
On music fandom and the nature of trust
We live in a disposable world. Our attitudes towards physical products have rewarded us with landfill mountains and polluted oceans, and that’s just the items we’re told are being recycled.
More…We live in a disposable world. Our attitudes towards physical products have rewarded us with landfill mountains and polluted oceans, and that’s just the items we’re told are being recycled.
More…By the time they arrived in Copenhagen in February 1984 Metallica were established as thrash metal pioneers.
More…I guess you could call me a St Anger apologist, but it’s not a term I use myself. Why? Because it suggests Metallica has something to apologise for on this record.
More…There are certain rites of passage that every Metallica fan experiences regardless of when they discover the greatest metal band there’s ever been.
More…In the summer of 2017 the fifth album from Brand New finally arrived. It was, even then, expected to be their last, and its critical and commercial success reflected the love the band enjoyed all over the world.
More…Growing up as a thrash metal fan on the south coast of England in the late 1990s was a rather different experience to living through its beer-soaked genesis in the San Francisco Bay Area in the first half of the 1980s.
More…“Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with. Tygers Of Pan Tang, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden.”
More…This British scene, whatever it is, is in phenomenal shape. We already have a scintillating Employed To Serve album this year.
Funny old game, nu-metal. As a moment in time it was perfection, bringing fresh ideas and even fresher fans into the alternative subculture.
Despite long gaps between records, Metallica haven’t exactly been taking it easy.
Metallica’s Master Of Puppets album is recognised as one of heavy metal’s finest ever.
Last week I was in the Cotswolds having a really rather lovely time at 2000trees festival – the fab three-dayer that champions new and underground British music (with the odd act from further afield thrown in for good measure).