Last year, London-based ‘alternative’ proggers The Osiris Club linked up with Bad Elephant Music and released a live album, ‘Blazing Worlds – Live At Roadburn’ as their first release for the label. Now they’re back with their first all new studio effort for Bad Elephant, entitled ‘The Green Chapel’, the band’s third studio album overall, and one that sees them heading in an even more progressive direction.
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Sami Yaffa will be – well, most definitely should be – a name more than familiar to regular Über Rock readers, and especially those who not only have supported the site from the very beginning but also were part of the ethos for its establishment an amazing 12 years ago. But, for the uninitiated, a quick introduction: he was a founding member of one of the greatest glunk bands of all time, the mighty Hanoi Rocks, has remained a long-term collaborator with friend and frontman Michael Monroe and played a leading role in the renaissance of one of the genre’s most influential acts, the legendary New York Dolls. Now, some four decades into his storied career, he has released his first solo album, a collection of songs which he felt didn’t quite fit into the mould of his other projects but was nevertheless determined should be heard…
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Bona Pjarren has been aware of Mostly Autumn for about twenty years after seeing them perform at The Boardwalk in Sheffield, sadly no longer open. They made a lasting impression, as even back then they were impressively epic. He instantly bought their album ‘The Spirit of Autumn Past’, he was so impressed….
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As the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 18 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights grow brighter by the day, and life starts to return to some sense of normality, a healthy slew of new music, perhaps more than at any other time in ÜR’s history, continues to ping itself our way, and especially in the continuing tsunami of submissions we receive for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ award… Yes, as we’ve said on multiple occasions, one constant throughout the vagaries of inconsistent and often hard to stomach lockdowns is the amazing level of adaptive creativity that bands and video directors the length and breadth of the Überverse have continued to show, often in the most adverse of circumstances.
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After two long years, Hard Rock Hell returns in 2021 with its ultimate rock party weekend, Sleaze. Though many of the bands were admittedly unrehearsed compared to their usual performances pre-covid the energy amongst the bands and the audience was electric. The event was a massive family reunion where you’re actually happy to be there with extended catchups in the smoking area and many drinks to toast with. We could spend time talking about the obviously breath-taking performances of both headline acts, The Quireboys and Tigertailz, but it goes without saying that those shows were classic performances to aspire to. So, let’s talk about some moments that I feel need a mention from the HRH Sleaze weekend.
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