TRICKY WEATHER conditions meant I nearly had to cancel this Nottingham show as the snow chose to bucket down, thankfully not too much that a trusty 4×4 couldn’t handle. This was all good news, as Boston boys Drop Kick Murphys and myself had never before been introduced, for some strange reason.
The Nottingham crowd sure had been here before, as they gave the lads a huge welcome as they
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SWATHED in tattoos they may be, and for some that could be offputting, but there’s no getting away with the fact that Los Angeles fivesome Buckcherry have got talent. Image for some is the be all and end all but the Nottingham crowd lapped up the music.
Recent single All Night Long, third song into the set had the crowd clapping and the machine was rolling. It was good to hear Lit Up, though
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PLAYING LARGE arenas can be the ultimate high for many bands. All that noise, energy and thousands of people hanging onto every note.
Headlining your own pub gig isn’t too shabby either, as Ashbourne gang Big Lix packed out Derby’s Horse & Groom with their happy energised brand of rock. Having done what they do now for 20 years we all knew what to expect as the lads did cracking
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TYPING THIS fills me with great sadness as I really am a huge Bowling For Soup fan, having seen them many times since they first hit our shores. And being broad-minded, I do know what I’m getting. Unfortunately, this show just wasn’t what it should have been.
Due to a very early start I failed to catch support acts The Dollyrotts and Patent Pending, which I’d liked to have see
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VERY RARLEY do I attend a gig when most of the songs are fresh. When I say fresh, I don’t necessarily mean new, just songs I’ve not really heard live before. Derby’s Pugma-Ho have cottoned on to this by having an interesting set, opening up with I Don’t Need No Doctor by Humble Pie. Old it may be, but a great start was created as they carried on knocking out different tun
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LIVE REVIEW
DOWNLOAD 2012
DONINGTON PARK
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
CELEBRATING their tenth anniversary, cleverly hidden in the DOWNLOAD title, one of Britain’s largest rock festivals hit the decks running with its usual huge array of bands spanning three days and several stages. Or that was the plan. As with many things in life, plans don’t always work out like they should. As we know the heavens
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