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Dee Snider – ‘Leave A Scar’ (Napalm Records)

Dee Snider – ‘Leave A Scar’ (Napalm Records)

Posted by | Aug 21, 2021 | ,

Colourful. Yes. Divisive. Most certainly. Outspoken. Perhaps outrageously so. Passionate. Definitely, and defiantly so. Uncompromising. Undeniably so. A man who long ago gave up counting the number of fucks that fly past his window. A man who doesn’t care what people think about him, but cares about one thing, and one thing only: his beloved rock ‘n’ roll. A man who has taken on the might of the system… and won! And is still standing to tell the tale. Yes, he is one of the most distinctive figures in the music business, a man who has spent almost five decades declaring that ‘You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll’… and continues to do so. Yes, it’s Dee Snider – and he’s back on the attack, determined to ‘Leave A Scar’ on the musical landscape with his latest solo album, which once again sees him delivering an emphatic punch in the face to the establishment, in every regard…

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Troy Redfern – ‘The Fire Cosmic’ (RED7 Records)

Troy Redfern – ‘The Fire Cosmic’ (RED7 Records)

Posted by | Aug 21, 2021 | ,

It is positively amazing, and re-affirmingly so, the number of young guitarists, and particularly British ones, who have emerged over the past decade or so to prove that the blues is not only alive and well but as relevant and vibrant as ever – in fact, more so than at perhaps any time since the late Sixties. One of the most prolific, and impactful, exemplars of this assertion is Troy Redfern, dubbed Britain’s “king of the slide guitar” and an artist who encapsulates the full diversity of the blues’ generic mien within the space of just one album…

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SteelHeart – Grapevine TX, The Glass Cactus – 20 August 2021

SteelHeart – Grapevine TX, The Glass Cactus – 20 August 2021

Posted by | Aug 21, 2021 | ,

Don’t you just love the smell of rock ‘n’ roll in the morning? Especially in the wee small hours of the morning. Well, we obviously do here at ÜRHQ, as here were Monk and DQ wide awake at the ungodly hour of 4.30am tuning into this live simulcast of AOR legends SteelHeart’s belated 30th anniversary show, all the way from the rather strange location of a city by the name of Grapevine, located between the better known Dallas and Fort Worth.

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Switchfoot – ‘Interrobang’ (Vanguard Records)

Switchfoot – ‘Interrobang’ (Vanguard Records)

Posted by | Aug 20, 2021 | ,

Those who know Jonny B will know that his music taste ranges wildly from the extreme reaches of metal through to the poppiest of the pop, which means that you never quite know what you’re going to catch him listening to. But it also means that he’s open to just about anything that reaches the album review bucket at ÜRHQ to see if he can find any hidden gems. This time he’s checking out Switchfoot, who are a band that is completely new to him, yet has a significantly large following… well we guess their 12th studio album isn’t too late to try and get in on the hype, right?

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