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Written by Matt Phelps
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 05:30 |
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 New Jersey crossover ska played in the raucous, sweaty confines of a bus station? Über Agent Phelps follows the white rabbit all the way to Plymouth to check out the fourteen-legged ska machine that is Streetlight Manifesto.
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Saturday, 21 August 2010 06:00 |
 When this gig was first announced, a few people at ÜRHQ got more than just a little bit excited. When they also realised the venue was going to be the size of most people's living rooms they started to get more than just a little bit frightened. Darrel Sutton was our man in the tin can as the muthafucking Dwarves were about to be born again.
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 06:00 |
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 With the great weather and music from the previous weekend's High Voltage Festival still leaving a lasting impression on Tazz it was to a field slightly further afield that she set sail for this year's sold out Sonisphere Festival. Read on to find out if the previous weekend's shenanigans could be bettered.
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 06:00 |
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 Whilst the rest of us at ÜRHQ were partaking of the annual Slugfest, Tazz Stander was running her ass off trying to cover as many bands as she could at the very first High Voltage festival in London. Custom built by rock fans for rock fans Tazz enjoys the show that you hope will never end.
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Written by Johnny H
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Day 2 of Slugf3st and the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Johnny H witnesses a chaotic day filled with punk rock, puke and pyro. Throw some of the heaviest bands on the planet into the mix and what do you get? Slugfest's finest moment to date....
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Written by David Whistance
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:10 |
 Long after our great nation's faux outrage at the Sex Pistols had passed, John Lydon was still shocking audiences worldwide with his Public Image Limited. So would the recently resurrected band live up to its infamous musical legacy? David Whistance is our man at the 'Death Disco'; otherwise know as Bristol O2 Academy.
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Friday, 23 July 2010 05:00 |
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 After the raucous show by FM a week earlier, the owners of Cardiff's Millenium Music Hall were hoping for a quiet week in order to clean up all the home perm kits and discarded suit jackets in a variety of pastel colours. Luckily, Sepultura were in town to provide a subtle night of foot tapping and head nodding........
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Written by Darrel Sutton and Phillip Coleman
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Monday, 19 July 2010 06:01 |
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 One day, one stage, a plethora of Newport bands, and a celebration of one man's musical legacy to the city. TJ's In The Square was all about the life of John Sicolo and his Legendary TJ's venue. Über Röck's Darrel Sutton breaks the 'one' trend and manages to do three jobs all at once. Read on to find out exactly what he was up to.
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Written by Dave Prince
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Friday, 16 July 2010 06:00 |
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 With AOR legends FM back in the Principality for the first time in god knows how long, we asked Dave Prince to take it to the streets, and experience a top drawer line up that also featured Airrace and The Treatment. The Prince was hot wired for action, and who we were to stop him from air keyboarding like a teenager? He really does come alive in the twilight zone you know.
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:00 |
 This year's iTunes festival has certainly offered up an eclectic mix of live music for our delectation, from Scissor Sisters to Plan B. But wait what's this? Not one, but three, dirty heavy metal bands setting the legendary Roundhouse on fire? Lucky for us then that Tazz Stander was on hand to sample the metal first hand. Scream for us Tazzalar !!!!!!
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Written by David Whistance
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 06:00 |
 Having forsaken the previous weekend's metal extravaganza at Bloodstock, David Whistance was hankering for some blood. So what better way to satisfy his thirst for some prime UK metal than with a night out in the company of the legendary Sabbat, somewhere in the West Country?
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Written by Johnny H
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Sunday, 15 August 2010 06:00 |
 Four days, over 200 bands, and as many "kiss me quick" hats he could wear, what else could Johnny H want from his first ever trip to Blackpool for the annual Rebellion Festival? Not so much a gig review as a story of survival of the fittest, what would be the highlights and lowlights of possibly the best festival line up anywhere in the UK in 2010? Read on and all your questions will be answered.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 06:00 |
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 You'd think that when a New York Doll came to town the self-styled trashy music fans would be out in force. Think again, as it was left to the rebels with a clue to be blown away by Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth. The truth ain't pretty.......
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Written by Johnny H
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Sunday, 01 August 2010 06:00 |
 Into the final day of this year's Slugfest, and Johnny H decided to wimp out of the afternoon acoustic jam and simply catch the evening event instead. What chaos could be left in the walking wounded after three days of drunken debauchery and what music could possibly keep them awake? Read on to find out....
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Written by Gaz E
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Friday, 30 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Über Röck's resident noise-bringer Darrel Sutton's Slugfest event is now in its third year and bigger and better than ever before. With 26 bands spread over three crazy days, this year's event threatened to explode. Our story begins on a Friday night...
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:00 |
 Watching Fucked Up live is not so much like watching a gig, as actually playing a gig. It's full on contact sport of the hardcore punk rock variety, and we asked Johnny H to pogo along to the Cardiff Barfly to witness it all.
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:00 |
 With the last notes of GLC's headline set still ringing out over Newport's John Frost Square, bringing 'TJ's in The Square' to its natural conclusion, Johnny H was already making his way across town to Le Pub for a double bill of chaos with The Guns and Goldblade. Rebel songs for those still able to rock, or indeed talk.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 05:00 |
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 It's the hottest day of the year and Dom Daley finds himself stuffed in a greenhouse watching former Georgia Satellites man Dan Baird and his Homemade Sin supergroup. Was the humming coming from the amps of the armpits? Read on for the sweaty truth......
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 16 July 2010 05:00 |
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 While P!nk and the pox were getting the better of some Über Röckers, others were basking in the rock 'n' roll goodness of Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social for the second time on their tour of the UK. Dom Daley ignored the transfer embargo and made the switch to Cardiff.....
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Saturday, 10 July 2010 06:00 |
 Playing two sets in one day is never going to be an easy feat for a normal band. But when it comes to Fozzy, well that are not your 'normal' heavy metal band are they? Tazz Stander crams more wrestling moves than is physically possible into one review to give us piledriver of a low down of the days events.
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Gig Reviews
Deep in the heart of Bristol on an August Bank Holiday, our resident connoisseur of all things 'needle in the red' Mr Darrel Sutton is sweating it out on possibly the best four band bill money could buy you right now.