Cock Sparrer - We're Coming Back

Day two of Pretty Shitty Kjell was a little more stale than the evening before, it may have been a little too much alcohol the night before? Yeah, what do I know, but the music was nothing wrong with, just saw the evenings headliner that really gave their best and showed which cabinet that the wig would be stopped in.

Cock Sparrer are a punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London, England. Although they never enjoyed much commercial success, they are considered one of the most influential streetpunk bands, helping pave the way for the late-1970s punk scene and the Oi! subgenre. Their songs have been covered by many punk, Oi!, and hardcore bands.

Their style was influenced by pub rock, glam rock and raw 1960s beat music as delivered by bands like the Small Faces and The Who. Their lyrics mostly dealt with topics related to the daily lives of working class people.

Their name derives from their original name, Cock Sparrow, a Cockney term of familiarity.

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Todays tune "We're Coming Back" is taken from the second album "Shock Troops" released in 1983, live from Cock Sparrer's 2009 performance in San Francisco.

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Peter And The Test Tube Babies - Blown Out Again

During the Easter weekend, the mini festival "Pretty Shitty Kjell" was the weekends highlight. That for the fourth time put together a solid lineup is right astonishing.

With bands like Agent Bulldogg, Argy Bargy, Infa-Riot, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Cock Sparrer, Booze & Glory, Gatans Lag, Prins Carl & Contemptuous. However, I did not see so much of the festival this time, so I missed a lot of bands, but I managed to see two anyway, one of which was the headliner on Friday.

Peter and the Test Tube Babies are a punk rock band that was formed in the small town of Peacehaven, England in 1978 by Del Strangefish and Peter Bywaters. Due to their humorous tongue-in-cheek lyrics, they have been considered part of the Punk Pathetique subgenre. Peter and the Test Tube Babies were first featured in Sounds magazine in July 1980, and after a John Peel Radio One session, made their vinyl debut on the Brighton compilation album Vaultage 78. They played at festivals including the 11th Antifest in 2005. They also had two songs on the Oi! compilation Oi! the Album in that same year. They favoured absurd lyrics and strange titles, such as "The Queen Gives Good Blow Jobs". In 1982, they covered the chart-topping Gary Glitter hit "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" on their album Pissed and Proud.

When the band is not touring, Peter Bywaters offers personal English as a second language tuition on a live-in basis at his home in Brighton. Del Strangefish currently hosts a Punk Rock Radio Show every Wednesday between 4 - 5pm GMT on Brighton and Hove Community Radio. The band continues to perform to the current day (2013). Their polished, professional live show is in contrast to the non-serious nature of their lyrics.

Here are some pictures of the show:

Todays tune "Blown Out Again" is taken from Peter And The Test Tubes 2:nd album "The Mating Sounds of South American Frogs" that was released 1983.

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Soilwork - More Miles

Today I have an emotion... I need something hard and brutal but still...soft..
Hmmm....

Soilwork!

Its the answer to it.. :D
The closeness to Inflames...is ...enormous...

Who is Soilwork... This is wot they say ablut em selfs:
"There are few artists that need no introduction, and Sweden's SOILWORK are definitely one of them. Their reputation as one of the country's finest exports (aside from mustaches, Swedish fish and porn) is well-deserved. Few bands have melded the aggressiveness of metal with genuinely catchy choruses to such impressive results. Before you start name-dropping the latest metalcore sensation, let's just get one thing straight: SOILWORK did it first, and better! One listen to the band's latest, Sworn To A Great Divide, makes it obvious that they're still miles ahead of the competition."

And ...its true.. Its soo darn good :D

The members:
Bjorn "Speed" Strid - vocals
Sven Karlsson - keyboards/samples
Sylvain Coudret: guitar
David Andersson: guitar
Dirk Verbeuren - drums
Ola Flink - bass

They have a fantastic tour going on in the US...

Date Venue Location Tickets
Apr 04 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Apr 05 Slim's San Francisco, CA
Apr 06 WHISKY A GO GO Hollywood, CA
Apr 07 Rocky Point Cantina Tempe, AZ
Apr 08 The Rock Tucson, AZ
Apr 09 Las Vegas Country Saloon Las Vegas, NV
Apr 11 In the Venue Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 12 Gothic Theater Englewood,CO
Apr 13 The Riot Room Kansas City, MO
Apr 14 The Firebird St Louis, MO
Apr 16 Backstage Live San Antonio, TX
Apr 17 Dirty Dog Bar Austin, TX
Apr 18 Lucky Mule Abilene, TX
Apr 20 Tricky Falls El Paso, TX
Apr 23 Geo's Mcallen, TX
Apr 26 State Theater St Petersburg, FL
Apr 27 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
Apr 28 The Casbah Charlotte, NC
Apr 29 Kingdom Richmond, VA
Apr 30 Soundstage Baltimore, MD
May 01 Mexicali Live Teaneck, NJ
May 02 The Chance Theater Poughkeepsie, NY
May 03 Broadway Joes Buffalo, NY
May 04 Al Rosa Villa Columbus, OH
May 06 The Lost Horizon Syracuse, NY
May 07 Palladium Upstairs Worcester, MA

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Ladys and Gents Here are Soilwork!!!!


Cheers, Thetania




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Smash Into Pieces - Colder

This band recently won the price for "Best Swedish Breakthrough" on Bandit Rock Awards. Now they are concerned with the new single "Colder

SMASH INTO PIECES is an explosive rock band with worldwide aspirations – delivering their special blend of modern rock in a purely honest and attractive way. The young, highly ambitious five piece formed in Örebro, Sweden has built an impressive impact and following in their relatively short 5 year existence.

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Lets listen to one of the tunes!

Dudes and Dudettes here is Smash Into Pieces.

Cheers, Thetania






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Joe Bonamassa - 13 year old Joe Bonamassa on Real life

This is a video about Joe when he was 13 years old and by then had gigs and a band.
Its kinda cool, I mean he other band members are old and they accually do music together.

This video tells you all how Bonamassa got to the point were he is now :D

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Ladys and Gents, Lets look @ it..

Cheers, Thetania



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Five Horse Johnson - The Job

New week, time to announce a new album that steps up to the throne to receive the prize as this week's Record Of The Week.

This week we throw the eyes of America and inhale some lovely blues rock. There we find a great band named "Five Horse Johnson", a band from Toledo, Ohio, that was formed in 1995. They have toured with such popular groups as Clutch and Halfway to Gone.

The band combines hard rock, blues and other influences into a blend of stoner rock/blues music they call their own.

The Record Of The Week's is "The Taking of Black Heart". The album was recorded at the Magpie Cage in Baltimore, MD. The vocals were recorded at Kozy’s Chop Shop at Sunroom Studio in Detroit, MI by Bill Kozy and Erik Maluchnik. “You’re My Girl (I Don't Want To Talk About It)” was produced by Bill Kozy. The album was mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs in Ann Arbor, MI. Fine arts are by Mark Dancey, and textiles are by Vince Williams at Creative Print in Warren, MI. Executive producer is Scott Hamilton. Robin Zander appears courtesy of Cheap Trick.

Five Horse Johnson is:

Eric Oblander: Vox & Harp
Brad Coffin: Vox & Guitar
Steve Smith: Bass
Phil Dürr: Guitar

Additional Musicians:
Jean Paul Gaster: Drums
Robin Zander: Vox on “You’re My Girl (I Don't Want To Talk About It)”
J. Robbins: Organ, Percussion

After a bit of a hiatus, Five Horse Johnson have regrouped. They played some European shows in mid 2011 and released their latest record "The Taking of Black Heart" through Small Stone Records.
After a long time waiting for the new album, which took all of six years to finish, it's a long long time, so it was with great pleasure to play their new creations.

"The Taking of Black Heart" contains some Bluesy hard rock with many Harmonica elements, in other words, a really groovy music. The album contains a plethora of fine songs that basically gets anyone to shake the hairy legs.

Today's tune "job" gives a clear indication of the band can deliver excellent music, rough riff lines slings with a wonderful stick of harmonica. Perfect wheezy whiskey drenched blues vocals by Eric Oblander. "The Taking Of Blackheart“ shows Five Horse Johnson playing tight as usual and enjoying the hell out of it. Its pure pleasure just listening to it.





Five Horse Johnson is not a band that makes apologies. A decade into its life, compromise is not an option. The truth is, this is hard, heavy, dirty blues rock ’n’ roll for people that like that sort of thing. This music is for people who like the sound of an engine roaring or the feeling obtained by following a cold beer with a shot of good whisky. Five Horse Johnson will gladly kick your ass, and then wait for you to say thank you.

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