Uber Rock’s Gigs of the Year 2012
Written by Gaz E
Monday, 24 December 2012 03:00
Another year down, Uber Rock’s biggest year….again (I can see a pattern forming), accomplished with the fiercest independent spirit coursing through its collective veins.
As the final votes get counted up on the Album of the Year rundown – and wait until you see that life-affirming, no bullshit list on New Year’s Eve! – I present to you the favourite live moments of 2012 of the UR Massive.
As usual, anything goes – any band, any sub genre, anything and everything that tickled our writer’s musical fancy. Need any more proof that there is always a cool gig to go to?
Read on and enjoy: here’s to a million other great shows in 2013…..
Mark Ashby
1.) Thin Lizzy – Belfast, Limelight
2.) Steve Vai – Dublin, Vicar St
3.) Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson – Ahoghill, Diamond
4.) Sepultura – Belfast, Limelight
5.) Slayer – London, Alexandra Palace
6.) Judas Priest – London, Hammersmith Apollo
7.) Dan Baird And Homemade Sin – Ahoghill, Diamond
8.) Pat McManus (with Mark Stanway) – Belfast, Limelight
9.) Anthrax – Belfast, Limelight
10.) Dan Reed – Ahoghill, Diamond
Jason Daniel Baker
1.) The Arcane Saints – Toronto, Cherry Cola’s
2.) Soundgarden – Torornto, The Phoenix Concert Theatre
3.) Motley Crue/KISS – Toronto, Molson Ampitheatre
4.) Arctic Monkeys/The Black Keys – Air Canada Centre
5.) Rush – Toronto, Air Canada Centre
6.) The 4onthefloor/Angela Saini & The Residence – Toronto, Horseshoe Tavern
7.) The Pretty Reckless – Toronto, Phoenix Concert Theatre
8.) Big Sugar/Flash Lightnin’ – Toronto, CNE Bandshell
9.) The Lost Babies/The Crashing Cars – Toronto, The Bovine Sex Club
10.) Refused/OFF! – Toronto, Sound Academy
Steve Beebee
1.) Rival Sons – Bristol, Thekla
2.) Heaven’s Basement – Download Festival
3.) Pure Love – Leicester, Lock 42
4.) LostAlone – Download Festival
5.) Big Country – Birmingham, O2 Academy
6.) Evanescence – Birmingham, NIA
7.) The Answer – Steelhouse Festival
8.) Halestorm – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2
9.) Terrortones – Nottingham, Tantra
10.) Tigertailz – Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
Ian Bell
1.) Anthrax – Cardiff, Coal Exchange
2.) Metallica – Download Festival
3.) Rancid/Cock Sparrer Birmingham, The Ballroom
4.) Adam Ant – Cardiff, Solus
5.) Kaiser Chiefs – Bristol, Colston Hall
6.) Skindred/Therapy?/Black Spiders/Turbowolf – Bristol, O2Academy
7.) Buckcherry/The Howling – Bristol, Trinity Centre
8.) Ministry – Bristol, O2 Academy
9.) The Hives – Bristol, O2 Academy
10.) The Jim Jones Revue – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Matt Blakout
1.) Hang Fire – Steelhouse Festival
2.) Halestorm – Bristol, The Fleece
3.) The Quireboys – Hard Rock Hell VI
4.) Halestorm – Download Festival
5.) The Union – Steelhouse Festival
6.) Bonafide – Cambridge Rock Festival
7.) Sebastian Bach – Download Festival
8.) Red White & Blues – Hard Rock Hell VI
9.) Little Caesar with Chris Buck – Hard Rock Hell VI
10.) Warrior Soul – Cardiff, Bogiez
Nev Brooks
1.) Legendary Shack Shakers – Bristol, The Fleece
2.) Fishbone – Cardiff, Bogiez
3.) The Heavy – Bristol, Fiddlers
4.) The Urban Voodoo Machine – Bristol, Tunnels
5.) Miles Kane – Bristol, O2 Academy
6.) The Jim Jones Revue – Bristol, Fiddlers
7.) Band of Skulls – Cardiff, Coal Exchange
8.) Psychedelic Furs – Bristol, Thr Fleece
9.) Talisman All Stars – Bristol, Creative Common
10.) Skindred – Porth, The Factory
Craggy
1.) Ginger’s Birthday Bash featuring The Wildhearts – London, The Forum, London
2.) Bermondsey Joyriders/The Phobics – London, Madame Jo Jos
3.) Presidents of USA – London, The Forum
4.) Tyla and the Dogs D’amour – Islington Academy
5.) Midway Still – London, New Cross Inn
6.) The Virgin Marys/The Trews/Born Mad – London, Relentless Garage
7.) Splodgenessabounds/Septic Psychos/Monkish/Station Agents – London, New Cross Inn
8.) Ugly Kid Joe/Fozzy – London, The Underworld
9.) Stan the Man Bohemian Blues Band – Prague, U Malého Glena
10.) Charlie the Bomber – Brno, Metro Music Bar
Dom Daley
1.) Rebellion Festival – Blackpool, Winter Gardens
2.) Scabies & James ft Texas Terri – London, 100 Club
3.) The Jim Jones Revue – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
4.) The Cult/Against Me! – Florida, House Of Blues
5.) The Damned/Dickies – London, Roundhouse
6.) The Hives – Bristol, O2 Academy
7.) Rancid/Cock Sparrer – London, Forum
8.) Slugfe5t – Abertillery, The Railway Inn
9.) Warrior Soul – Cardiff, Bogiez
10.) The Hip Priests/Black Bullets/The Sick Livers/Trigger McPoopshute – Newport, Le Pub
Gaz E
1.) Vintage Trouble – Abertillery Blues Rock Festival
2.) LostAlone – Bristol, Thekla
3.) Anthrax – Cardiff, Coal Exchange
4.) Agnostic Front – Bristol, The Fleece
5.) Warrior Soul – Cardiff, Bogiez
6.) Gallows – Bristol, The Fleece
7.) Adam Ant – Cardiff, Solus
8.) Skindred/Therapy?/Black Spiders/Turbowolf – Bristol, O2 Academy
9.) Dan Reed – Ebbw Vale, EVI
10.) Ministry – Bristol, O2 Academy
Johnny H
1.) Sham 69/Charred Hearts/The Racket – Swindon, The Furnace
2.) Rebellion Festival 2012 – Blackpool, Winter Gardens
3.) Rebellion Xmas Bash 2012 – Birmingham, The Ballroom
4.) The Hip Priests/The Black Bullets/The Sick Livers/Trigger McPoopshute – Newport, Le Pub
5.) Slugfe5t – Abertillery, The Railway Inn
666.) The Uber Rock/Zombie Crew Halloween Hellraiser – Ebbw Vale, EVI
7.) The Bronx/Blasted/Axis Of – Reading, Sub89
8.) The Urban Voodoo Machine/Bermondsey Joyriders – London, Relentless Garage
9.) Vintage Trouble – Abertillery Blues Rock Festival
10.) Slayer – London, Alexandra Palace
Ben Hughes
1.) Ginger’s Birthday Bash featuring The Wildhearts – London, The Forum
2.) Vintage Trouble – Derby, Y Not Festival
3.) Vintage Trouble – York, Fibbers
4.) Vintage Trouble – Gateshead, The Sage
5.) Vintage Trouble – Cumbria, Kendall Calling Festival
6.) Ginger Wildheart/The Guns/Baby Godzilla – York, The Duchess
7.) Skindred/RSJ – York, The Duchess
8.) The Jim Jones Revue/Y Niwl – York, Fibbers
9.) The Urban Voodoo Machine – York, The Duchess
10.) …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead/Maybeshewill – York, Fibbers
Rob Lane
1.) Mike Tramp – Sutton in Ashfield, The Diamond
2.) Butch Walker – Manchester, Night & Day Cafe
3.) Soul Asylum – New York, The Bowery Ballroom
4.) Danger Danger – Firefest
5.) Jaret & Erik/People On Vacation/Erik Chandler – Manchester, Academy
6.) Bowling For Soup/The Dollyrots/Patent Pending – Nottingham, Rock City
7.) John Corabi – Sutton in Ashfield, The Diamond
8.) Steel Panther – Nottingham, Rock City
9.) Alice Cooper/Ugly Kid Joe/Loaded – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
10.) Slash/Ginger Wildheart – Birmingham, NIA
Chris O
1.) Anthrax – Cardiff, Coal Exchange
2.) Stuka Squadron/Dark Forest/Agincourt – Birmingham, Scruffy Murphy’s
3.) Warrior Soul – Cardiff, Bogiez
4.) The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing – Cardiff, Bogiez
5.) Senser – Hammerfest
6.) Anthrax – Hammerfest
7.) Dream Evil – Hammerfest
8.) Motorhead/Anthrax – Bristol, Colston Hall
9.) Tygers of Pan Tang/Triaxis – Cardiff, Bogiez
10.) Paradise Lost – Cardiff, University
Russ P
1.) Bernhoft – Copenhagen, VEGA
2.) Bernhoft – Roskilde, Gimle
3.) Vintage Trouble – Abertillery Blues Rock Festival
4.) Tim Christensen And The Damn Crystals – Utrecht, Tivoli de Helling
5.) Rival Sons – Bristol, Thekla
6.) Field Music – Bristol, The Fleece
7.) Tim Christensen And The Damn Crystals – Amsterdam, Melkweg
8.) Field Music – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
9.) Henry’s Funeral Shoe – Steelhouse Festival
10.) Gentlemans Pistols – Steelhouse Festival
Matt Phelps
1.) Doro – Bristol, The Fleece
2.) Buckcherry – Bristol, Trinity Centre
3.) Kiss – London, Forum
4.) Onslaught – Plymouth, White Rabbit
5.) Alestorm – Bristol, The Fleece
6.) Foreign Legion – Bideford, Palladium Club
7.) HangFire – Ilfracombe, The Chill Bar
8.) Jettblack – Exeter, The Cavern
9.) Meansteed – Plymouth, The Underground
10.) Badland Bandits – Tavistock, The Wharf
Dave Prince
1.) Ten/Serpentine/ White Widdow – Pontypridd, Muni
2.) The Wonder Stuff/PWEI/Jesus Jones – Birmingham, O2 Academy
3.) Bowling For Soup – Bristol, O2 Academy
4.) Therapy? – Cardiff, The Globe
5.) Hand of Dimes/Blackbyrd – Pontypridd, Muni
6.) Blue Gillespie – Newport, Le Pub
7.) Wheatus – Pontypridd, Muni
8.) Skindred – Porth, The Factory
9.) Melanie C – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
10.) Alice Cooper – Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
Jamie Richards
1.) Pearl Jam/X- Prague, O2 Arena
2.) We Are Augustines/Kodaline – Bristol, Thekla
3.) Anthrax – Cardiff, Coal Exchange
4.) Warrior Soul – Cardiff, Bogiez
5.) Black Spiders – Ebbw Vale, Steelhouse
6.) Graveyard – Bristol, The Fleece
7.) Soundgarden/The Stooges – Hard Rock Calling
8.) Henry’s Funeral Shoe/Galapagos Now!/Dead Shed Jokers – Brecon Fringe
9.) Exit International – Ebbw Vale, EVI
10.) Mastodon/Red Fang – Bristol, O2 Academy
Jim Rowland
1.) Kiss – London, Forum
2.) Judas Priest/Saxon – Hammersmith Apollo
3.) Graveyard/Horisont – Camden Underworld
4.) Watain – Bloodstock Open Air
5.) Thin Lizzy – Chelsea, Under The Bridge
6.) Volture – Camden, The Unicorn
7.) Fu Manchu – Islington Academy
8.) Karma To Burn – Camden Underworld
9.) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Hammersmith Apollo
10.) Chickenfoot – Brixton Academy
Darrel Sutton
1.) Slugfest 5 – Abertillery, The Railway Inn
2.) Nasum/Black Breath – London, The Underworld
3.) Turbonegro – London, Electric Ballroom
4.) DRI – Cardiff, Bogiez
5.) Punkfest – Pontypool, Hog And Hosper
6.) Agnostic Front – Bristol, The Fleece
7.) Black Breath/Victims – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
8.) The Hip Priests/Black Bullets/Sick Livers/Trigger McPoopshute – Newport, Le Pub
9.) Punk For The Homeless/Punk For Animals – Stoke On Trent, The Green Star
10.) Fell On Black Days/Ten Cent Toy/Trigger McPoopshute/Outgunned – Ebbw Vale, EVI
Mark Taylor
1.) Queen & Adam Lambert – Hammersmith Apollo (I kid ye not)
2.) Judas Priest /Lamb Of God – Singapore, Fort Canning Park
3.) Thin Lizzy – Chelsea, Under The Bridge
4.) The Rolling Stones – London, O2 Arena
5.) Pavlov’s Dog – London, Borderline
6.) Sunflower Jam – London, Royal Albert Hall
7.) Lynyrd Skynyrd – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
8.) The Quireboys/Pat McManus – London, Borderline
9.) Kiss – London, Forum
10.) FM – London, Shepherds Bush Empire
Rob Watkins
1.) Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson – Birmingham, NIA
2.) Dan Reed – Ebbw Vale, EVI
3.) Adam Ant – Cardiff, Solus
4.) Skindred – Bristol, O2 Academy
5.) Exit International – Merthyr Rock
6.) Dweezil Zappa – Cardiff, St David’s Hall
7.) Reef – Steelhouse Festival
8.) Therapy? – Cardiff, The Globe
9.) Buckcherry – Bristol, Trinity Centre
10.) The Uber Rock/Zombie Crew Halloween Hellraiser – Ebbw Vale, EVI
