INTERVIEW: The Stone Roses v Bitter
Ian Kerr was in a band called Bitter, who toured the live circuit in the late 80’s and would go on to support a band from Manchester called The Stone Roses. Gigslutz caught up with Ian to discuss his time…
Ian Kerr was in a band called Bitter, who toured the live circuit in the late 80’s and would go on to support a band from Manchester called The Stone Roses. Gigslutz caught up with Ian to discuss his time…
From the ashes of the Shop Assistants and Meat Whiplash came the Motorcycle Boy, one of the great lost Scottish pop groups of the late 1980s. Featuring the unmistakable voice of the late Alex Taylor, the band traded under an…
Vatican Shotgun Scare; Paul Heaney, Fiona Watt, Andrew Smith, Robin Woods and Yazz (not of the plastic population), were part and parcel of the Scottish independant music scene of the late 80 – early 90′, supporting the likes of Factory…
Perfect harmonizing quartet The Deep Blue are coming to the end of a nationwide tour ending tomorrow night in Nottingham. The quartet have a unique dreamy mix of heavenly vocal harmonises with their own musical backing. With an appearance at …
Hi Paul, can you please tell me a bit about your upbringing? I saw out most of the teenage dream in Barnet, North London. Sweet suburbia. This was the mid 80s. so there were still quite a few hippies knocking…
When it comes to infectious retro Hammond organ funk break beat grooves you might turn to the likes of the current crop including The New Mastersounds or return to the likes of Booker T Jones, Jimmy Smith or Art Neville….
BOYS WONDER TO REFORM FOR LONDON SHOWS Iconic underground sensation Boys Wonder are set to regroup for 2 special London shows in celebration of the release of their ‘lost’ album “Question Everything” which is released on October 11th (details below) The…
The Prisoners are the high octane, lethal injection 80’s mod/beat group who released sensational material at the time and are now going through a period of equally addictive sounds reforming for a spate of gigs and now ready to release…
Brighton rockers Creeping Jean are back with bona fide banger “The Rattle”. Putting their signature modern twist on the vintage 60s and 70s sound, the new single doesn’t creep but positively swaggers, thanks to an alarmingly catchy guitar riff prevalent…
There’s no quicker way of revealing I’m a gal-of-a-certain-age than to say Britpop band Cast soundtracked the glory years of my youth. Not only did they perform at both of my first proper festival experiences (V96 and Oasis at Knebworth,…