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Written by Nev Brooks
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 05:00 |
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 'Passion, Pain & Loyalty' is the second album from Orphan Boy and it has Nev Brooks scratching his head with the ghosts of The Fall, U2 and the Stone Roses filling his thoughts - read on to find out why......
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Written by David Prince
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Friday, 30 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Retroactive Records knock out vintage rock with alarming regularity and a fair few of their releases feature members of Stryper in some capacity - this time it's the turn of visual timekeeper Robert Sweet and bad boy Tom Gaines as they rock out with their crosses out on this collector's edition of a forgotten 90's metalli-feast.
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Written by David Prince
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:00 |
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 London based pop punk quartet Johnny Get The Gun offer their self-titled, self-released mini-album to the Über Röck Göds and hope that they don't get struck down. Luckily Dave Prince is reviewing it and he likes all manner of shite!
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Written by Craggy
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 05:00 |
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 With über-approved drummer Robin Guy thumping tubs, Lilygun make Craggy think back to his grunge-fuelled days on the dole in Grey Britain. Can Anna Christina stir something in him to get him back to the future?
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Written by Matt Phelps
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Monday, 26 July 2010 06:10 |
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 Rising from the ashes of stoner rockers Unida, House Of Broken Promises tear Matt Phelps a new one with 'Using The Useless', yet another über-cool album from Small Stone Records. Read on for a vulgar display of desert power.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 05:30 |
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 With band members from France, Hungary, Canada and the UK, Thulium burst into ÜRHQ like a team of trained assassins assembled by Lewis Collins to infiltrate a moustachioed terror cell. Gaz E is dancin' undercover.....
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Written by Gaz E
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 05:00 |
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 New albums from The Barbarellatones are like dental check-ups for Gaz E; they come twice yearly and leave him permanently grinning. Could 'Surf Narcs' be about to break the cycle and leave him deeply scarred?
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Friday, 23 July 2010 05:30 |
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 Promising UK band I Am Forever release an ambitious mini-album that comes as a limited edition hardback book packaged with a 28 page graphic novel. Cool stuff but what does it sound like?
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Written by Russ P
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 06:00 |
 'Dream the Dream'...Russ P is on a PMA course to overnight success as he uncovers the thirteenth album from honorary Transformer and AOR songwriter supreme Stan Bush. But is our normally sombre Russ man enough to take twelve feelgood songs in one sitting?
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Written by David Whistance
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 05:00 |
 Greek power metallers Crystal Tears are back with album number two and David Whistance is just the man for the review job. Adding vocals from Elegy's Ian Parry to the usual frenetic sheets of metal the band produce is going to be a winning formula for sure, right? We'll let's find out, as we become 'Generation X'.
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Written by Fraser Munro
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Friday, 30 July 2010 06:00 |
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 Glenn Danzig returns with his first studio album in six years (not counting the intstrumental 'Black Aria II') and Fraser Munro puts on his corpsepaint to tell us if this is so right or dead wrong........
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Written by Dom Daley
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:30 |
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 Hard, fast and full of attitude, The Despondents come flying out of Leeds like Brian Flynn on glue. Dom Daley checks out their fourteen track self-titled album and quite simply loves their beautiful noise.....
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Written by David Prince
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Terry Brock currently fronts melodic rock legends Giant but has previously sung like an angel for Strangeways and, as a background singer, on records by Kansus and Michael Bolton. Dave Prince checks out his second solo album....
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Written by Russ P
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:00 |
 The debut album from ex Harem Scarem's mainman Harry Hess's new venture has our Russ P in a musical tizz. When is an album just too perfect for you to be able to listen to it? Read on to solve the conundrum that cost Russ many a sleepless night.
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Written by Russ P
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Monday, 26 July 2010 05:00 |
 Powerpop maestro Willie Dowling and Jackdaw4 are what you might call über Über Röck, as they most definitely do not conform to any musical fashion or trend. But have they created their most perfect album yet in 'The Eternal Struggle For Justice'? Russ P gets to grips with the band's third album to find out.
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Written by Craggy
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 05:30 |
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 Possibly the first band to be featured on Über Röck who hail from Wollongong, Hytest stir Craggy out of his hangover and into a wicked world of boozed rock 'n' roll. Would you like to know more? Then read on......
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Written by Russ P
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Friday, 23 July 2010 06:00 |
 "In the real world, it takes time and hard work to become an overnight success." So reads the press sheet that accompanies 'Come Alive', album number five from Dutch rockers Terra Nova. Russ P rolls up his suit jacket sleeves to immerse himself in pomp heaven, and somehow doesn't mention Styx once.
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Written by Rob Watkins
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 06:00 |
 Self confessed Enuff Z Nutt Rob Watkins has been having kittens ever since the UK version of 'Dissonance' dropped into the office PO Box. So why not dust off your John Lennon shades, doff your baker boy hats and slip on your old Chelsea boots and join our Rob on a magical musical tour of powerpop delight.
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Written by Johnny H
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 06:00 |
 When has Uber Rock ever done anything by the book eh? Well here we go again breaking all the rules by reviewing a 4 track EP you can't buy anywhere right now. Enter stage left Johnny H with Anglo/American rockers The Killing Floor. Who? We hear you ask. Well read on, and find out......
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Written by Johnny H
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 05:00 |
 With this year's Slugfest 3 simply a few days away, founding member of the best three day free underground music festival in the UK, Mr Darrel Sutton releases two download-only singles in preparation for this year's carnage. But is the world really ready for this? Johnny H finds out....
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Wrapped in some tasty Vince Ray cover art and featuring Über-amigö Rich Jones, 'Bad Cats And Heart Attacks' by Dead Identities has gotten Dom Daley so excited that he's talking of sprinting axework and paradiddles. Why? Read on to find out......