Rock, Roll, Ramble

  Catholic Protesters Call for Metal Radio Station to be Shut Down.            Well then, who would've thought we'd be dealing with this again? Here we are, hurtling towards the middle of 2021 and heavy metal once again finds itself in the lime light of controversy. I won't lie, I genuinely believed we were past all of this. I thought this sort of thing died out at the end of the twentieth century, but no.            On the 3rd May a New Jersey based college radio station called WSOU was subject to public protests calling for the station to be shut down. WSOU was founded in 1986 as non-commercial college radio station for students across New York and New Jersey. The station exclusively plays hard rock and heavy metal to thousands of young headbangers across the two areas. The group 'Shutdown WSOU' (imaginative) is a catholic lead protest group. Their aim is to, as you can probably guess, shut down the r...

 How will the future of live music fare in a post covid world?   Like many of you out there, I used to greatly enjoy frequenting local venues to enjoy a good old fashioned live performance. In fact, “enjoy” is a terrible word to use. Obsessed is probably a better one. Everyone needs something that keeps them moving, something to look forward to, something to get their adrenaline pumping. Live music, that’s what did it for me, that was the "something" I was searching for. Ever since that first concert I’ve been addicted. I was amazed at just how much better it sounded, feeling the music in your chest and that strange sense of comradery you had with complete strangers. My first concert was Black Sabbath at the O2 arena during the ‘13’ tour, and since then I have been lucky enough to see almost all of my musical heroes. Needless to say, when coronavirus began its world wild domination, and the entire planet was effectively closed for the foreseeable future, concerts seemed to ...