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Written by Andrew Johnston
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 04:45 |
 The curiosity factor of seeing one of the last surviving Ramones giving the band's back catalogue one last shoeing has dragged a healthy smattering of die-hards along with a very curious Andrew Johnston out to the Camden Underworld on a wet and windy Tuesday night. That's right, Uber Rock was there to witness mid-'80s Ramones drummer Richie perform alongside London's all-girl tribute to his former combo, the Ramonas, and here's how the night shaped up.
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Friday, 09 December 2011 04:30 |
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 Our recent review of the Shaun Ryder autobiography showed that the former frontman of the Happy Mondays was more rock 'n' roll than most of the bands covered on UR. Ben Hughes jumped at the opportunity to see Ryder live in his hometown - read on to see if his melons got twisted.......
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 05:00 |
 When Jim Rowland told us he'd seen a UFO in his backyard the other night we thought he'd been on the juice again, but lo and behold he was referring to a band going by the name of X-UFO featuring ex members of the classic British rock band UFO not some drunken mirage. Jim unravels the mystery as he pops down his local for a night out, and got more than he bargained for.
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 05:00 |
 Wow! What a heavyweight blues rock line up this looked like on paper. New York's Popa Chubby along with Ocean City's Walter Trout sharing the same stage and in a club setting! An almost prefect night out if you asked Jim Rowland. Thankfully we did ask him and this is what he thought of the night said tour hit North London.
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Written by Craggy
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Saturday, 03 December 2011 05:15 |
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 Craggy headed to The Borderline to catch a band famous for 'that song'; a tune featured on the soundtrack of a hugely successful movie, and a cover tune at that. Happily, he found Urge Overkill unveiling a setlist so great that the song's inevitable appearance was a big of a let-down. How? Read on to find out.....
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Written by Ben Hughes
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Friday, 02 December 2011 05:00 |
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 Ben Hughes was happy to check out another show from one of the UK's best kept musical secrets, Alabama 3. With the band mixing up their live performances with rock 'n' roll, acoustic and dance shows taking place with little or no notice, our man was to discover that this night was to add a little of the bizarre to that list. Read on to find out why....
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Written by Matt Phelps
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 04:55 |
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 Matt Phelps fell for the rockabilly and blues fusion peddled by the foxy Imelda May when he was getting his Loaf on in a stadium last year. Read on as our man finds May, and an excellent support band suffering at the hands of an over-zealous stage manager, in fine form. Read on for some Hexagonal hi-jinks.......
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Written by David Whistance
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Sunday, 27 November 2011 05:00 |
 With his metal heart still in ribbons following a somewhat below par performance from a band clad in minimal amounts of leather at the very same venue just a few weeks earlier, David Whistance was in two minds whether to actually attend 'An Evening with Dimmu Borgir' when it rolled into the Welsh capital recently. Luckily for him then that he did make the effort as what he experienced was a two hour black metal revelation, and all for under £20.
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Written by Jamie Richards
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011 05:00 |
 He had the balls to challenge the staus quo and actually admit to liking the Lou Reed/Metallica album, but would Jamie Richards really have the gall to fly in the face of the uber fashion police by admitting his love for The Darkness? He certainly wasn't alone in his admiration for Lowestoft's finest reformed rockers of cock as his review of their sold out show at Bristol's Academy proves.
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 04:45 |
 Sunday night in London town and the city's wonderful transport system was doing it's very best to deny Jim Rowland of one of the nights two jewels of Swedish progressive rock playing south of the water. A bike, a train, and an automobile later our intrepid scribe finally found himself stage front and centre with mere seconds to spare before one of his fave bands of 2011 took to the stage. The prog gods had thankfully smiled on their prodigal son, and boy was he in for a treat.
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Written by Johnny H
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Friday, 09 December 2011 05:00 |
 Twenty months on the road together and Jesse Malin and his St Marks Social returned to the city where it all started to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his 'Fine Art Of Self Destruction' album. Johnny H was once again on hand to pick up the story behind this very special celebration - but only just. As he is about to explain...
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Written by Andrew Johnston
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 04:45 |
 When we heard that Wednesday 13, Michael Monroe and Crashdiet would be sharing the same concert stage right here in the UK, we thought "Wow that's a bill that any self respecting Uber Rocker would be dragging their private parts over broken glass just to get to". Andrew Johnston picks up the story of this winter's "to die for" glam rock package tour, but were you brave enough to go?
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Written by Johnny H
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 05:00 |
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 Changing out of our regulation pirate costumes and into our charo outfits for an evening of mariachi music, URHQ had a very early Xmas party recently as Mariachi El Bronx rolled into Cardiff as part of a huge world tour in support of their second album. The office's very own Antonio Banderas (ha) picks up his sombrero and pen and prepares to get all passionate (double ha) as we bring you 'uber folk!'
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Written by Ross Welford
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Saturday, 03 December 2011 05:30 |
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 Ross Welford headed to Islington on a Saturday night in an attempt to convince the Elders at URHQ that they have got it all wrong about pop rock poseurs Reckless Love. Read on as he falls hook, line and sinker for a haircut, reminding us of those '80s pop fans who worshipped at the majestic song temple of Marilyn. What do you mean "Who?"
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Saturday, 03 December 2011 05:00 |
 When it comes to producing '70s inspired retro rock bands, there isn't a better country than Sweden. Over recent years we've been utterly thrilled by bands such as Graveyard, Witchcraft, Enforcer and going back a bit further, The Hellacopters. So, when Jim Rowland received the invitation to catch Swedish rockers The Quill recently he just couldn't refuse. Read on to find out what he thought of their live show.
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Written by Ian Bell
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 05:00 |
 Attending gigs in the arenas that blight our UK music scene are not exactly high on the Uber Rock agenda, that's for sure. We avoid them as much as we can. However when a band as humungous as the Red Hot Chili Peppers play a show in one of these places it's probably about as close as you'll ever get to seeing them in a club these days, so how can we not go? Ian Bell is our man with a seat in the eye line of the lighting riggers, so read on to find out why he might not be attending this summer's outdoor RHCP shows following this showing.
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Written by Dom Daley
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Monday, 28 November 2011 05:00 |
 Sunday night in Bristol and the live return of the mighty Dwarves promoting their latest album 'The Dwarves Are Born Again' has sparked something of a mini office outing at URHQ. We came from far and wide to witness the true greatness of Blag Dahlia and his band of rock legends and boy was our loyalty repaid. Gig of the year from the band of the year? Quite fucking possibly.... Read on sluts..
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Written by Jim Rowland
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Thursday, 24 November 2011 05:00 |
 Self-confessed Uber Progger Jim Rowland couldn't resist the temptation to finally break his Yes live duck when the band dropped into the Hammersmith Apollo recently as part of their tour in support of their 'Fly From Here' album. However with his expectations not exactly sky high he was pondering which version of the band might turn up, Prog or AOR? And got a wonderful surprise in the process.
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Written by Mark Ashby
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 05:00 |
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 The Distortion Project's Saturday evening shows open at 5pm with curfew at 9pm due to the sickness that blights gig-going in these troubled times; club nights. For the four hours in between, however, the shows are full of dedicated metal fans ready to rock out with... well, you know the rest. Mark Ashby left the vidiprinter early to catch another great line-up, headed by thrashers Sinocence.
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Written by Nev Brooks
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Sunday, 20 November 2011 05:00 |
 Right now The Sisters Of Mercy are celebrating their 30th anniversary via a series of international shows, so long-time fan Nev Brooks decided enough was enough and he would finally try and break into the Sisterhood by attending their sole UK show at Camden's Roundhouse. What was our intrepid scribe about to discover within the impenetrable walls of dry ice? Read on to find out.
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Gig Reviews 
Playing a series of four UK shows accompanied by a 38 piece orchestra, Deep Purple most certainly couldn't be accused of scrimping on arena production values due to austerity measures. In fact add US powerpop legends Cheap Trick onto an already packed O2 stage and you suddenly had yourself a recession busting classic rock package par excellence, as Andrew Johnston found out.