Being an old headbanger I find myself going back to the bands I've listened to and seen from years ago. Filling the CD back catalogue is a gaol of mine & in alot of cases I still enjoy seeing them live as well, but of course they aren't getting any younger. More and more have sadly, but inevitably fallen off the perch and some are retiring. (Phil Mogg of UFO turned 70 earlier & hangs up his mic next year, Bernie Torme starts his last tour soon) of course I mean proper retirement not like The Quo! So unless I start to listen to more modern music I'll have no one to go and see let alone listen to!
I'm not averse to new music, far from it, but I just find myself going back to all the old barnstormers from years ago, but years ago they were new to me so it's all abit confusing. Generally speaking alot of the support acts are younger newer bands & many are very good indeed. I first heard the German band Beyond the Black when they supported Saxon a couple of years ago and they are just fantastic. They have a definite European sound that I like & they've just announced a pre-order for their fourth album.
Vega supported Magnum on tour though of the three of us who saw them only I really liked them. Bad Touch were an excellent find. We first saw them supporting The Quireboys , then they popped up unexpectedly at the Hard Rock Hell Festival when another band couldn't make it, now Planet Rock are behind them as well I think they could go far, then there's Cats in Space who caught my eye (or should that be ear?) when they were one of the supports for Deep Purple, and those old boys needed all the support they could get! Having not liked the much played version of 'The Sound of Silence' by Disturbed initially it's part of a great album.
I've also taken bit of a flyer on new bands reviewed in magazines like Classic Rock and the newer Planet Rock mag. I've brought CD's from a band called The Amorettes who sound alot like the superb Girlschool so they certainly passed muster. Abit into female vocalists I suppose as I've also brought Rews debut album and one from the incredibly bluesy Joanne Shaw Taylor (another one who Planet Rock appear to be pushing who I was lucky enough to get tickets to see awhile back free from Planet Rock) plus The Pretty Reckless from New York that are a good listen. Going back to European bands Volbeat from Denmark are well worth hearing as are Epica from Holland. They are I suppose symphonic rock and rather different from my usual taste, Sabaton from Sweden are good as well, they are quite Germanic in their songs, alot being about war. Then there's Massive Wagons, I first heard them when they brought out a tribute song for the sadly departed Rick Parfitt of Quo & I like what I've heard from them since.
So that's an idea of the newer bands I've been listening to and only goes to show that you can't stay stuck in the past, it's all an evolution.
I'm not averse to new music, far from it, but I just find myself going back to all the old barnstormers from years ago, but years ago they were new to me so it's all abit confusing. Generally speaking alot of the support acts are younger newer bands & many are very good indeed. I first heard the German band Beyond the Black when they supported Saxon a couple of years ago and they are just fantastic. They have a definite European sound that I like & they've just announced a pre-order for their fourth album.
Vega supported Magnum on tour though of the three of us who saw them only I really liked them. Bad Touch were an excellent find. We first saw them supporting The Quireboys , then they popped up unexpectedly at the Hard Rock Hell Festival when another band couldn't make it, now Planet Rock are behind them as well I think they could go far, then there's Cats in Space who caught my eye (or should that be ear?) when they were one of the supports for Deep Purple, and those old boys needed all the support they could get! Having not liked the much played version of 'The Sound of Silence' by Disturbed initially it's part of a great album.
I've also taken bit of a flyer on new bands reviewed in magazines like Classic Rock and the newer Planet Rock mag. I've brought CD's from a band called The Amorettes who sound alot like the superb Girlschool so they certainly passed muster. Abit into female vocalists I suppose as I've also brought Rews debut album and one from the incredibly bluesy Joanne Shaw Taylor (another one who Planet Rock appear to be pushing who I was lucky enough to get tickets to see awhile back free from Planet Rock) plus The Pretty Reckless from New York that are a good listen. Going back to European bands Volbeat from Denmark are well worth hearing as are Epica from Holland. They are I suppose symphonic rock and rather different from my usual taste, Sabaton from Sweden are good as well, they are quite Germanic in their songs, alot being about war. Then there's Massive Wagons, I first heard them when they brought out a tribute song for the sadly departed Rick Parfitt of Quo & I like what I've heard from them since.
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