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Part 3 of 3. Interview with Jake and CC of Black Veil Brides. First published by Midlands Rocks, www.themr.co.uk October 2011 So here I am once more. And here you are too. And, of course, here as well are our mascara-smeared dynamic-duo, Jake and CC. And they aren’t finished yet. No, these guys have plenty [...]

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Part 2 of 3. Interview with Jake and CC of Black Veil Brides. First published by Midlands Rocks, www.themr.co.uk October 2011 Hate. Now there’s a heavy trip and one with which the Brides are intimately acquainted. It seems there are only two ways to go where this band is concerned: love ‘em or hate ‘em. [...]

Black Veil Brides : Part 1

Posted: 11th December 2011 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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Part 1 of 3. Interview with Jake and CC of Black Veil Brides. First published by Midlands Rocks, www.themr.co.uk October 2011 As late afternoon drifts into early evening, there’s a comforting hush blanketing the empty Black Cherry Lounge. Footsteps, though, echo, as the absence of partying crowds amplify the slightest sound. And if you listen [...]

Toxic Federation : Going The Distance

Posted: 10th September 2011 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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First published by Nottingham Live, http://www.nottinghamlive.co.uk/live/2011/07/column-harry-paterson-toxic-federation-going-the-distance/ July 2011 Photographs reproduced by kind permission of Sue Paterson Photography If you haven’t yet heard of Toxic Federation, don’t worry: you will. The Midlands-based five-piece are currently completing work on their third album, titled ‘Distance’ and, judging by the demos and the handful of tracks the band have trialled [...]

Saint Jude : Patron Saints of Rock ‘n’ Soul

Posted: 29th August 2011 by Harry in Interviews & Features
Tags: Chris Kimsey, Diary of a Soul Fiend, Lynne Jackaman, Rock 'n' Soul, , Soul On Fire
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First published by Soundsphere Magazine,  http://www.spheremag.co.uk/spotlight/56-band/2318-spotlight-saint-jude August 2011 In music, as in life, there’s always a place for irony and if a little self-deprecation can be worked in too, well, rarely is this a bad thing…Example? Glad you asked, actually. Let’s take Saint Jude. As well as being, allegedly, one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, he [...]

JR Windsor & Beth Windsor : Toxic Federation

Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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26th July 2010. First published by New Rock Music, July 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Prior to the release of the latest Toxic Federation album, the band’s drummer, Josh Windsor and manager, Beth Windsor, took some time out to chat about the new album, life on the road and reflect on the band’s fortunes so far. I was [...]

Evil Scarecrow : Rock City

Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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Nottingham, 21st August 2010. First published by New Rock Music, August 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk You’ll have heard of Spinal Tap, of course. The seminal, spoof-band, wonderfully realised by Rob Reiner in his hugely successful 1984 mocumentary, This Is Spinal Tap. I’m sure most of you will also have heard [...]

Imperial Circus : Rock City

Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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Nottingham, 21st August 2010. First published by New Rock Music, August 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk Rock City; home of all things metal and rock in Nottingham, with an international reputation. This weekend the legendary venue played host to the annual, Damaged Stock charity extravaganza. Organised, in the main, by the [...]

Isolysis : Rock City

Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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Nottingham, 21st August 2010. First published by New Rock Music, August 2010.  www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk There’s been something almost Shakespearean regarding my association with Isolysis; star-crossed and ill-fated, those of a literary persuasion might say. And they wouldn’t be far from the mark. Despite knowing most of the material inside-out, [...]

Twilight’s Embrace : Rock City

Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in Interviews & Features
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Nottingham, 21st August 2010. First published by New Rock Music, September 2010. www.newrockmusic.co.uk Photos copyright © Sue Paterson 2010 www.suepaterson.co.uk You wade through copious amounts of aural manure in this job. Bedroom band after bedroom band that should never have ventured out onto the landing, never mind out the front door, down the street and [...]