Guitar wankery, auto tuned vocals and a crunchy rock soundtrack don’t sound like they would be the most appealing combination in the world, but our latest Video Of The Week proves this pre-thought wrong!
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The weather may have turned slightly in the past few days, but the rock ‘n’ roll action is still hot, hot, HOT here at ÜRHQ, where we are proud to announce that the latest edition of the Singles Club is now officially open for business. And the summer holidays don’t mean that things have slowed in any shape or form, as we had more than 200 submissions over the past fortnight. So, with that in mind, let’s stick a couple of quid in the jukebox and turn up the volume to 11…
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Imagine a bunch of unrecalcitrant middle-aged punks raging against the machine – only from the inside, venting their anger and fury at the failings of a system which they both seek to protect and yet see crumbling around them. That is the sound of Nottingham’s self-styled “political punks”, Grey Hairs, and it is expressed very firmly on this, their second album, and one which asserts the strength of a band now gelling as a cohesive entity, rather than a side project of its constituent members (they’ve all played in other bands on the east Midlands scene).
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With their unique blend of psychobilly and punk-Infused rock ‘n’ roll, Volbeat quickly became a favourite in rock clubs up and down the country when they crashed into the scene in the mid-2000s and they’ve continued to go from strength to strength from there. Let’s not forget their Grammy award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 2014 for ‘Room 24’ as well as opening for the likes of Metallica, Motorhead and Slipknot!
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Cirkus Prütz – the band take the second part of their name from that of bassist Jerry Prütz – may well hail from the southern Swedish province of Östergötland, but they could quite easily be found jamming on stages in a certain other southern region, that of Texas, as they play a brand of bar room blooze that evokes the spirit of the likes of Lightnin’ Hopkins, Albert Collins, Stevie Ray Vaughn and, most especially, ZZ Top.
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