Author: Team Uber

Monster Truck/Those Damn Crows – Cardiff, Students Union Main Hall – 15 October 2022

Looking back a bit, David O’Neill realized that he had seen both these bands a few times, at Steelhouse, Download, among others. So, it was going to be a night of singing along to familiar tracks.  One of our Valleys correspondent’s claims to fame is being the sound engineer for the Crows the same year of their first Download triple bill when they played a local rugby club on the back of a flatbed lorry – oh, highs and lows of rock n roll rise to fame.

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Parkway Drive/While She Sleeps/Lorna Shore – Manchester, AO Arena – 1 October 2022

Having seen both Parkway Drive and While She Sleeps at festival dates over the past few years, Jonny B was pretty keen to see what impact their live show would have in a closed arena. Little did he know that when Parkway Drive first announced their ÜK tour, that it would be nearly three years before it could actually go ahead! But the long wait was finally over as he made his way across to Manchester for a night of metalcore madness!

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‘Punks Listen’ – Niall McGuirk and Michael Murphy (Hope Publications)

Being lovers of music, we all like a good natter about our favourite records, right? Well that’s just what this new book, ‘Punks Listen’, is all about. It’s basically tons of musicians and music industry associated people talking about their favourite records and is a great insight into people’s influences and musical loves. And what’s more it’s all for a very good cause, designed to raise funds for the Red Cross Ukraine Refugee appeal.

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