JOHN GIST (right) with JOHN GARCIA It’s all too easy to believe that gigs happen by magic. Your favourite bands just show up in town, rock the house and then move on to the next town, all of it done by some sort of witchcraft. Except, of course, that’s not the case; there’s a road […]
It’s no secret that Zeke have written some cracking tunes about motorbikes, not least the brilliant God Of GSXR, T-500, and well, let’s be honest, about half their songs are either about fast cars or motorcycles, all of them played at breakneck speed, with a suicide clutch, and no brakes. So it seemed like […]
Photo by Mathew Stubs Phillips. ROY MAYORGA’S TOP 11 DRUMMERS With a resume that takes in everything from New York crust punks Nausea through to Soulfly, Amebix, Ministry and Stone Sour, it would be remiss not to include Roy Mayorga among the all-time greats of drumming. He’s also a thoroughly decent bloke, one […]
Having played bass for the likes of The Obsessed, Kyuss, and Fireball Ministry, California native Scott Reeder has a style that is completely his own, bringing a unique thunder that is both instantly recognizable and hugely influential. But what of his own influences?Obviously, narrowing it down to just ten favourites is a difficult task: […]
Pic by Hammer Fight GETTING HAMMERED WITH HAMMER FIGHT For many of us there was a period of mourning after Lemmy died, a few months or more when nothing got played but Motörhead. It seemed as if, with Lemmy, the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll had died, too, and there really wasn’t a lot […]
