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The Über Rock Singles Club: March Madness (Part One)

The Über Rock Singles Club: March Madness (Part One)

Posted by | Mar 10, 2024 | , , ,

It’s been another busy couple of weeks here at the clubhouse, with a succession of ‘banging anthems blasting from our death decks and worming their way into the darkest recesses of our aural consciousness. Our new #DailyPick feature has proven to be enormously popular, allowing us to showcase many more rising artists and in a more timely way than the fortnightly opening of the main club permits… but, there are always tonnes of quality tunes that are grabbing us by the lugholes, and so here’s another eclectic playlist of the ones that are currently warming the cockles of our wizened rock ‘n’ roll hearts…

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‘The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t’ – Barrett Martin (Sunyata Books)

‘The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t’ – Barrett Martin (Sunyata Books)

Posted by | Mar 10, 2024 | , ,

The Screaming Trees were at the very heart of the Seattle music scene of the late 80’s/early 90’s that produced the grunge phenomenon of that period. Bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden loved and admired them, but somehow The Screaming Trees missed out on the same kind of worldwide commercial success that those bands enjoyed. Barrett Martin was the drummer in the Screaming trees from 1991 until their demise in 2000. ‘The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t’ tells his story of those years, and goes a long way to explaining just why that major league success eluded them.

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No Worth Of Man – ‘What’s Your Damage?’ (Self-Released)

No Worth Of Man – ‘What’s Your Damage?’ (Self-Released)

Posted by | Mar 9, 2024 | ,

‘What’s Your Damage?’ ask Hampshire-based brutalists No Worth Of Man on the title of this, just their third EP in their eight-year career. Well, how about the complete and state of carnage in which these four tracks of unmitigated intensity have left my poor, previously unsuspecting eardrums? That’s Monk’s damage… but it’s a cost he’s happy to pay, and get his mate Dave The Builder (Bob’s second cousin once removed) to repair, just in time to dive straight back into the fray!

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