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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 103 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 21 May 2012 05:00

albumthumbFor one hundred and two weeks we have gifted you, the loyal Uber Rocker, the finest in the long lost art of seminal album covers: week one hundred and three is no different. This week's entry into Uber Rock's lauded Album Cover Of The Week feature is as metal as they come.....

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Jaded: An Uber Rock Introduction Print E-mail
Written by Jason Daniel Baker   
Sunday, 20 May 2012 05:00

jaded86They've supported the likes of Alice Cooper, Buckcherry, Skid Row, Stryper, Tesla, W.A.S.P. and Twisted Sister - just what does Uber Rock's Canadian scribe Jason Daniel Baker see in Boston-based all-girl band Jaded? Read on as our man introduces the loyal UR reader to yet another outfit well worth checking out.....

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Dead End Drive-In: Now Showing - FM Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:30
deadendthumbWhen we asked Johnny H to review the new 'Live In Europe' DVD by UK AOR stalwarts FM we could see the tears starting to well up in his eyes, not out of fear you understand, but out of a long lost love for baggy pink suits, and gelled up mullets. These days resembling Digital more than Jupp, our man got straight to the heart of the matter and finally let go of more than 25 years of hurt. What are we on about? Read on to find out!
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Mick Priestley's Axe Attack Print E-mail
Written by Mick Priestley   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:45

mickmix86Uber Rock is proud to introduce you to the coolest bands on the planet.....now we're gonna help you be in one! If you read Mick Priestley's Midnite Mixtape last week you'll know that the guitarist of The Green River Project knows his onions. Now, in a new monthly UR column, Mick will teach you how to up your game on the guitar with videos, downloadable tabs and a monthly 'Lick From Hell' - Axe Attack is built to shred.....

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 101 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 07 May 2012 05:00

albumthumbInto the next one hundred examples of high end cover art we stride. For Week 101 of Uber Rock's erotically charged Album Cover Of The Week feature we look to the future; yes, this week's cock-eyed candy comes from a future release, an album that will be reviewed on these hallowed pages in the coming weeks, an album cover that fuses the metal of Mazda to the majesty of mythical beasts......

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'And On Piano...Nicky Hopkins' - Julian Dawson (Desert Hearts) Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Sunday, 29 May 2011 05:00

nickyhopkinsthumbSubtitled 'The Extraordinary Life Of Rock's Greatest Session Man', Julian Dawson's passionate biography of legendary rock pianist Nicky Hopkins will surprise you. Why? The list of songs, some truly revolutionary in rock circles, that he played on will astound you. Read on as Gaz E investigates. Looks like we got ourselves a reader...

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 51 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 23 May 2011 05:00

albumthumbIt's not often that the eye candy superstore that is Über Röck's fabled Album Cover Of The Week feature graces its shelves with an brand new album but, with the Aintipodean artgasm that awaits you curious rock folk on the other side of this link, we felt that we had no option.....

 

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 49 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 09 May 2011 05:00

albumthumbCompleting the recent terrific trident of testosterone that has seen a couple of previous artworked alpha males send wanton ladies and curious gentlemen into fucked up frenzies, Week 49 of Über Röck's seminal Album Cover Of The Week feature is loved by all at URHQ and hopefully by you too (rye ay).......

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AC/DC - 'Live at River Plate' DVD Premiere - Plus you could win a copy of the DVD Print E-mail
Written by Jim Rowland   
Sunday, 08 May 2011 05:00
River_Plate_DVD_thmbWhat better way to launch your new DVD than with an exclusive screening at a venue you hold dear to your heart? Not many bands could do such a thing but there are not too many bands like AC/DC. Jim Rowland was our man front of stage ready to sample the atmosphere of this rather unique event. Plus we have a copy of the DVD to give away to one lucky Uber Rocker!
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Win tickets to see Anterior and Shaped By Fate on Friday the 13th! Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 02 May 2011 12:03

anteriorcomp86A free night out in Cardiff with Anterior, Shaped By Fate, The Hotel Ambush, All To Ruin and Epic Fail on Friday the 13th? Who wouldn't want a bit of that?! Read on for the chance to win tickets for this must-attend metal show....

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Terry Reid - A Living Legend Playing At A Club Near You Print E-mail
Written by Jason Daniel Baker   
Sunday, 01 May 2011 05:00

terryreidthumbMuch has been made of the fact that Terry Reid could have been the singer in both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple but, as Jason Daniel Baker tells us while looking back over a career that spans five decades, Reid should actually be celebrated for the music that he made, rather than that which never was. Read on and educate yourself.......

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Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone (Abrams Image) Print E-mail
Written by Jamie Richards   
Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:30

commandothumbJohnny Ramone was, at the time of his death from prostate cancer in 2004, both revered as an artist in one of the most important bands to ever grace this rock 'n' roll world and criticised for his conservative political stance. Would 'Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone', edited from the legendary guitarist's memoirs by friend John Cafiero, finally give readers the answers to all the curious questions that the life of this Ramone threw up? Jamie Richards investigates.....

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 102 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 14 May 2012 05:05

albumthumbCall it seductive, call it sexual, call it essential if you will, but today you can call Uber Rock's multi-award winning Album Cover Of The Week feature topical. Yes, if a once-mighty weekly music magazine can name the most repellent footballer in the country in the shortlist for their hero of the year then this most awesome of webzines can throw a tacky curveball into the box.....

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Tantalum: An Uber Rock Introduction Print E-mail
Written by Jason Daniel Baker   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 04:00

tantalum86Scouring every inch of this rock 'n' roll planet, fine-toothed comb in gnarled hand, in order to discover previously unknown acts of excellence, Jason Daniel Baker reports from the Canadian offices of the Uber Rock Massive with yet more interesting findings. Tantalum are an all-girl Australian outfit who JDB thinks you could worse than check out.....

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 52 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 30 May 2011 04:00

albumthumbWow, I can hardly believe it. Week 52 of Über Röck's semi-cultured look at classic art that is Album Cover Of The Week. As a special treat to the tens of people who look at and enjoy this feature every week, I have dug deep into the annals of cover art history in order to provide a worthy sleeve-gasm for all devotees of this year old feature. I think I might just have found it.....

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Win a signed EP from JD & the FDCs Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 23 May 2011 13:28

jdthumbJD & the FDCs, featuring friend of Uber Rock Jamie Delerict, play a long-awaited show in Wales in a couple of weeks....with an Uber Rock writer set to make ears bleed as he fronts one of the support bands. To get you good people in the mood, here's the chance to win a limited edition signed copy of the band's 'The FDCCDEP' - read on for details......

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 50 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 16 May 2011 05:00

albumthumbFor the last three weeks, the album covers on display in the Über Röck Album Cover Of The Week hall of fame have been dripping with sex for all the lovely ladies and curious boys. Today we are all about equality as we provide a slab o'saucy for all the hot-blooded males out there...

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Derailroaded : Inside The Mind Of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer (MVD Visual) Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Sunday, 08 May 2011 05:30

derailroadedthumbNot familiar with Larry "Wild Man" Fischer? Change that with the DVD release of 'Derailroaded' from the filmmakers Josh Rubin and Jeremy Lubin. Discovered by Frank Zappa, named by Solomon Burke and championed by John Peel, Fischer's troubled life would see him in a mental facility at 16, star in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, play shows with Janis Joplin and The Byrds, and record a duet with Rosemary Clooney. Oh yeah, and think Steven Spielberg wanted him dead. Read on as Gaz E tries to fit it all into a review......

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Calling all 'Sons Of The North' - Win tickets to see Black Spiders' May tour. Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Thursday, 05 May 2011 05:02

Black_Spiders_thmbIn celebration of Black Spiders' epic 'Sons Of The North' album and their 'Tour Part Deux' which kicks off tonight in Leeds, Uber Rock has teamed up with the band to offer a pair of tickets to one lucky reader to see Black Spiders live at Durham Live Lounge on Monday 16th May 2011.

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Album Cover Of The Week - Week 48 Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Monday, 02 May 2011 05:00

albumthumbForget Swedish Erotica, this is Vinyl Erotica. Week 48 of Über Röck's hugely impressive Album Cover Of The Week feature aims to out-sexy last week's sensual entry - impossible, you say? Think again as, by request only, we introduce you to Ken.....

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Chickenfoot - 'Get Your Buzz On Live' DVD (Eagle Vision) Print E-mail
Written by David Whistance   
Thursday, 13 May 2010 05:00

chickenthumbChickenfoot, the rock supergroup featuring Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani, release their debut live DVD and we set David Whistance to shred as he checked it out for your reading pleasure......

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