Rock

Guest Contributor 'Fishboy' excites over Thin Lizzy at The Cambridge Corn Exchange, Nov 23rd 2007:

What a night – the sound techs usually get the sound so wrong here (e.g. Bullet For My Valentine and Def Leppard in recent years) – but when they get it right, like tonight, The Cambridge Corn Exchange Rocks!

Nikki Sixx – The Heroin Diaries - A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

I bought this book at JFK airport and for once wished that the flight to London was longer. Having read and fully enjoyed Motley Crue’s now infamous ‘The Dirt’, I had no doubts that their ringleader could deliver another classic, even if most of it was penned in 1987 in a drug-induced stupor.

Andy's Review

Being able to write an unbiased review of this gig was always going to be difficult. Having waited the best part of 23 years to have the chance to see Eddie & Dave on the same stage brings a certain level of anticipation and potential blind adulation into the mix. I’d already pretty much decided the gig couldn’t get 5/5 due to a certain Mr Anthony missing. That aside, on Tuesday 13th November 2007, I, along with my All Out Guitar colleague, Rory Sullivan, got to witness 'roth and roll' history….

The first time that I saw the legendary Rush was in 1983 at Wembley Arena, London. This was my first ever concert and it will remain with me for all my days as a truly seminal moment, well evening. The fourth time that I saw Rush was last week at the NEC in Birmingham UK and nothing has changed much – I even went with the same two friends from 1983.

I have looked forward to Alter Bridge’s second release ‘Blackbird’ with some relish and on first listen I was not disappointed. Whether the content was actually any good or not didn’t really matter on first listen, all that mattered was that I got to hear a first class four piece Rock band – such a rare commodity these days. Off the top of your head, think of ten such bands that are present and fresh… so you’re stuck on three then!