Author: Bernard Baker

REVIEW: HUMBLE – PIE JOINT EFFORT – (2019)

I started buying albums around 1974 but it wasn’t until I left school in 1977 that my habit really took hold. Whilst I started...

CLUTCH @ MELKWEG, AMSTERDAM – 27TH NOVEMBER 2018

Clutch are the best Band in the world right now. There I’ve said it – yes I know it’s only my opinion but it...

REVIEW: IDLEWAR – FRACTURED (2018)

All of us writing on Maximum Volume have a Band that we love and champion at every opportunity but who remain a bit of...

IDLEWAR MAKE THEIR ESCAPE

There is something special going on here with Orange County CA heavy hard blues rock trio IDLEWAR. The band consists of James Blake (vocals &...

REVIEW: HELL’S GAZELLES – TAKE YOUR MEDICINE (2018)

The record industry of this millennium is an entirely different being to the one I grew up with. As a result my inbox regularly...

REVIEW: SHOTGUN REBELLION – OUTLAW ROCK N ROLL (2018)

Shotgun Rebellion are yet another group that appeared a while back in my Social Media feeds and what a find. The Band, hailing from...

REVIEW: MISSISSIPPI BONES ALBUM – RADIO FREE CONSPIRACY THEORY (2018)

There are a number of Bands that I’ve discovered via Social media whom I cannot fathom how they are not household names. Mississippi Bones...

REVIEW: AYREON – UNIVERSE DVD

Do any MVM readers remember ‘Time Gentleman Please’? This was the Sitcom on Sky that launched Al Murray’s Pub Landlord to the larger UK...

REVIEW: WASTED THEORY – DEFENDERS OF THE RIFF (2018)

Bernard gets wasted and to grips with the riff..... It becomes apparent during the opening track of ‘Defenders Of The Riff’ that this is very...

Dirty Threesome

Last year, our Bernard reviewed a record by a band from his home town. We'll now they're back Andover band The Dirty Dead have released...

MARK “PORKCHOP” HOLDER – DEATH AND THE BLUES (2017)

Bernard gets to grips with some tasty porkchops Guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter Mark ‘Porkchop’ Holder is a founding member of Tennessee punk-rock/blues band The...

IDLEWAR @THE IRON ROAD, EVESHAM, 5TH NOVEMBER 2017

Bernard spends the night with his faves It’s no secret that I think Idlewar are one of the best Bands around. So on a cold...

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