]
A Fantastic Trailer
Things get more fantastic by the minute. Having already been enticed by the shots we posted in our previous Mr Fox post we were delighted to see this stop motion movie in motion. Click here, or scroll down to see the trailer.
Exit By Name Exit SIRF Lineup.
An 11th hour message from the recently reformed Teesside band, who in the past have been a regular fixture at the Festival, particularly in the days when it featured masses of rock and metal, has announced the sudden cancelation of what was to be the bands Friday performance at Stockton Fringe Festival. (4.30pm 31st July). [...]
Combichrist, May 25th, The Independent, Sunderland
Tonight was my first experience of the compact, but comfortable Independent in Sunderland. Amidst homeland cries of towns such as Billingham, woefully confusing american act aesthetic perfection during a slight technical difficulty, there was a spirit of eagerness to the crowd. First band Uberbyte performed with satisfying force and didn’t round too bad either. The [...]
Whitby Goth Weekend
The powers that be at WGW HQ have recently announced the full line up for their october fest. This Whitby Goth Weekend, The first to take place over Halloween itself for a number of years features the full 8 band bill over 2 days as per usual, as well as a number of fringe events. [...]
Introducing Turbowolf.
After two years in their current line up, after tireless touring including several large UK festivals still to come this year, and just weeks before their new single Read And Write is released, Turbowolf got the Necromag treatment. We had the great pleasure of interviewing singer Chris Georgiadis a few days ago, fresh from a [...]
