Author: Team Uber

Skid Row – ‘The Atlantic Years 1989 – 1996’ (BMG)

If you’re looking for the latest “must own” box set, then look no further! Hard rock royalty Skid Row have just released ‘The Atlantic Years 1989-1996’ which perfectly captures their global domination in a seven LP and five CD box set format. Skid Row formed in Steve M’s home state of New Jersey in the late 80s and ultimately achieved huge commercial success with ‘Skid Row’ (1989) and ‘Slave To The Grind’ (1991) including their hit songs ‘18 and Life’, ‘I Remember You’, and ‘Monkey Business’. So, what exactly is included in this rock and roll treasure chest?

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Lock Horns/Bakken/Skypilot – Belfast, Voodoo – 3 December 2021

It hasn’t taken long for life to start getting back to some semblance of normality in the last part of the Uber Kingdom to lift restrictions on audience numbers, etc., at shows. On the downside, however, the turnout for tonight’s show, which celebrates the relaunch of the Distortion Project Records imprint with co-headlining performances by the label’s first three signings, is slightly lower than one might expect, especially giver the calibre of the acts. But then, it is the first in an (un)holy triptych of gigs over the course of the weekend, with Alestorm and Gloryhammer bringing their particular bands on in(s)anity to town the following evening, hotly followed by the Chris Jericho-fronted Fozzy the next night. With both bigger league shows sold out weeks in advance, it was only to be expected that the local lads would be the ones to suffer… Not that stops any of them trying to rip the roof off our favourite rock club!

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