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July Talk – The Most Underappreciated Band Of The Century

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By Jack Bartholomew

In 2012 when rock was howling for an authentic voice(s) to take center stage we were given July Talk. They stood tall with songs so boisterous it’d bounce off the walls and shatter the windows. Songwriting that’s so slick and self-aware of the issues that surround us daily. A sound that’s immediately identifiable with the intertwining vocals that combines the mellow touch of Leah’s voice with the rugged tone that Peter brings. A live show that’ll keep you intrigued with the raw chemistry and energy that explodes to the back. They were the missing piece of the puzzle in alternative rock. Whilst they’ve definitely had success, it’s nowhere near the scale they deserve. This is a band that should be selling out arenas worldwide, headlining festivals, appearing on the covers of mainstream magazines… Fuck it, I’ll say it: They’ve been robbed!

I know what you’re thinking, I’m a mind reader don’t you know? What’s running through your mind right now is ‘well, rock’s an acquired taste not every band is going make it’ (yawn) haven’t heard that one before (sarcasm). Let me just make something clear: JULY TALK AREN’T ‘ANY BAND!’ There’s an appeal for people beyond our little rock n roll circle. Just listen to ‘Picturing Love’, an upbeat track that mainly consists of piano and vocals with a memorable chorus. Now I bet you’re giving me the ‘oh another love song is that all these rock bands sing about!?’ Far from it; this song highlights the fantasy that pornography can give to young people and the objectification of women. You wouldn’t have twigged that from the title or even the first time hearing the song – that’s the power of superb songwriting. I won’t dissect all the tracks, I was just using that as an example but I will put some recommended at the bottom of this if you are interested.

It’s not just the songwriting that makes them unique; they’re also unafraid to take risks. After listening to their phenomenal new album ‘Pray For It’ released this year there has been a progression. It’s rare to see bands these days evolve especially in the span of three albums but July Talk have shifted elegantly in small leaps. Their self titled began with an explosion of energy that was rougher around the edges, ‘Touch’ saw them switch gears into a more pop orientated sound whilst the sharper rockier edges still remained and ‘Pray For It’ took us into a more experimental pop route with more electronic elements. Needless to say, it’s never boring and they’re always ready to swing us into any unpredictable direction. Some bands don’t make a leap that large their entire career. I’m not naming names (I’m sure that’s a shock to most of you).

This was mentioned earlier but the chemistry…. My god, THAT chemistry. Leah and Peter are inseparable whether it’s in the studio or on live performances. These two were born to be in a band together. What makes them the perfect package ranges from the voices that bind perfectly together to the flirtatious interactions on stage. It’s intriguing and it just entices you for more. Both individuals could easily front a band by themselves but together they’re a force to be reckoned with. Also, it has to be said….. There is a lack of women in rock. BIG TIME. Leah is a spokesperson for feminism and doesn’t give a shit what anyone thinks about her. This is the attitude we need. Just watch her on stage, she runs leaps and bounds (literally) around most the dull male frontmen in the industry. She’s absolutely brilliant. As is Peter, of course, but that’s a whole other topic.

So this begs the question… Why aren’t this band huge!? They’re so much more compelling than the majority of bands out there in every aspect, there’s a modern edge about them and everything is kept relevant to today’s society. July Talk should be leading the Canadian bands out there in the mainstream. It’s a predicament they’re not in the limelight as much as they deserve. What else do you want them to do!? I’ll never understand it. We can only hope they’ll achieve that vacant spot waiting for them on the throne soon. Nonetheless, I can promise you one thing: this band are here to stay and will continue to keep exceeding our expectations. Let’s just hope more of the public can see that too.

Recommended tracks:

Picturing Love

Paper Girl

Good Enough

Guns + Ammunition

Lola + Joseph

The Garden

Governess Shadow

Gigs or Daylight Robbery?

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Gigs? What is that? An enclosed environment where we can interact with our favorite band? IN PERSON? ALL SWEATY AND INHALING EACH OTHER’S AIR? WHAT!? It feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Who remembers the days when we could witness a live performance not through a television system broadcasting to YouTube? I do, I think?

It’s been far too long since we’ve had these luxuries and (like most) I can’t wait for it come back! I can’t wait for the atmosphere, anticipation, interaction, the vibration of the noise, SOARING PRICES. Wait… Oh. That. The money – £150 to sit in the corner of a congested stadium crammed with 100,000 people, where you can barely identify the drummer from the front man. Yay! Whoopee! Fantastic! Are you buying my enthusiasm?

Now, I just have to clear the air here. For those infuriated who are about to throw the old “venues have been struggling” hurdle at me. I know that. We need to support our venues. What we don’t need to support is corporate greed. Bear with me here or should I say beer with me? Once they’re reopen, a venue won’t struggle. They’ll earn their keep from the bars, especially the higher capacity ones. Think of the demand. The queues are almost as lengthy as a theme park ride. They’ll be fine. So will the artists that decide to rip you off and probably cover the venue fee after twenty tickets have been sold!

Just to clear the air again, I’ll admit, I am guilty as charged of paying a ludicrous price to sit miles away from a band. When you have no other option other than to wait until they tour next when the price increases even further and their days of touring could be numbered (cough) Rolling Stones (cough) it’s a sacrifice you have to make. Ahem, anyways let’s draw away from that back on to subject…

Here comes the issue – if people keep reluctantly letting these bands rob them then it wouldn’t encourage them to keep charging it. No one wants to pay an excessive price to watch an artist but they’re so desperate they’ll just throw money at them. Some even spend £3000 on a VIP package. Why? Just so you can have Gene Simmons politely tell you to ‘fuck off’ after your life savings have reached his Paypal. Ridiculous.

“Oh, but Mr Jack from Earie Entertainment, the artist has to make a living…” Don’t make me laugh. You think the culprits guilty of kidnapping your money are looking at their bank accounts and creating a budget plan? They’re probably using the notes you struggled to give them to heat their bonfire. They just charge that price because they can. It’s as simple as that. Just look at the merch and VIP sales for these artists. Without fail, they’ll both always sell out. Every night. The steep price you pay to enter the venue is just their pocket money compared to all the other up-charges.

Then there’s Satan in the form of a ticket. Just when you think they couldn’t get any greedier there’s another cash grab that’s been invented by these artists. Can I really say the profanity that offends even the thickest of skins… GOLDEN CIRCLE. Don’t know what that is? Let me explain. Just as you think you’ve secured a ‘standing’ ticket and enter the venue early for a good spot, there’s suddenly thousands of people blocking your view in front of the stage. You also begin to realize the vast majority are bankers who spend most their time chatting at the cocktail bar. Yet they’ve spent £400 on a ticket to stand directly in front of you. Some atmosphere killer. Who doesn’t want to overhear Suzan talking about her accounts whilst Guns N Roses are playing in front of you? URGH… The rage!

Due to this pandemic all the greedy bands are corporations have had a year off clearing your account. Every need to fear though; they’ll be returning with a vengeance when it’s over. Prices will be higher than ever and you can bet they’ve already prepared for the hog roast with your hard earned cash on it. Music is a business at the end of the day, but this is taking it too far. Stop robbing the fans!

Where’s The Excitement In Rock N Roll?

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Yesterday I happened to watch an interview with a fairly new band who I’d just discovered having no idea on anything about them beyond the music. And…. My god, it was BORING. They should rename their style to rock n dull (man). I mean, do you have a single trait of personality? Why the monotonous voice? Why the somber expression that makes it look like you’ve just spent the weekend travelling with Dominic Cummings?

WHERE’S THE STORIES?

THE ATTITUDE?

A STATEMENT?

A STRONG OPINION?

A JOKE?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing…

“Why is my [insert generic rock band] not topping the majority of festivals? They’ve got the show, the looks and good songs! Why!? Why!? Why!?” whines the standard clueless individual on a Wireless Festival post. There’s a simple answer to that. It’s because they can’t carry an interesting conversation, let alone captivate 100,000 people.

It’s not particularly ‘my thing’ per se but at least some younger rappers that top the festivals are actually insightful. Whether it’s voicing their opinion on current matters or providing us with some sort of insight into interesting aspects of their lives.

Some modern bands just go into depth about their camping trip thoroughly explaining: “Well, I’m going fishing, then…. I think.. I’ll drink two beers and go to bed at the recommended time of 10:30pm. We like to get up early to go bird spotting if the site owners allow us.” YAWN. Yet you’ll listen to that same artist’s songs and they’ll usually be pseudo punk trying to weave in as much forced aggression as humanly possible. ‘What leads you to believe it’s forced?’ you may ask yourself. Well, for starters if they really were passionate then why aren’t they even attempting to act infuriated on interviews?

This is infuriating. In fact, it’s so infuriating that I’m more infuriated than the bands that are claiming to be “infuriated” in their music rather than actually explain to us (the listener) why they are actually so infuriated beyond that. AAAARRRGGHHHH!!!

Don’t get me started on the people that are always claiming that some of these tedious, uninspired blokes wearing a branded shirt they’ve been sponsored to put on by their managers are “coming to save rock n roll.” Spoken like they’re knights in shining Armour dashing over the horizon on their horses ready to fight the indie hipsters that supposedly “hijacked their genre.” These same people will complain that a middle aged Liam Gallagher gone solo is topping their festivals whilst their golden boys struggle to sub the smaller stages. There’s answer to that. I’ll let you figure it out for yourselves but here’s a clue: It’s related to Liam being arrogant, quick witted and dis/likable (whatever your stance is on him). It makes him interesting.

It does make you wonder if these people actually realise that rebellion, brashness and most importantly personality is what makes the genre intriguing. You want to look at rock artist and think ‘wow, this person is living their best life’ not ‘wow, this person clearly buys from Top Shop.’ You don’t compare the likes of Mick Jagger or Lemmy Kilmister to the regular at your local pub. They emulate rock n roll, put the ‘star’ in the word ‘rockstar’ whilst keeping us intrigued by their brilliant music. So. Please. For the love of God. Keep us interested or just pack up and go home, kid.

My (Attempted) Screenplay Scene

How White Space Makes Your Screenplays Better - ScreenCraft

By Jack Bartholomew

So…. For this week, I’ve decided to construct something a little different. This is my first attempt EVER at writing a screenplay, so please don’t be quick to buzz me like a talent show judge. I’ll put the synopsis below of my (I suppose you can call it) idea so you have context for this masterpiece of a scene:

Lucas Gray, a factory worker in the Bronx, is distraught after his wife’s passing last year and wants to end his life… Until he gets offered an incomprehensible power to become A WOLFMAN!! After transforming a few times Lucas craves it and does anything he can to chase the soaring thrill it gives him. Although, very soon matters get complicated when he discovers there’s more of them and his boss is rounding the wolves up in an abandoned circus. He refers to himself as The Ringmaster. He possesses the ability to control the mind of every one of them. How will Lucas overcome this? Will he save humanity?

So you somewhat get the idea. I want to pay homage to the original ‘Hammer House Of Horror’ B-Movies whilst maintaining the gore of a modern day horror movie. So here’s the opening scene which introduces us to The Ringmaster. Sit back. Eat some popcorn. Prepare for frights!

WORD OF WARNING: This gets VERY gory, so I’d recommend not reading if you can’t bare that.

Beastly Bewildering (The Tale Of The Silver Bullet)

In a deserted field on a pitch black evening next to an eerie, silent highway lies a filthy, rustic circus tent. There’s a few fixed bright lights centred on the edges of the tent showing the faded colours and all the caravans behind it.

Inside the tent there’s around 1,500 empty plastic red seats on a wooden structure with steps going vertically up and down the whole circle. On the floor of the ring there’s a colourfully painted floor which is faded. Lights dangle from the ceiling like they’re about to collapse from the rusty metal holding them up.

The main light is focused on the ringmaster who is stood directly in the middle of the tent. He is wearing a red and yellow blazer with a sparkly shirt and black top hat holding a silver cane. There are two audience members sat in the centre of the front row, it’s a 40 year old father and his ten year old daughter. The daughter is dressed in a green dress and tights. The father is wearing a t-shirt and jeans.

RINGMASTER

Well, I see it’s a quiet night here in the amphitheatre but the Serlion Circus’ show must go on! Are you ready!?

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

(Clapping)

Yeah!

RINGMASTER

You sure!?

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

(Clapping)

Yeaahh!!

RINGMASTER

(winks and says with the charm)

You betcha!

(Stereotypical circus music plays on an old fashioned vinyl player)

(The ringmaster is thrown skittles by someone in the shadows. It looks like they were directly taken from a bowling alley. He starts juggling them whilst walking around)

RINGMASTER

(With a slight cocky but rehearsed tone to suit the show)

C’mon you thought that was it!?

(He is thrown a quad bike, he jumps and lands on it whilst still juggling)

RINGMASTER

Do you want me to turn up the heat boys and girls!?

(He throws the skittles back and they are then set then alight by the figure in the shadows. They are thrown back. He catches them on the quad bike and juggles whilst riding it)

FATHER

(Cheers at the ringmaster and then turns his head to his daughter as she looks frightened then whispers)

Are you alright dear? Is this too much?

DAUGHTER

I don’t like it, I wanna go home.

FATHER

(Reassuring tone)

Why? I thought you loved the circus! We’ve got this whole place to ourselves! This may never happen again.

DAUGHTER

It’s just….

(Cut off by the ringmaster who has a fire extinguisher put out by the figure briefly standing in the light and drops them to the floor before exiting his quad bike)

RINGMASTER

Now that’s how you start a show, am I right ladies and gentlemen!!?

FATHER

(Holds his daughter’s hand and cheers whilst she cowers away)

RINGMASTER

(Walks up so he’s a few feet away from the father and daughter and says in a less enthusiastic quieter tone)

Well…. Seeing as you two are the only ones in here it seems a little silly if I’m speaking to the empty seats rather than you directly, doesn’t it?

FATHER

(Looks at his uncomfortable daughter and looks back at the ringmaster)

Thanks for the effort, we really do appreciate you guys putting on this show and dance just for us but I think we’re gonna make a move. It was worth the admission just for the stunts you just performed anyway – that was incredible! My daughter’s only young and I think she’s a little nervous of this whole circus thing but thanks anyway… You really were fantastic.

RINGMASTER

I understand, don’t worry. I’m sure this whole thing was a little much for such a miniature girl. (Looks left and right, then whispers) How about I show you my lil animals which would’ve been in the finale would you like that?

DAUGHTER

(Smiles with excitement)

Yes, I love animals! I have a dog, a hamster and fish at hom….

RINGMASTER

(Interrupts)

You’ll love this world exclusive then… Trust me this will impress you (winks).

(a silhouette of a man-like figure can be seen entering out the doorway of the circus and stands there in the darkness almost watching)

RINGMASTER

You can come out boy, there’s nothing to be afraid of here. Just a kind lil girl and her…. Well, what I can presume is her father.

(looks to the father and daughter)

But you never know circumstance (winks).

FATHER

(looks confused and ready to leave as does his daughter)

I’m gonna go…

RINGMASTER

(Interrupts and yells)

He’s ready!

A wolf like creature appears. It is walking upright and it’s facial features also resemble somewhat of a human. It enters slowly out of the darkness into the limelight looking afraid in it’s expression. The ringmaster moves to the side and lets it take the spotlight. The father and daughter look petrified as if they had just awoken a nightmare.

RINGMASTER

I can tell what you’re thinking. This is the only creature of this kind in the world. A wolf among us! A living embodiment of what connects homo sapiens and Animalia’s together. (Yells) WOLFMAN!!!

The father and daughter run up the steps to the tent door but there’s a padlock on the zip. The father attempts punching and kicking his way through the tent. The creature slowly stalks them as another three appear directly behind him. They are cornered as the ringmaster watches from the middle of the circle at the bottom. The wolf bites a chunk out of the father’s stomach and the remainder of his body falls to the bottom of the staircase. The others feast on him feed on his organs.

RINGMASTER

(Laughs menacingly and sarcastically jokes)

Save some for me fellas, he looks tasty.

The wolf growls at the girl as she screams for her life with tears running down her face. He bites her arm off knocking her on to the steps and feasts on her body at the top of the stairs whilst the ringmaster keeps dementedly laughing.The shot pans to a closeup of his face.

When they’re finished there’s only chunks of flesh on skeletons remaining but they take the spine and hand it to the ringmaster at the bottom of the steps.

RINGMASTER

Hope you fed well… You certainly looked like you were enjoying that. Let’s clear up the circus. We don’t want them thinking we’re a show (laughs).

So Hollywood, you’re more than welcome to contact me through this blog if you’re interested. I’ll just make a few demands: cast Leonardo DiCaprio as The Ringmaster and Samuel L Jackson as Lucas… In all seriousness though, if you enjoyed this let me know and I’ll expand on it. I’m happy for any criticisms. I’m always happy to include something different, just to make it interesting as that is what this blog is about. Anyways people until next time, stay healthy and safe!

Who Watches The Watchmen?

By Jack Bartholomew

I know exactly what you’re thinking, ‘oh that guy who writes rock music blogs is writing about something else!’ You caught me! Red handed! The last cupcake was eaten and the crumbs are smothered all over my face next to the plate…. Or whatever analogy you want to use. The point I’m trying to make is that this is different to my usual pieces but this is an “entertainment” blog so I can be excused… Ahem….

THE WATCHMEN IS A MASTERPIECE. I stand by that claim. I re-watched this film for the (at least I think) billionth time this morning and I sat there thinking to myself ‘how is this film not reminisced upon enough for its brilliance?’ It’s still a mystery to me. The plot follows one of the most complex and respected comic books of all time, there’s incredible visuals, characters, fantastic cast, grittiness that at times tackles realistic issues. This isn’t your common superhero film; there’s so much depth to the characters you’re always debating whether they’re good or evil. Though programs like ‘The Boys’ have took influence the heroes are purely evil, there’s a greater perspective with this… I could go on and on with a list stating how amazing it is but you can read that anywhere, I’m trying to tackle why this film is so UNDERAPPRECIATED. I’m using the caps as emphasis as this is under the superhero genre and we all love satire, am I right?

So, just to clear the air, if you have no idea what I’m raving about, I’ll give you a quick rundown on the plot… It’s 1985 in an alternate universe where Nixon is still president and America is on the verge of a nuclear war and superheroes exist. One of the vigilantes Rorschach goes on an investigation to figure out who murdered his (also superhero) colleague. The results could change the world.

That probably doesn’t give it enough JUSTICE (sorry I couldn’t resist) so if you haven’t seen it, just go watch it. After you’ve read my article obviously.

Anyways, where were we? Oh yeah, how The Watchmen doesn’t receive enough attention, especially by superhero fans, right! So, first of all lets address the elephant in the room, it is directed by Zack Snyder. Before you light your virtual pitchfork, let me just clarify, there are many people that despise Zack but adore this film. I can’t provide proof right now but IMDB probably has some of them.

Snyder’s association has somewhat limited what the film could’ve achieved. Though the comics had a cult following prior to the release in 2009, it was always a gamble releasing this as a mainstream high budget movie. It’s not similar to Iron Man or Captain America in the sense that even prior to their releases there’d be comics or action figures lying around every store in the world. It explains why the budget was $120 Million but it only grossed $55 Million in it’s opening weekend, which isn’t atrocious, but also not incredible for a film of this standard. You’d have thought that ten years down the line this would become more exposed, especially with sites like Netflix streaming it (even if it was short lived). The trouble is Snyder’s films haven’t been the most well-received. I personally enjoyed some of his work after Watchmen but Justice League… Yep, the abomination that gives you shivers like a war flashback did Snyder no favors especially with Whedon’s involvement (#ReleaseTheSnyderCut!). Most people probably saw “directed by Zack Snyder” and turned off not realising what a classic they were missing.

Let’s go back to 2009… if we’re being honest, looking at the cast, at the time they were unknowns practically. This could’ve had an impact on sales especially considering the comics weren’t mainstream and neither were the actors. It does make you wonder how this would’ve differentiated if it were released today after Jeffrey Dean Morgan was took to another level of fame by The Walking Dead. Who knows? Anyways, that’s just a side thought.

Now, here’s an issue something I’ve been itching to tackle. That Rotten Tomatoes rating. Is. Infuriating. 64%? I mean, I don’t know about you, but I often look at scores under 40% as films that are unbearably awful and scores over 70% as worth a watch. Anything that’s between that must be average so I wouldn’t rush to watch it and the film most likely gets pushed to the back of my mind. But 64? They couldn’t have even given it six more points? What a random number! Though, personally, I don’t take a site that ranked ‘La La Land’ as a 91% film, a lot of people do. It’s an influencer. Before you stream anything on Netflix or buy a DVD (if you know what that is) you’ll see if it’s worth your time. This film is liked by the majority of people so how does that warrant such an average rating? But that’s Rotten Tomatoes for you; their bias is real…. But that’s another article for another day.

10 Differences Between the Watchmen Comic and Movie – IFC

Want to know what really lets this film down though? Drum roll please… It’s the comic books fans themselves! I bet you’re yelling “I would’ve gotten away with it, if it weren’t for your meddling blog!” I mean, you’re not wrong. There’s so many fans that are quick to dismiss and badmouth Watchmen. Sure (without spoiling it) Snyder took liberties with the end of the film, but in all honesty, who cares? The rest of the adaptation couldn’t have been anymore loyal to the story. There’s elements which are the same scene by scene and word for word. Yet, people still moan. You didn’t like the ending… Boo hoo! Cry me a river. These are the same people that would ask for the manager if they had the best meal of their life, revisited the restaurant a week later and had exactly the same meal except there was one gram less chicken this time. How can you win? You got the film you wanted and you’re still bitching years later? What!?

Anyways, if you’re a fan of the superhero genre and you haven’t just rage closed your tab, let me know your thoughts on this. I’m curious. Obviously I understand that some people genuinely don’t like this film – psstt…. Some of this article is tongue and cheek. If you haven’t seen The Watchmen and want to see a brilliant interpretation of superheroes in the norm, I’d recommend it. I’m sure you’ll have a great three hours in isolation WATCHing it (I know that was awful). This concludes today’s thought post, I hope you enjoyed reading it. I’m going to start posting daily if I can, so let me know if you want to see more posts like this. But for now… I hope you all stay safe and Warner Bros if you’re reading this, #ReleaseTheSnyderCut.

Artists Admiration: Oasis

Here comes the train! Can you hear it? The people that despise Oasis won’t stop sharing their hatred whenever a Gallagher appears on their computer screen. It’s almost like they didn’t have three percent of the population apply to tickets at Knebworth in 1996 when they played to a 200,000 capacity audience or have Liam selling out arena tours playing their songs to this day. It’s clear they’re like Marmite. I happen to like both.

I remember first discovering Oasis through NME spam-posting back in 2015 – yes, they were just as obsessed back then. After re-evaluating their hits, I forgot how impressive they were but thought ‘how can their back catalogue compare to that!?’ Oh, it exceeded the hits. Just hearing the opening riff to ‘Rock N’ Roll Star’ was enough. The eventual buildup til the drop of hefty drums and the catchy, chaotic guitar riff was enough to win me over immediately. Liam’s vocals are rugged yet smothered in confidence, Noel’s lyrics are inspiring and you can almost feel the passion seeping through the headphones over twenty years on. It is incredible.

I decided to venture into their material further and found so many gems that are often overlooked when Oasis are mentioned. ‘Headshrinker’ being one. Listening to that for the first time, I couldn’t believe it was them. The adrenaline fueled, assertive tone almost bursts your eyes out their sockets. It’s noisy, reckless and unapologetic. All it took was to hear Liam yell:

“Lost in a fog
I’ve been treated like a dog
And I’m out of here
I got no name
And I feel no shame
And I got no fear”

The fact that this was the same band that recorded ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ proved their versatility. I always appreciate that in a band. If all your songs are the same themes and sound, I’ll soon get bored. Oasis were definitely different though. I could feel it.

More and more research was undertook. I just couldn’t get enough of this band that disbanded six years ago (at the time)! I began to treasure their attitude. The brashness, arrogance and unforgettable quotes. There was so much personality to the band beyond the music that it almost felt like a separate entity. Watching Liam stand on stage looking like he was about to start a brawl during guitar intervals whilst Noel was strumming away but prepared to get involved intrigued me. Their persona filled the room. They didn’t need gimmicks or tight leather trousers to make a statement. It made a change to the usual duo who run around and pose to the cameras every twenty minutes.

I still love the band to this day and despite their later work receiving mixed reactions – if you’re a first time listener DON’T venture to ‘Force Of Nature’ or ‘Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is’ as you will regret it – Oasis still stand as being one of a kind. No one can make rock n’ roll so effortlessly because they wrote the book on it. Even if they aren’t going to reform, the combination of Noel’s genuine heartfelt songwriting with Liam’s meaty vocals won’t be recreated by either Gallagher’s solo career. It’s good they’re still around though; at the very least we have that. Love them or hate them, rock n’ roll will miss when they’re gone.

Welcome!

“Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.” – Ritchie Sambora. We all have our passions. We all have peeves. We all have judgments…. Welcome to this world of mine! If you haven’t guessed already, rock music is the theme of this blog. If you do, well, enjoy reading my opinions which will definitely persuade you. If you don’t like it and somehow found this obscurity, still read. You’ll get an immersive summary where you’ll almost hear the front-man hollering the lyrics so you won’t even need to listen.

All satire aside – I hope you enjoy this blog. Eventually there will be interviews included on here, so stay tuned for that too. All I can say is: happy reading rock fans!