RAMONES – Road to Ruin – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2018)
When ROAD TO RUIN was released in September 1978, it was the first of many watershed moments for the Ramones. Where the first 3 albums were a natural progression of …
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Motörhead – Motörhead – 40th Anniversary Edition (Chiswick Records 2017)
I always liked the fact that the starting point for Motörhead was somewhat amorphous. With an early repertoire reaching back into Hawkwind, Pink Fairies and beyond, there was a blurred …
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TROUBLE PILGRIMS – DARK SHADOWS AND RUST (Chiswick 2017)
Considering that the first de-facto promo single for this album came out 2 years ago, it seems like the Trouble Pilgrims full-length debut has been stewing for a very long …
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HAWKWIND – Onward (Plastic Head 2012) album review
Hawkwind seem to be going through a renaissance of late (no doubt due to namedropping from the right places) and given that so much of the band’s recent history has …
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The RADIATORS – TROUBLE PILGRIM (review originally published in RIOT 77 magazine Feb 2007)
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 …
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