The mongrels of Brit rock due to their scatty diversity. Whether it be punk, metal, pop, rock, it's all evident here along with the bar...
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Live Review: Little Barrie, Daikanyama Unit, Tokyo, 10th December, 2010
Daikanyama's Unit turned out to be a strange venue in which to hear Little Barrie, the rock trio from Nottingham, England. Descendi...
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Transcript Interview: Mitch Ikeda, Manics photographer
In January 2003, I interviewed the Japanese photographer Mitch Ikeda, famous for taking pictures of the Manic Street Preachers, as wel...
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Preview: Hope n' Glory
HOPE N' GLORY are a quartet from Madingley. The boys in the band are Richie Van Jupp (on lead vocals/ lead guitar), Marty Dickson (bass...
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Album Review: Bush, "Sixteen Stone"
Brit band with big, grungy American sound in the mould of Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. Derivative. But a couple of songs, particular...
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The Fly Column (in German): Leichen-Pool
Jeden Monat bieten wir in der Kolumne von "The Fly" eine Wette an. Es geht um eine Auflistung der Zwangsaussteiger, auf eine Aufz...
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Album Review: Drive She Said, "Drivin' Wheel"
Imaginatively entitled Drivin' Wheel , this is the American AOR band DRIVE SHE SAID's debut album. As I figured it was drivin...
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The Fly Column: Clash of the Punks
Green Day's Billy Jo was over in London recently on a pilgrimage to the birthplace of Punk. Billy was also here to seek inspiration for...
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Live Review: Fish, Royal Albert Hall, 9th July, 1990
What's all this then? Fish the TARTAN TROUBADOUR amidst the regal splendour of The Royal Albert Hall? Yes, truly a setting altogeth...
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Preview: Coldplay (in French)
Coldplay se concentre sur le commerce équitable C’est quoi cet engouement des rock stars pour sauver le monde ? Bono est le croisé de...
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Album Review: Deicide, "Once Upon the Cross"
Deadly dose of Death Metal, complete with caveman vocals, jurassic riffs, and dumb, perverse ramblings about the joys of Satan. The mus...
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Album Review: All Off, "From Midnight to Sunshine"
I still think the greatest compliment a Japanese rock band can get is that they don't sound remotely Japanese. If that's the standa...
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The Fly Column: Mr Sincerity... Jon Bon Jovi
Climbing up a window pane the other day, a sudden thought struck me: "How does Jon Bon Jovi manage to say the same thing to a differen...
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Preview: Firewind 2011
Heavy metal groups are notorious for their complex genealogies, as members switch bands and moonlight for other outfits. Greek metal warhor...
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