Bobatron Speaks: The Sin Of Fandom

I do not like people being in the position to manipulate me. I do not appreciate people who assume they know what is better for me interfering with my life. That sort of reliance and influence can and will often lead to exploitation. In the case of religion, God is this being or entity that, […]

Bobatron Speaks: Sell Out!

So today we shall tackle the issue of selling out. Selling out, I should warn you, is something that only really affects people who care about the music they listen to, but in a broader sense, it should be of interest for anyone who cares about the culture they consume and can thus be applied […]

The Big Summer Festival Preview 2008

Download Festival
The famous Donington Park motor racing circuit first flirted with all things heavy metal back in 1980 when the Monsters Of Rock festival was born. Bands of the calibre of Rainbow and Judas Priest (who are making what is hoped to be a triumphant return this year) dragged in the headbangers from far and […]

Bobatron Speaks: Why Metal Blows

Anybody who knows me personally, will no doubt be aware of my dislike, at best, of what people would collectively refer to as “metal”. Not the chemical element, rather the subculture based around the genre. I regularly try to remind my friends that Metallica have been the ass-clowns that they are today, but I also […]

Dice Roll Of Honour: Baroness

Baroness are the most exciting, individually expressive and original thing to have hit my lugholes in a long, long time. Their southern-laced progressive post-hardcore soundscapes are utterly beguiling with confounding shifts in sound pattern, rhythm and tangibility which, when first heard, keep you guessing at every turn.
The band started life in Lexington, Virginia in 2003 […]

The Birth Of Pub Goo

Venue: Barfly, Cambridge
Date: 5 October 2007

‘Pub Goo is the bastard offspring of Club Goo, Cambridge’s home of indie bands and disco dancing’, reads the website blurb, and it’s new home is The Graduate on Chesterton Road. Since the national chain, Barfly, took over the popular live music venue there’s been a refit and a paint-job. […]