1998 was a good year in the long history of the Vandals with the release of HITLER BAD, VANDALS GOOD on Nitro Records – Although this was a very different …
From the archives – Interview with Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of THE VANDALS (originally appeared in NOSEBLEED issue 18 – Feb 1999) Read More
The Cramps one and only Dublin live appearance was on Friday 24th February 1995, the first night of their European tour in support of the FLAMEJOB album on Creation records. …
From the archives – Interview with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of THE CRAMPS (originally appeared in NOSEBLEED issue 12 – 1995) Read More
This is the densest that Gothenburg’s Carbon Based Lifeforms have ever sounded. Their previous output all the way back to the Notch incarnation traded on electronic sound with a very …
CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS – TwentyThree ( Ultimae Records 2011 ) Read More
Issued back in March of this year, the economically titled CONSTRUCTION is the debut from one of the more interesting electronic entities currently operating in Dublin. Rough mixes posted on …
CATSCARS – Construction ( White Plague Records 2011 ) Read More
A few years back, Geir Jenssen planted a diatribe on his webspace stating that Biosphere was no longer touring due to the general unhealthy lifestyle that comes with the trappings …
BIOSPHERE – N-Plants ( Touch 2011 ) Read More
Dublin is by no means exclusive in it’s ability to be a harsh environment to that which sticks around for longer than the ever decreasing attention span of it’s troglodyte …
ESTEL – A Massive, Glorious, Uphill, Shit-Fight ( Little Plastic Tapes/Headwrecker 2011) Read More
By way of explanation. Pete Holidai is known to some as the guitarist with the cherished Radiators ( from Space ), an undersold entity spawned as Dublin’s best shot during …
PETE HOLIDAI – The Devil’s Guitar CD ( 625 Label ) Read More
It seems that since the 40 SHADES OF GANGRENE album, some manner of circular pattern has been completed and the scab ends of Irishness have morphed into a sitting duck …
PARANOID VISIONS – BEWARE OF THE GOD (2009) (from the archives) Read More
We’re all competing for elbow room…. I tend to grab my reading material and stand near the Bunty comix – There are a number of reasons for this, but the …
ULTIMATE BILGE PUMPING (originally appeared in RIOT 77 issue 6) Read More
As this palpitating episode begins……. One of the meagerly insignificant contributions to the world of low budget animation, Roger Ramjet, has disappeared from evident history. Even the supergeek highway, the …
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE HEROES???? – Notes on Roger Ramjet (Originally appeared in NOSEBLEED issue 21) Read More
The Radiators are sort of treated in the same way as the Tara Broach or one of many other high profile Irish antiquities…. They’re a well publicised entity, but walking …
The RADIATORS – TROUBLE PILGRIM (review originally published in RIOT 77 magazine Feb 2007) Read More