MASSIVE WAGONS SIGN WITH EARACHE RECORDS

I am writing this, whilst still elated from the news that MASSIVE WAGONS have signed a worldwide record deal with Earache Records.

The Lancashire lads have gone and done it. Eight years of graft, gigging hard and being generally awesome, has secured them a fantastic deal.
Earache are onto a winner securing the mighty Massive Wagons. They join a wealth of talent already under Earaches belt, including Rival sons, Blackberry Smoke, The Temperance Movement and The White Buffalo. That my friends is the epitome of a cracking list. I think the lads are in safe hands!

Massive Wagons storming StoneFree Festival 

With a new album set to be released in early 2018 - under their new label, the Wagons are going from strength to strength. Their last album 'Welcome to the World' stamped their place firmly in British  - no nonsense, 'what you see is what you get' Rock!!
Welcome to the World, is one of those albums that you always go back to and the reason for this, every track on that 10 track album, is a belter! If you don't own the album, it really is one you should add to your collection. Why not whack it on your Christmas list, I guarantee will be best delivery Santa makes to you and he might just be wearing a Tshirt saying 'Guff says Relax ..' on it and donning some tassels on those red velvet trousers of his too!

Planet Rock Winters End Festival 

The Mighty Massive Wagons are not only a heart thumping, rockin band but are the best bunch you could have the pleasure of meeting and I am lucky to say, I have many a time.

Baz and my slightly hungover self !!

Up front on Vocals is Barry - known to most as Baz, Adam on guitar, Alex on drums and Adam on Bass. They make a pretty nifty team and with gigging up and down the country, smashing the festivals, they really have perfected their skill.
In the past year I have seen them ten times and the growth in them has been phenomenal. They really did steal the nights at both Planet Rock Winters End festival and again at Amplified Festival this summer. The passion and energy in their set, is contagious - it really is the stuff that smiles are made of !

Wagons thrashing those amps at Amplified 

A little heads up, when going to see Massive Wagons, be prepared to firstly - bounce and secondly be left agasp! Every gig they do comes with true conviction, no half measures here, so you will be left singing your heart out and yes, you will be punching the air! Perfect!

The wagons have a few dates on the horizon, go get ya 'Ratio' in check and give them your support. The dates are :
28th Oct - Lancaster City library (sold out)
6th Nov - Manchester Rebellion with Von Hertzen Brothers
8th Nov - HRH Awards
25th Nov - Winterstorm Festival
2nd Dec - Planet Rockstock  (sold out)

Awesome Adam at Winters End festival

To say I am chuffed for Massive wagons is the understatement of the century! I am completely bowled over for the guys, it really shows, that true grit determination, hard work and belief can pay off. The Wagons have always kept it raw and real, that's the awesomeness about them, now its time to get those tracks played on the radio! Yes.. Yes... Yes.. Yes .. Yes..!!

All that's left for me to say is - 'Fee Fi Fo Fum... I smell the blood of an English rock n Roll band' and that band, is gonna go kick Rock n Rolls butt big style and leave one huge MW print firmly on it !!

Good Luck Guys

Remember everyone, life is better with music in your Heart and Soul

Xx G xX

Adam advertising is side line job - beard fondling !

THE BAD FLOWERS

Now here's a band, some of you will have heard of and others not!
The Bad Flowers are my band 'to watch' for the next year.  I predict lots of big tantalising Rock n Roll opportunities for them !
Why??? ... Pin back those ears, have a listen and then let me enlighten you.

Lets start, by getting to know the band...
Up front on vocals and lead guitar is the very tall, very awesome, very sweet Tom Leighton. I don't know about you but I love a band that feel the music. Tom lives it and breathes it, you can almost see it transcending through his body when he sings and plays! Trust me when I say, he is spellbinding - guarantee you will get tingles, all the way up and down your spine!
Toms's vocals and guitar playing are level pegging and that pegging, comes in at a quality rating of sublime.
*Side note to you all about Tom, he is likely to photobomb all your piccys too, you have been warned!! *

Dale Tonk is up next, bass player extroadinaire and I don't say that light heartedly!  Dale is big, bold and groovy ( he is also a bit cute ).  Dale really stands out as a first rate bass player, he is unique, passionate and a hidden weapon within The bad Flowers . He also has an AMAZING voice, so not only will he bowl you over with his bass skills, he will leave your jaw on the floor when he takes to the mic too!

To complete this power trio from the Midlands, is the long haired, hard hitting, stick twirlng Karl Selicki. Like his compardres, Karl greets every beat with a smile and a thrilling devotion to the music that the band play. .Put these three highly enthused, heart warming characters together and you have a band, a phenomenal band!!

The Bad Flowers at Wildfire Festival

If you like your classic Zep and  Hendrix riffs, mixed in with a blues contemporary feel and a southern tinge around the edges - this my friends, is the band for you!
Wow, they really do have it all and add into the mix, they are such a spectacular band to watch, you instantly see why they have taken giant steps forward in this past year.

You may have seen them support the likes of Crobot, Tyler Bryant and the shakedown or Toseland previously. They are just kicking off their new support slot with The Picturebooks so a perfect opportunity, if you get the chance to go catch them on this tour. Little tip, go grab that chance with both hands!
The dates for this tour are :
The Flapper - Birmingham Oct 5th
Satan's Hollow - Manchester Oct 6th
Lounge 41 - Workington Oct 7th
The Mothers' Ruin - Bristol Oct 8th
Yardbirds - Grimsby Oct 13th
The Pit - Swansea Oct 14th
Corporation -Sheffield Oct 15th
The Lexington - London Oct 16th
The Bullingdon - Oxford Oct 24th
The Soundhouse - Leicester Nov 24th
AND
Planet Rock Winters End festival - Poole Feb 23rd

Not only have The Bad Flowers been given a prestigious evening spot at Planet Rock Winters End festival, they have also just been added to the Planet Rock Christmas party event, alongside The Blues Pills . The guys will be performing a stunning acoustic set to start the evening off, in the notorious Jazz café in Camden, London.

This as I say,  is a band on the up and really couldn't happen to nicer guys. Their latest release 'Thunder child' has been picked up by Planet Rock and lots of the regional radio stations, including Guy Bellamys' Rock show.
The song is epic, full of riffs, catchy as hell and really shows why you gotta check these guys out - don't delay !! This track is to be on their debut album, out early next year and to be titled ' Starting Gun'. That has my name all over it already!

Get out there and catch a gig this autumn and give the lads a woooo for me.

Even got a Wooo on my drum skin!

Remember everyone, life is better with music in your heart and soul

Xx G xX