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Midnite Mixtape Massacre - Robbie Quine - The Barbarellatones Print E-mail
Written by Robbie Quine   
Sunday, 29 April 2012 04:30

robbiemix86Featured heavily in today's exclusive interview with former Guns N' Roses manager Vicky Hamilton, and with a song featured on a new surf compilation album set for release this coming week, what better time to catch up with Robbie Quine, front...err....thing with The Barbarellatones? Read on as Robbie lists a suitably cool ultimate thirteen song mixtape to die for.....

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Midnite Mixtape Massacre - Lord Zion - Spit Like This Print E-mail
Written by Lord Zion   
Sunday, 22 April 2012 05:00

zion86Is it my imagination...or is it time to read the last words of the next victim of the Midnite Mixtape Massacre? Spit Like This are set to release their new, Chris Tsangarides produced, album, 'Normalityville Horror', in a couple of weeks so what better time to catch up with frontman Lord Zion and try to pry the ultimate list of songs from his cold, dead hands? Read on to discover the devil's dozen of songs that make up his Midnite Mixtape.....

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Hi-Fi To Die For - Chequered Past Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Sunday, 15 April 2012 05:45
record_collectionChequered Past featured ex members of Blondie, the Sex Pistols with some real honest to goodness rock royalty out front, and for a short time in the mid eighties they looked like they might just conquer the hard rock world. Never heard of them? Johnny H will put you straight as he explains why every home should have a copy of their one and only album.
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Midnite Mixtape Massacre - John Jj Watt - Spill Sixteen Print E-mail
Written by John Jj Watt   
Sunday, 08 April 2012 05:00

jjthumbWe're three victims into Über Röck's Midnite Mixtape Massacre and, to be brutally honest, the dark lords behind the website have not been happy with what has come before. Why? Because the three guitar attack of Leatherwolf has not featured once in any of the mixtapes featured. That, my friends, is about to change as John Jj Watt of UK rockers Spill Sixteen gifts us a thirteen song mixtape (and intro!) that is sure to make us laugh and cry in equal measure.....

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Midnite Mixtape Massacre - Giz - Obsessive Compulsive Print E-mail
Written by Giz   
Sunday, 01 April 2012 04:00

gizthumbWith an eight date tour of the UK starting this coming week we here at ÜRHQ felt that it was time to reconnect with the great Obsessive Compulsive. Giz, guitarist with the Manchester DIY mob, is the latest victim of Über Röck's Midnite Mixtape Massacre - read on as he talks us through his ultimate thirteen song mixtape......

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Hi-Fi To Die For - Iggy Pop Print E-mail
Written by Dom Daley   
Sunday, 22 April 2012 04:30

record_collectionAudio Velvet; Aural Sex - call it what you want but this, my friends, is pure Hi-Fi To Die For. (I Wanna Be Your) Dom Daley looks back at his ultimate live album from his ultimate live band line-up as messrs Pop, Gibbs and McCoy tour Iggy's 'Instinct' album. Released over a variety of formats with a different number of tracks on each 'Live at The Channel' is must-listen-to manna from rock 'n' roll heaven. Read on to find out why.....

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Midnite Mixtape Massacre - Jamie Delerict - JD & the FDCs Print E-mail
Written by Jamie Delerict   
Sunday, 15 April 2012 04:00

jamiemix86When he's not working on the new JD & the FDCs album, making badass music videos and releasing split 7" singles with Acey Slade & the Dark Party, Jamie Delerict fingers C90s and sends the resulting mixtapes to ÜRHQ covered in love hearts and vintage WWF stickers. Yes, Über Röck's Midnite Mixtape Massacre gets felt up by Jamie and his magic touch as he details his ultimate thirteen song tale of the tape.....

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Hi-Fi To Die For - Soho Roses Print E-mail
Written by Ben Hughes   
Sunday, 08 April 2012 04:30

record_collectionNow this choice will seperate the metal men from the glam boys! Soho Roses gained legendary status even though they only ever recorded a couple of EPs and one full length album. Now, in the latest Hi-Fi To Die For feature, Ben Hughes looks at the album that collected the complete works of a trashy bunch of rock 'n' roll ne'er-do-wells who, even though they might not have known at the time, were about to blast out a host of songs that would be remembered fondly almost three decades later.....

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GIG GIGGLES by Zoot : Episode 7 Print E-mail
Written by Paul 'Zoot' Williams   
Sunday, 11 April 2010 06:00

goodhookerthumbSince the now-legendary Zoot has been writing for Über Röck he has spent most of his time autographing breasts and kissing babies. Now he feels like giving something back to his fans. For the first time ever, his lyrics, his art, are presented to you for your personal enjoyment....

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