Dec
2010 7
2010 7
The Sonics 03/Dec/2010 Live at Gagarin 205
A couple of years ago I missed the chance to see them live for the first time in Greece. This time I made it to Gagarin 205 around 23:00 and that means I missed Down & Out but that’s ok I’ve seen them before. A few minutes later the Meanie Geanies came on stage with ...
Nov
2010 2
2010 2
Andrew Belew plus Eat Lights, Become Lights / Still Corners / The See See at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen London
I don’t know how to or where to put it, but this is just it – the last week was London time for me, and apart from the usual exploring (walking and walking) we visited two gigs (part of exploring) – one was featuring Adrian Belew in Islington Academy, the other one was more home-brewed ...
Sep
2010 29
2010 29
Ozzy Osbourne Live in Athens (Terra Vibe 25/09/2010)
Near the finale of Get Him To The Greek (this Summer’s funniest movie), Sean “P. Diddy” Combs explains that English rock stars never die and that “fucking Ozzy Osbourne ‘s gonna outlive Miley Cyrus!”. He may have a point. Last time I had the chance to see Ozzy on stage was back in 1997, when ...
Sep
2010 10
2010 10
Lake Of Tears – Wacken Open Air 7/08/2010
Swedish progressive doom metalers Lake Of Tears appeared the last day of the festival in the Wet Stage just before our own Rotting Christ. Having to deal with the misfortune to overlap with bands like Immortal and Candlemass they didn’t manage to fill the small Wet Stage with crowd – but manage to deliver what ...
Aug
2010 18
2010 18
The Devil’s Blood – Wacken Open Air 08/08/2010
The Devil’s Blood are essentially the last band of the festival, appearing in the Wet stage at 2:00 AM. By then we are beyond exhaustion and into a semi- conscious, feverish state and the last thing I want to do is attend a gig. Fortunately for me, this may have been the best gig of ...
Aug
2010 17
2010 17
Crucified Barbara – Wacken Open Air 2010
Crucified Barbara appeared at the wet stage the afternoon of the last day of the festival. They are not one of my favorite bands but I had to see them ‘cause I was left alone due to a siesta my dear friends had to attend. The stage wasn’t too crowdie and that left some ...
Aug
2010 17
2010 17
Rotting Christ – Wacken 07/08/2010
Jesus fucking Christ, what the fuck was that? That was most people’s reaction to Rotting Christ’s appearance at the Wacken Wet Stage. Now, in case you ‘ve never heard of them, Rotting Christ are a black metal band from Greece. They ‘ve been around for almost a couple of decades now and they are ...
Aug
2010 16
2010 16
Candlemass Wacken Open Air 07/08/2010
Appropriately, Candlemass are on at the Party Stage at nightfall. Immortal are playing on the bigger stage at the same time and their show seems quite impressive, but I am in no mood for corpsepaint and pyro at the moment. As one would expect from one of the essential doom metal bands, Candlemass are heavy. ...
Aug
2010 16
2010 16
Edguy – Wacken Open Air 07/07/2010
Edguy’s mix of sugar- coated power metal and 80s hard rock is certainly not for everyone. They seem to be huge in their home country though, as their afternoon slot is packed with enthusiastic Germans. They deserve it though. Although the music is rather derivative, their sense of humour and boundless energy of frontman Tobias ...
Aug
2010 13
2010 13
Slayer – Wacken Open Air 06/08/2010
Ah, Slayer. Evil personified. Emissaries of Hell. Most extreme band in the world. Never liked them much myself. They always seemed to try a bit too hard. Everyone bitches about Metallica being sellouts, but the truth is that Slayer stopped evolving back 1990 and pretended they were too hardcore to compromise. And one look at ...
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