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29th May 2010
Starting the night in fine-punk fashion were the Pop punk-esq One Track mind. If you take a look at their bio on their Myspace site- they don’t take themselves too seriously which is great- but they are a good live band! Boppy music that you can jig along to with a few classic punk covers like Green Day ‘In the end’ and a new song which stood out called ‘Back to you’ they are certainly entertaining and got the crowd singing along. Finishing on a high with a pop-punk version of ‘I believe I can Fly’ they started the night well for the other bands! Check them out here!
Gun Smoke City up next- Good commercial sounding (and I say that in a good way!) Lost Prophets with a pop punk edge is the only way to describe this band. Hailing from Newport it was their first time back after 6 months of writing and recording. You might know them better as ‘Panz Agenda’ but with a fresh start they are now called Gun Smoke City. They are an energetic, entertaining band to watch and they have played alongside some big acts such as Wheatus and The Automatic and are quickly gaining a bigger better fan base with their new line-up and name change. Check them out here!
Blackwaters headlined the night kicking off their set with a heavy rock version of ‘Boom! Shake the room’ they are a very experienced band with excellent fret-work. They do rock-edge covers intermingled with originals. They came back to the Green Rooms with a new singer and are obviously a close knit band that play well together. They played a brand new song for us called ‘Robin Hood’ and ended the night on a high with ‘Summer of 69′ which got the crowd dancing. Check them out here!
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23 Aug 2010 | no comments »
22nd May 2010
Kicking off a night of good ol’ classic rock were the awesome Default Notice. It was their first gig and they gave a truly wicked performance – they appeared to be brimming with confidence and seemed completely unfazed with the fact that it was their first ever gig. They got the crowd seriously warmed up with their classic catchy rock sounds, playing their own original material and throwing in a few crowd-pleaser covers such as ‘Hard to handle’ and demonstrating that they are also talented musicians with some wicked guitar solos and an awesome drum solo. Check them out here!
Naughty thoughts were up next, amazing as always! Awesome to watch with their effortless style of playing, their soloing is brilliant. They have an nice bluesy rock sound and are not only mesmerizing but incredibly talented. It seems to be taking off for the Naughty thoughts as they are gigging more and more. They sum up what a rock band should be – they jam between song, they write amazing stuff and they are great live. Check them out here!
Oxp were the penultimate support forLiberty Lies, they are French and they are Awesome, they play 70’s classic rock the way is should be played. Awesome guitar effects from a rack of pedals and excellent rock-vocals ranging from tender to screaming. They have a great stage presence, they are high energy and they give it their all! Check them out here
Liberty Lies, the headliners who had traveled all the way from the West Midlands for the night were amazing. Motley Crue-esq rock n roll they combine both classic and new styles of rock and are thoroughly enjoyable to watch. They covered an excellent version of ‘Careless Whisper’ in a a rock style. Awesome vocals, awesome musicians, really nice guys and thoroughly entertaining – we could have watched them all night and we hope to get them back in the future. Check them out here!
18 Aug 2010 | no comments »
15th May 2010
Against Fate started the night in fine form -a five-piece metal band with a hardcore metal crossover sound, dual guitaring and dual vocals – angry, shouty vox and a more calm mellow vocals were inspired. They have a crazy hard hitting drummer and for some reason had a bassists in a long black wig! Quite a short set but some good punchy songs from these guys.. Check them out here!
Storm the walls were up next -an awesome live band that don’t stop moving for the entire set, angry and aggressive with some awesome raw power and an wild bassist who tends to fling himself around and throw himself off stage, causing the crowd to stand back with amazement (and fear?!) An amazing live band with a great hardcore metal sound. Check them out here!
Green Rooms regulars The Last Broadcast started the 2stepping for the evening and really kicked off the crowd, heavier beat downs than ever before. This band always know how to get the crowd involved and tonight was no exception blasting out tunes and evoking wild arm swinging two stepping from the crowd. A great band to watch live and always seem to be improving every time they play. Check them out here!
This Distance hit the stage next, or rather the drummer did with the stage all to himself. An awesome band hailing from Swansea with a melodic hardcore sound that thrashes into full-on heavy beatdowns, a hardcore band that are not afraid to go back to some old school hardcore roots. Formed in 2007, it seems as though they are constantly busy gigging and doing it awesomely. Check these guys out here!
Heading the awesome night was the heavy-heavy Silent Screams, the last chance to catch them before they jet off for a tour of Australia. These guys don’t seem to be afraid of a little DIY action and seem to be orgainsing the band and their tour themselves. This band kicked the crowd up to a frenzy and ended up returning to the stage to avoid the flailing arms and crazy 2stepping on the dancefloor below. Carrying on the theme of the evening the drummer hit the bejeesus out of his drums and ended up breaking a cymbal, Super fast- super heavy, super hardcore! Check them out here!
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25 Jul 2010 | 1 comment »
24th July 2010
Gloria graced the stage at the Green Rooms to entertain friends and family with her own acoustic takes on classic songs and a few of her own creations thrown in as well. Entertaining, and an accomplished guitar player the crowd loved her and we’d have her back at The Green Rooms anytime. With an awesome version of ‘Walk the line’ and ‘Stuck in the middle with you’ Gloria celebrated her 71st birthday by doing what she loves best!
15 Jul 2010 | no comments »
14/05/10 The Pus boys (now there are 4!) Brought the amazing Ghast, Atomck, Spider kitten to The Green Rooms for a fine night of awesome music.
Up first were the ever enjoyable Pus, their first gig with Huw on drums, they have musically progressed since the last time we saw them with a more intensive sound which is more structured yet doesn’t compromise their unique style. You can tell that these guys are now a solid band with good, heavy, solid sounds. We love Pus. Check them out here!
Atomck were back with a new drummer – which is insane as they last played the Green Rooms with a Ipod drum track, we weren’t too sure whether the drummer would be able to pull off the same fast-paced, mental drumming that was used on the drum track last time but we were very pleasantly surprised! They are a wicked band that give awesome short, intense blasts of grind-cum-black metal. Their timing is great their vocals are awesome and they are a great live band. Check them out here!
Spider kitten played an awesome set which can only be described at slow, down-trodden sludge-core. With the hard-hitting drummer from Taint. They are loud which is exactly what you want from them and add the noise with white noise samples being passed through pedals and laptops to add to the whole experience. They played the longest slowest song on earth with the most intense bass solo. Be fair to Spider kitten they are always exceptionally enjoyable and always bring something different. Check them out here!
Ghast – headliners for the night and a truely amazing band brought their slow doomy tortured sounds that easily morphed into fast paced relentless black metal. They hail from the depths of West Wales and we were lucky to have them at The Green Rooms. They incorporate anguish screams and ravaged guitar sounds, thumping drums and a heavy heavy bass line. A truely amazing band – officially the loudest band we have had at the Green Rooms so far! Check them out here!
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30 Jun 2010 | Comments Off
Brought to us by the marvelous David Foley and his KCC record collective (Click here for KCC records), a night filled with some of the finest punk talent on the local scene!
Opening for the marvelous 2 Sick Monkeys were the thoroughly classic punk band The Shortcuts. With short, snappy, catchy songs and an awesomely nice front-man with a very fetching hat. Their bio says that they play hardcore punk as fast as possible and it’s true. They should give themselves more credit though – they do play hardcore classic punk and it’s fast, but there is a bit more to it than that …they are catchy, intelligent and a great live band. Check them out here
Smut Puppets were next on the bill…. A band that is seemingly known by everyone (in a good way!), plays everywhere and everyone knows their songs which is a good thing ! Doing their punk set tonight (apparently they have a more mellow side although you wouldn’t believe it tonight!). Joined on vocals for a song by the ‘Gung Ho’ singer and singing a Gung ho song later on in their set they are obviously a band that stick to their DIY/punk roots by standing by and supporting the KCC record collective. Also doing a mighty fine punk version of ‘These boots are made for walking’ A high energy band that are wicked live. Check them out here
Need to know were the last support band on and brought their amazing dead kennedys-esq punk tinged with a ska feel. Saying that though – they don’t just slap your ears loose with classic punk all night – they mingle more mellow guitar solos and mellow punk intros. Another intelligent punk-ska band writing thought provoking and political lyrics. A great band with the looks, the attitude and the music raise the bar in the punk-rock-ska genre. Check them out here
Headlining an exceptional night were the larger than life ‘2 Sick Monkeys’ . As it says in their bio, they are a small outfit with a big sound. I’d go as far as saying that they have a huge sound and a massive impact on the audiences that they play to. High energy, fast paced, attitude punk, they are playing everywhere and with everyone including some massive names such as ‘Anti -Nowhere League’, ‘The Buzzcocks’ and ‘The Vibrators’. They seem to be able (with just a bassist and drummer) to incorprate well timed, complex punk with more tuneful and catchy punk riffs. A band who run their bass though two amps to replace the sound of a guitar – they are exprerimental and yet captivating, with an amazing stage presence and a candid, outspoken frontman definitely a band to see live. Check them out here.
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1st May 2010 First night for new promoter Aled Davies and a fantastic job he did too with an awesome line up and a great crowd!
Epic Fail kicked the night off with riffs, riffs and more riffs- they have a thing for long, dynamic songs and cross genres from hardcore to pure metal and incorporate many styles of vocals from rock, death growls and a bit of melodic vocals for good measure. A band with a good stage presence and a few crowd pleasers like the guitarist playing his guitar behind his head! They have a new video out soon so go and check them out here
This is Suffering were up next with their heavy beat downs and spectacular guitar work, borrowing Epic Fails Drummer. This is Suffering have played the Green Rooms before and never fail to deliver. With their angry front-man and a tight set they are a wicked band to watch live. They are a band that are doing something a bit different and doing it well…. Check them out HERE
Fell on Black days played a good set, an experienced, tight band with awesome stage presence that could show new bands a thing or two! Heavy, brutal vox infused with some more melodic sounds. They played one of their songs which they renamed ‘Bring out your Bread’ and carried on awesomely through a technical hitch (caused by a collapsing drum stool!) Check them out here
Before the Tides headlined the night….wow springs to mind with this band, blasting a barrage of the heaviest hardcore sounds and causing an amazing wild arm swinging, two-stepping mosh pit. This was their first gig with their new line up and they did an amazing job of it. Seems as though they are on a bit of a break at the moment, but hopefully they will be back soon. We’ll be getting them back on the 17th July and we are looking forward to it. An awesome band that set the crowd off…check them out here
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30th April 2010
A slimmed-down Gallowbirds took to the stage tonight as a couple of members were stuck in Mexico due to volcanic ash! The Gallowbirds as always impress even though it was a small, intimate gig they played amazingly. This time they came back to the Green Rooms with a heavier, rockier and riffier sound, although their melancholic, mellow rock still came though. These guys are pro’s and are well worth a look. Check them out here!
Recluse headlined the gig and recorded their set live at the same time- they should be releasing this as a live album in the very near future. They played some of hteir newer material like ‘Hush’ which is only the second time played live. and a song called ‘Portahouse blues’ (correct me if I’ve got that completely wrong guys!!) which had never been played live before. As always an entertaining band with excellent stage presence and catchy hits. Check them out here!
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24th April 2010
A special night to see one of our regular rehearsing bands get up and do their first gig, a birthday bash for Paul of Traitor and to get a few old favorites back at The Green Rooms!
Three metal-heads more commonly known as Electric Furnace kicked off the night in fine form. Playing guitar-driven, heavy rock-metal, they didn’t disappoint and you can tell these guys are old pros at live performance. Playing songs such as ‘Mothers ruin’ and ‘Caught in a Mosh’ (an excellent Anthrax cover) their set was tight well performed and Kilby has great stage presence with his wild-swinging guitar antics and floor circling! A wicked first gig! Check them out here
Traitors Pull Triggers, pushed the dial up to 11 on the heaviness scale with their heavy beat-downs. Causing chaos with some mad two-stepping action and a free for all mosh pit. Angry vocals, dualling guitar and wicked riffs – nothing short of what we expect from these guys – awesome! This show was filmed and some footage may be posted up on our site soon! Check the band out here!
No Guts No Glory, Bristol lads playing their first welsh gig – a lot was expected from this band and they didn’t disappoint! From the moment they started playing their was an immediate barrage of hardcore metal. Super heavy beat-downs like we have never heard before and some mosh pit action from the crowd- everyone made these guys feel welcome and we hope they come back soon! Check them out here
The Last Broadcast, old hands at the Green Rooms were in super-fine form tonight- heavy as hell, the whole room exploded into a giant mosh pit. They are a band that always engages the crowd really well, and seemed at one point that the whole crowd wanted to sing one of their songs into one mic. Philip (ex-Monday Massacre) took to the mic and finished one of their songs for them. After a few verses of Happy Birthday to Paul from Traitors a good night was had by all! Check them out here
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16th April 2010 – Mojo Jim and his Muddy Wulfs brought a very different night to the Green Rooms with their Peter Green-esq Blues explosion and the undeniably marvelous Foo Foo Labelle accompanying them with her belly dancing talents. The first half of Mojo Jim’s set was pure blues – starting with ‘Stormy Monday’ which rolled gently into ‘Take my Time’ where Foo Foo demonstrated that Blues and Belly dancing are a great combination. Mojo Jim with his crystal -clear Blues guitar sound cutting though and a great band with a keyboardist, bassist and great blues drummer set the standard for Blues at the Green Rooms. The second half Mojo Jim through into the Blues mix a version of ‘Black Magic Woman’ Mojo Jim style and a classic rock version of ‘Radar Love’ with some wicked blues guitar soloing which was enjoyed by all! Foo Foo inspired the crowd with some sword-play and some awesome burlesque towards the end of the second set – she is a joy to watch, try to catch her with her Burlesque Cardiff Troupe. A fantastic night was had by all and we are looking forward to having them back on the 12th June. Check out Mojo Jim and the Muddy Wulfs out here and Foo Foo Labelle’s web page here!
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