Pure Rawk – Accept No Substitutes

A year ago, Sonisphere. Knebworth Park. Thunder played their last gig to an adoring festival audience. That day, the sun set on an 18 year history of a band frequently referred to as one of the greatest British, good time rock n’ roll bands. It’s 18 accurately, we don’t count the 2 year split. With itchy feet, Luke Morley found a kindred spirit in Pete Shoulder whose band Winterville had suddenly split in 2007. Now, together they are The Union (pardon the pun). Nix caught up with Luke and Pete to talk about their debut album, playing at the High Voltage festival and an alter ego known as ‘Susan’.

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Patchwork Grace have been around for a little while now and have gone through quite a lot. Their eclectic and charming leading lady and vocalist, Tori Trash talks about the different changes, stepping up a gear and releasing a brand new EP.

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Jamie Delerict talks exclusively to Pure Rawk’s Nix about his new band – Straight Outta Swinton – JD and the FDC’s. Ahead of their first ever gig, JD talks frankly about his new band, working with friends, saying goodbye to old ones and much more. This podcast features never-heard before songs. You literally can say you heard it here first.

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Nix chats to musical journeyman Willie Dowling about the new Jackdaw4 album – “The Eternal Struggle for Justice”, his stint in the Wildhearts and how his anti-football song got picked up as a World Cup anthem!

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Relentless touring seems to be an ordinary way of life for Danko Jones. A different city, a different venue, same old  story – that was hinted at heavily on his previous originals album “Never Too Loud”. His new album is spitting venom and pounding hard. It’s called “Below The Belt” and in Danko Jone style, he’s touring it like there’s no tomorrow. Nix caught up with Danko who talks frankly about his new material and the demise of ‘great’ rock n’ roll prior to their only UK show this round.

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After many years as a band, and with two shit-kicking EPs already to their name, Obsessive Compulsive have finally put out their eagerly awaited (by us here at Pure Rawk anyway) debut album. Kelii from the band takes a few minutes to tell us all about it. Continue reading

When we here at Pure Rawk heard that Hilda from Drugdealer Cheerleader was putting a new supergroup together with various off-duty members of Teenage Casket Co (Laney), the Dead IDentities (Keef), Phluid (Oz) and Badaxe (Xander), we were intrigued.

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Approaching the release of their third album, Pure Rawk catches up with Die So Fluid at their headline show at London’s Scala. Continue reading

Pure Rawk catches up with Daniel Davies of LA’s Year Long Disaster, who are in London tonight in support of the recently re-animated Karma To Burn as they approach the end of their April UK tour. Continue reading

Nix had a chat to Fozzy frontman and WWE Superstar Chris Jericho about the band’s new album ‘Chasing the Grail’, the upcoming UK tour, schedule juggling and the inevitable question – to rock or to wrestle?

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Nix caught up with Skindred bassist Dan Pugsley to talk all things Skindred, their newest release ‘Shark Bites and Dog Fights’, Hammerfest and storm troppers.
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Pure Rawk’s Andy Cooper caught up with Dumpy on a chilly afternoon at Hard Rock Hell III in Wales to have a chat about all things festival related.

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