I played a track by local band Twister on the NI Rocks Show on Rock Radio NI recently. That had led me to wondering again what had happened to the band – I’d never actually seen them play live but the tracks that they had sent into the station were great. Well, to quote Mr Benn (for our younger readers – he’s a 70’s TV character – google it!) “as if by magic the shopkeeper appeared” - no not Davy Warren!! Ok, it wasn’t actually a shopkeeper, it was an e-mail from Future PR sharing the new album by Big Guns with the station, but it’s close enough! Anyway, I digress!! Turns out that Big Guns is a band formed from the ashes of Twister and their new album “Down But Not Out” is pretty awesome!
Read more: NI ROCKS recommends "Down But Not Out" by BIG GUNS
Falling into the category of “no-brainer” when it comes to listening to an album and deciding whether or not to write an “NI Rocks Recommends” is the new live album from Lita Ford entitled “The Bitch Is Back..Live”. Recorded in California in October 2012 the album contains 12 tracks : mainly from the classic albums of the 80's with a few from “Living Like A Runaway” which was released last year. Notably there are no tracks from the “Wicked Wonderland” album released in 2009, with “Living Like A Runaway” now justifiably seen as Lita’s real comeback album.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "The Bitch Is Back...Live" by LITA FORD
Thanks to all who entered and some tickets are still available on the door.
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Rock Radio NI has been a big supporter of local rockers Baleful Creed for some time of course, with the band’s three EPs getting quite a bit of airplay. So it’ll be no surprise that the band’s self-titled debut album earns an NI Rocks recommendation. The album brings together the tracks we all love from the EPs “Buried Beneath” and “III” as a download for the ridiculous price of £3 from Bandcamp. As they guys say that’s cheaper than a pint of beer!! http://balefulcreed.bandcamp.com/
Read more: NI ROCKS recommends "Baleful Creed" by BALEFUL CREED