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Gilby Clarke – ‘The Gospel Truth’ (Golden Robot Records)

Gilby Clarke – ‘The Gospel Truth’ (Golden Robot Records)

Posted by | Apr 19, 2021 | ,

Though probably best known for his stint as rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses’ during the ‘Use Your Illusion’ tour, Gilby Clarke (previously in Candy and Kills For Thrills) was already a song writer (and ghostwriter for Kim Fowley), vocalist and lead guitarist before he joined the infamous band. When the GN’R stint came along, courtesy of Slash, his role was to play Izzy Stradlin’s rhythm section; but he was at heart a lead guitarist and hence never really felt at home, not that Axl gave him much chance to settle…

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – BROKEN LINKS

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – BROKEN LINKS

Posted by | Apr 18, 2021 | , ,

Well, it looks like the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 13 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights may be growing brighter day by day, with the vaccination programme being rolled out with increasing pace and BoJo’s much-vaunted roadmap seeming to actually present some form of direction and pathway back to at least a semblance of the normality we enjoyed before the pandemic wrecked chaos on our collective and individual lives.

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The Wildhearts – ‘By Request’ (Live Stream) – 17 April 2021

The Wildhearts – ‘By Request’ (Live Stream) – 17 April 2021

Posted by | Apr 18, 2021 | ,

Even with a roadmap out of the COVID crisis now seemingly nailed to the table, at least in some parts of the Über Kingdom – here in our home territory of Northern Ireland all dates remain “indicative” and even when bars are eventually allowed to re-open they won’t be able to host live music until our so-called political leaders deign otherwise – we think it is safe to assert that streaming shows are set to remain part of our regular “gigging” routine for the foreseeable future. The latest act to throw their hats into the vagaries of the lives stream virtual arena this past weekend were those erstwhile rock ‘n’ roll reprobates by the names of Ginger, CJ, Danny and Ritch (or is it Mark, Twitterati), collectively known as The Wildhearts, emerging from the dustiness of the studio and into the spotlight of the live arena…

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The Über Rock Singles Club – Awesome April (Volume One)

The Über Rock Singles Club – Awesome April (Volume One)

Posted by | Apr 18, 2021 | , ,

Well, it looks like the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 13 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights may be growing brighter day by day, with the vaccination programme being rolled out with increasing pace and the various roadmaps seeming to actually present some form of direction and pathway back to at least a semblance of the normality we enjoyed before the pandemic wrecked chaos on our collective and individual lives.

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