Dreadzone–Spreading The Light

With Guitars felt that with Dreadzone headling along with Adam Ant and The Damned at the Bearded Festival 2012, high time we reworked our original 1995 interview with the band recorded  just as the ‘Second Light’ album was released Tony Woolgar had coffee and cake with the then trio, talking is of both albums and labels to date and John Peel, Morricone the birthday and that night’s gig.   You may have seen them at last year’s Glastonbury or on the last Megadog tour. One of club culture’s dynamic live artists along with Sabres, Underworld and The Prodigy, Dreadzone bang out the heady mix dub bass. Tight as f**k drumming...

Kevin Shields – Blown a career – Plus the 10 year band reformation scam. Oct17

Kevin Shields &ndas...

In 2007 when Kevin Shields announced that My Bloody Valentine were reforming for a series of gigs tickets were pounced on by a generation of indie fans who have grown up on music influenced by their output, however eyebrows were rightly raised when he also announced new music would also be...

Creation Records Part 1; Re-Hab Fab 1983 – 1995 May29

Creation Records Part 1; Re-Hab Fab 1983 – ...

Why…? Why Creation? Why is it that I don’t give a damn about the occasional scratch or bruise about my person but if anyone even puts the slightest mark on my copy of ‘Definitely Maybe’, it’s a real cause for concern? Why do I care more about getting my rocks off with Bobbie than precious life itself? Why don’t I go out more rather than lying on my bed listening to the sweet voice of Sice and the band? Why is it that an innocuous building in a Hackney backstreet happens to have been the throbbing pulse of British music for the past twelve and a bit years?RE-HAB FAB Creation Records Story Part 1 -  1983...

Creation Records Part 2; Supernova Nights 1995 To The End May29

Creation Records Part 2; Supernova Nights 1995 To...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Since writing part one of this article way back in 1995 I’ve stopped saying things as preposterous as Creation, a consistent record label with some above average rock bands is as good as prime time Motown. This is of course nonsense, when will Momus ever be worthy of a mention in the same discussion as Diana Ross? Holland, Dozier & Holland have paid their dues, Arnold did not.SUPERNOVA HIGHS AND LOWS…..1995 TO THE END One thing that part 1 of this article smacks of (alongside over enthusiasm and flagrant early 20’s arrogance is how under Creation’s spell I was, I treated every release as if it...

My Bloody Valentine...

From Dublin to London via Berlin, My Bloody Valentine have taken the scenic route to success. John Robb retraces their footsteps on the way to becoming the biggest band on Creation.AND IT’S about bloody time too! The arse end of this god-awful decade finally saw that lethargic shaggy...