Author: Steve Brain

Roddy Radiation and the Skabilly Rebels, Year Zero @ Claptrap Stourbridge, Sunday 8th October 2023

These Sunday afternoon gigs are becoming a thing. This venue is a hidden gem with its cool vibe and decor and the sound is...

Hellcity – Kaotik EP – 2022

Having recently seen this band live (with UK punk drummer Jamie Oliver standing in on drums) first at Rebellion 2023 and then having played...

Menace/The Dregs @ Dracula’s Garage – Tower of Song Birmingham – 20th August 2023

The Dregs As always I can’t say too much about the band I play in but the post below after the gig gives you a...

Eddie Roxy and the Adjacent Kings/DC Spectres/Year Zero @ Dracula’s Garage, Tower of Song, Birmingham – Sunday 21st May 2023

First up is YeAr ZeRo playing an opening set of punky, new wavy, power poppy tunes with tracks from their album ‘Brace For Impact’,...

THE SKIDS, STATIC KILL @ QUEENS HALL, NUNEATON, 19/03/2023

Having only seen these guys do their full band electric set I was interested to see their reggae and ska influenced punk done acoustically....

Desperate Measures/ JC Carroll/Wingmen O2 Institute Birmingham – 28th January 2023

Desperate Measures Four decades after forming the short-lived band Desperate Measures in his native New Zealand, Eugene Butcher the singer– and noted punk journalist –...

The Dregs/Bite Back/The Gakk – The Swinging Arm, Birkenhead 27th November 2022

This is a gem of a place dedicated to live music and the staff were great. It made we wish I had visited sooner,...

REVIEW: DC Spectres – Volume 4 – 2022

It seems a long time since those gigs at the Wagon with DC Spectres and they have come a long way, still gigging regularly...

Dead Hombres and Year Zero – Tower of Song, Birmingham,16th October 2022

This is the first time I have visited this Venue which until recently was a folk club but now revamped as a great intimate...

COCKNEY REJECTS, KNOCK OFF, THE DREGS @ QUEEN’S HALL, NUNEATON 24/06/2022

This is a great venue with a wonderful set up in terms of facilities, sound and the staff are first class. This is the...

Album Review – Year Zero – Brace for Impact – 2021

This one almost passed me by and is the debut album from midlands based punk band Year Zero and builds on their excellent EP...

Review – Alice’s Ants, You Want Fox, Diablo Furs, Jades @ Percy’s Café Bar – Whitchurch – 19th November 2021

I must admit I think this place is a hidden gem and should be an example to other venues for their commitment to live...

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