L.A. Guns: Cocked & Loaded Live (2021)

L.A. Guns: Cocked & Loaded Live (2021)

I do not have the energy to describe in detail what has happened to L.A. Guns over the years, but there is now only one band legally allowed to use the name without having another name attached to it, and that is the one which features Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis (who...
Maartin Allcock: OX15 (1999)

Maartin Allcock: OX15 (1999)

I first came across Maart when he was touring as part of Fairport Convention for the ‘Glady’s Leap’ tour, and during that period he was with the band, I saw them numerous times. I caught him a few times with Jethro Tull when he was keyboard player, interviewed him...
Anthrax: XL (2022)

Anthrax: XL (2022)

Due to their 40th anniversary being in the middle of a pandemic, Anthrax did what many other bands have done over the last few years which is play a gig without an audience and livestream it so fans could be involved. Since then, it has been released in multiple...
Masslands:  It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (2022)

Masslands: It Doesn’t Matter Anymore (2022)

Last month I reviewed the single Forget What You Heard from these guys, and now I have the four-track EP from which it was taken. {Masslands} started as a project between Jacob Tait of {Orphic Décor} (who I also recall reviewing last year) and Mason Blair of Highway...
Arrays: Patience Way (2022)

Arrays: Patience Way (2022)

JP Carroll (ex-{Armed in Advance}, {Swerve City}) is back with his latest album as Arrays, yet again proving what a talent he is as Patience Way takes us on a journey through different styles of melodic rock, often with buzzsaw guitars, and always with hooks and a...