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The BIG Über Rock Interview: Paul Gray (The Sensible Gray Cells/Professor And The Madman/The Damned)

The BIG Über Rock Interview: Paul Gray (The Sensible Gray Cells/Professor And The Madman/The Damned)

Posted by | Nov 15, 2020 | ,

Despite the ongoing lockdowns across the Überverse, it has been a busy year for punk legend Paul Gray. While The Damned may have been one band forced into an unforeseen hiatus, the break has meant that the bassist has been able to concentrate on not just one but two “side projects”, in the form of Professor And The Madman, who recently entertained us with their excellent ‘Seance’ album, and more latterly The Sensible Gray Cells, which has seen him team up with another of this long-term bandmates, the ever charismatic Captain Sensible, to produce an equally impressive second collaboration, which sees the light of day later this month.

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Pulse Of The Maggots Festival (MusiCares Stage) – Friday 13 November

Pulse Of The Maggots Festival (MusiCares Stage) – Friday 13 November

Posted by | Nov 13, 2020 | ,

For those unfamiliar with the concept, Knotfest is a touring festival curated, and usually headlined, by Slipknot. Like many music events, the festival has been forced to re-invent itself in this ‘Year Of The Pandemic’, taking the vast majority of its activities online – and to great effect with the majority of what they have been doing being made available to fans free of charge, relying in turn on the charity of those same fans to reciprocate in other ways, by buying merchandise and releases from the myriad of bands to whom they have given an invaluable boost over the eight months to date of the various lockdowns brought about as a result of the global spread of the beer bug…

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The Sensible Gray Cells – ‘Get Back Into The World’ (Damaged Goods)

The Sensible Gray Cells – ‘Get Back Into The World’ (Damaged Goods)

Posted by | Nov 11, 2020 | ,

The first thing DJ Astrocreep heard about Sensible Gray Cells was actually from a publicist for a different band, albeit with a fair amount of crossover, as bassist Paul Gray also wrote and performed on Professor and the Madman’s ‘Seance’, with two of those involved also mixing this Sensible Gray Cells release. Plenty of opportunity to have the big lad’s interest piqued, then! SGC had released one previous album, ‘A Postcard from Britain’, released seven years ago which edged more towards a vintage psych-rock song – would this be continued in the new release?

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Adam’s Curse – ‘What The Ancients Knew About Us’ (Bad Reputation)

Adam’s Curse – ‘What The Ancients Knew About Us’ (Bad Reputation)

Posted by | Nov 11, 2020 | ,

Bat Kinane will be a name well known to Irish rock fans of a certain, pre-Millennial generation, as he led the melodic rock combo Glyder to a modicum of national and international success during the mid- to late-Noughties, before unexpectedly disbanding the project when they seemingly were at the height of their powers, with a road of great potential opening up before them… but, then, there is an old saying about quitting when you’re ahead, isn’t there? Apart from minor forays back into the spotlight, Kinane seems to have been something of a musical recluse for the past decade or so, briefly re-acquainting himself with the ÜR massive back in 2013 with his rather interesting Maggy Simpson project, which itself disappeared back into the ether after just one promising, if somewhat flawed album…

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Various Artists – ‘Compendium # 3: Taurus’ (Music-Records)

Various Artists – ‘Compendium # 3: Taurus’ (Music-Records)

Posted by | Nov 11, 2020 | ,

John B found himself wondering what on earth he was supposed to do with this, the latest sampler from the French Music-Records imprint? It has such a huge range of musical styles and genres it is very difficult to know what to expect from track to track, and with something that has this much variety how do you analyze it as a whole? On the other side of that coin, with so much variety that there is a lot of potential to find something new that you had not considered before. There are some fantastic tracks on here but also there are some that really fell flat for JB. Frankly, he can’t hold that against it too much as any time you have this range of styles you will have some that just don’t quite fit your style…

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