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Written by Johnny H
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Day 2 of Slugf3st and the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Johnny H witnesses a chaotic day filled with punk rock, puke and pyro. Throw some of the heaviest bands on the planet into the mix and what do you get? Slugfest's finest moment to date....
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Written by David Whistance
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:10 |
 Long after our great nation's faux outrage at the Sex Pistols had passed, John Lydon was still shocking audiences worldwide with his Public Image Limited. So would the recently resurrected band live up to its infamous musical legacy? David Whistance is our man at the 'Death Disco'; otherwise know as Bristol O2 Academy.
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Written by Darrel Sutton
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Friday, 23 July 2010 05:00 |
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 After the raucous show by FM a week earlier, the owners of Cardiff's Millenium Music Hall were hoping for a quiet week in order to clean up all the home perm kits and discarded suit jackets in a variety of pastel colours. Luckily, Sepultura were in town to provide a subtle night of foot tapping and head nodding........
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Written by Darrel Sutton and Phillip Coleman
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Monday, 19 July 2010 06:01 |
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 One day, one stage, a plethora of Newport bands, and a celebration of one man's musical legacy to the city. TJ's In The Square was all about the life of John Sicolo and his Legendary TJ's venue. Über Röck's Darrel Sutton breaks the 'one' trend and manages to do three jobs all at once. Read on to find out exactly what he was up to.
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Written by Dave Prince
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Friday, 16 July 2010 06:00 |
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 With AOR legends FM back in the Principality for the first time in god knows how long, we asked Dave Prince to take it to the streets, and experience a top drawer line up that also featured Airrace and The Treatment. The Prince was hot wired for action, and who we were to stop him from air keyboarding like a teenager? He really does come alive in the twilight zone you know.
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:00 |
 This year's iTunes festival has certainly offered up an eclectic mix of live music for our delectation, from Scissor Sisters to Plan B. But wait what's this? Not one, but three, dirty heavy metal bands setting the legendary Roundhouse on fire? Lucky for us then that Tazz Stander was on hand to sample the metal first hand. Scream for us Tazzalar !!!!!!
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Written by Gaz E
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Gaz E grits his teeth, clenches his fists and pulls on his glowing bunny ears as he takes in a date on the Funhouse Summer Carnival stadium tour by US pop sensation P!nk, just to see Butch Walker and the Black Widows. Were the deep psychological scars worth it?
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Written by Johnny H
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 06:00 |
 Back in the UK with The St Marks Social, Jesse Malin is here to 'Love It To Life', and boy are we excited here at ÜRHQ. So, we sent Johnny H along to catch the tour's opening night, and he just happens to bump into a few Über Rock chums in the process.... The rest is rock 'n' roll history in the making.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 11 June 2010 06:00 |
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 Über Röck spies infiltrated a second date on the UK tour featuring The Hip Priests and The Dangerfields, but this time saw two different support acts take to the stage, including Dom Daley's new main punk rock squeeze XX Cortez.....
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Written by Deb Williams
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Saturday, 05 June 2010 05:45 |
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 It's the Dawn Of The Deb! Über-groupie Deb Williams was so impressed that it only took two months for new hair metal sensations Reckless Love to sell out the 200 capacity Camden Barfly that she just had to write about it! Find out what happened when Deb got out her Major Morgan and tried to string together a sentence while still giddy over the gorgeous guy-action on offer....
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Written by Gaz E
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Friday, 30 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Über Röck's resident noise-bringer Darrel Sutton's Slugfest event is now in its third year and bigger and better than ever before. With 26 bands spread over three crazy days, this year's event threatened to explode. Our story begins on a Friday night...
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 05:00 |
 Watching Fucked Up live is not so much like watching a gig, as actually playing a gig. It's full on contact sport of the hardcore punk rock variety, and we asked Johnny H to pogo along to the Cardiff Barfly to witness it all.
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 05:00 |
 With the last notes of GLC's headline set still ringing out over Newport's John Frost Square, bringing 'TJ's in The Square' to its natural conclusion, Johnny H was already making his way across town to Le Pub for a double bill of chaos with The Guns and Goldblade. Rebel songs for those still able to rock, or indeed talk.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Sunday, 18 July 2010 05:00 |
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 It's the hottest day of the year and Dom Daley finds himself stuffed in a greenhouse watching former Georgia Satellites man Dan Baird and his Homemade Sin supergroup. Was the humming coming from the amps of the armpits? Read on for the sweaty truth......
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Written by Dom Daley
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Friday, 16 July 2010 05:00 |
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 While P!nk and the pox were getting the better of some Über Röckers, others were basking in the rock 'n' roll goodness of Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social for the second time on their tour of the UK. Dom Daley ignored the transfer embargo and made the switch to Cardiff.....
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Saturday, 10 July 2010 06:00 |
 Playing two sets in one day is never going to be an easy feat for a normal band. But when it comes to Fozzy, well that are not your 'normal' heavy metal band are they? Tazz Stander crams more wrestling moves than is physically possible into one review to give us piledriver of a low down of the days events.
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Written by Tazz Stander
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Friday, 02 July 2010 05:00 |
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 Tazz Stander went to the Islington Academy to see Deathstars but was so impressed with support act i nation that she forgot to review the headliner......accidentally on purpose...
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 15 June 2010 06:00 |
 Back (in black) for his thirteenth year at Donington Park, Über Röck's very own Johnny H gives you his views of the weekend's highs and lows as we ask him to kindly remember that one man alone cannot physically cover all the stages and all the bands the festival has to offer.
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Written by Johnny H
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Sunday, 06 June 2010 06:00 |
 With six months to plan his trip and casting aside any temptation to 'stay local' for a second night of scuzzy rock 'n' roll, our Johnny H instead set sail for England's second city and the return of the mighty Slayer to the UK stage, accompanied by Sweden's finest The Haunted. What could possibly go wrong?
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Written by Johnny H
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Friday, 04 June 2010 06:00 |
 With two Welsh dates over two consecutive nights, Irish reprobates The Dangerfields along with Nottingham's finest fuck ups The Hip Priests had ÜRHQ chomping at the bit for some rock 'n' roll live action. We sent Johnny H out to catch up with the first night's action; but would he find the venue this time around?.
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Gig Reviews
Whilst the rest of us at URHQ were partaking of the annual Slugfest, our Tazz was running her ass off trying to cover as many bands as she could at the very first High Voltage festival in London. Custom built by rock fans for rock fans Tazz enjoys the show that you hope will never end.