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SEX PISTOLS With FRANK CARTER On Vocals Raised Funds For Small Historical London Music Club

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15 August 2024

Original SEX PISTOLS, Paul Cook (drummer), Glen Matlock (bassist) and Steve
Jones (guitarist) played their one and only album Never Mind The Bollocks
(still the best punk LP in my book), in its entirety at a fundraiser for London’s
historical, small Bush Hall venue in Shepherd’s Bush for the past two days.

They distanced themselves and vice versa from former voice/face
Johnny Forgotten Rotten who became a far-right Trump fanatic over
the years. Sharp-cutting vox Frank Carter (from FC & The Rattlesnakes
who released one of the best albums of 2024 with Dark Rainbow) took
his place and it worked bollocks well.


Steve Jones, Glenn Matlock, Frank Carter and Paul Cook Promo photo

Check these 3 crazed moments

– GOD SAVE THE QUEEN –
Featuring Yungblud

– BODIES –

– LIAR –

Metal-Punk R&B Tandem NOVA TWINS Raged Against The Machine In Belgium Last Week

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13 August 2024

Utterly charismatic, urban R&B punk two-piece NOVA TWINS – vocalist/guitarist
Amy Love and bassist Georgia South – from London, entered the scene back in 2014
and attracted lots of attention with their explosive gigs and a series of big bang singles, which featured on their praised debut LP Who Are The Girls? in 2020.

But it was with last year’s post-pandemic follow-up LP SUPERNOVA that the utterly cool, human battle axes raised with the speed of a comet to stardom. British newspaper The Guardian named them the loudest, most exciting new rock band in the UK and gave the
LP a 5/5 score.

Single ‘Antagonist’

Last year I saw them for the first time going bonkers in Brussels (and all of us in the audience too) and last week at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium they went again through a steaming set of robust hip-metal-pop rowdiness.

Their Rage Against The Machine rants against any form of human intolerance doubled our adrenalin stream. Btw, RATM’s guitarist Tom Morello is a big fan. Some time ago he said: “This is an incredible band who deserve to be huge.”

They appeal to young and old and any age in between. I saw elated teenagers as
well as 50-plus-year-old music freaks jumping for joy. I said it over and over again
and I’ll do it over and over again: music unite people! Thank you, Nova Twins.

Here’s an idea of their impressive live presence.

Lokerse Feesten
6 Augustus 2024


Georgia South


Amy Love

NT: Linktree

(Photos by Turn Up The Volume)

Picture This – Sensational Nu-Rap-Metal Act WARGASM Went Nuclear In Belgium

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11 August 2024

London‘s nu-rap-metal sensation WARGASM – Milkie Way and Sam Matlock – raised
to stardom in the UK last year with their vitriolic debut album Venom. A demonic
tsunami of deafening headbangers and sucker-punches.

Last Tuesday, the razorblade act landed in Belgium at
Lokerse Feesten for a nuclear performance with angry
songs for sad people. Flaming set under a very hot sun.

PICTURE THIS


Milkie Way


Sam Matlock


Fun-tastic


Slash on guitar


Going her way

VENOM


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10/11 August 1996 – OASIS At KNEBWORTH ENGLAND

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11 August 2024

On 10th & 11th August 1996 – 28 years ago – a total of 250,000 people gathered
in Knebworth UK to see Manchester rock legends OASIS play two massive concerts.
The landmark shows sold out in under a day with over 2% of the UK population
attempting to buy tickets.

Three years ago to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the historic
event, a documentary and a live album were released.

TRAILER

ALBUM


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Oasis: Instagram

Hefty British Steamrollers FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES Stunned Belgium Again

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10 August 2024

British alt rockers FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES released
their 5th full length, baptized DARK RAINBOW last January.

One of the best LPs of 2024 to TUTV’s ears: “It truly a staggering record, filled with several melodramatic power ballads that generate goosebumps and some stoner rock outbursts. Carter sings his heart out with monumental vivaciousness. A vocal tour de force throughout, dealing with mixed love emotions.”

Last February the muscular Brits played in Brussels. They came, they saw, they rocked their butts off and got the elated audience (including me) all turned-on in Belgium‘s capital. And last Tuesday Carter & his snakes stunned our country again, but this time for far a bigger crowd, at Lokerse Feesten .

Tattoo artist Frank joined the people and let a fan do the singing of half a song. He organised an ‘only-ladies‘ moshpit and did what he and his band do best: making your adrenalin production go nuts, making you feel enraptured and making your day (and a couple afterward). Hail hail! Another loud and clear triumph!

DARK RAINBOW


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FC&TR: Linktree

Photos by Turn Up The Volume

Belgian Seasoned Post Punk Outfit FRAGMENT Had A White Riot Of Their Own

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10 August 2024

Veteran (although, next to The Stones they’re teenagers) post-punk outfit
FRAGMENT from Ghent, Belgium consists of 4 seasoned musicians who love
(read: who are addicted to) the dark sonic ages of the 80s.

On last year’s notable debut LP There’s A Riot Going On stuffed with jagged
jackhammers (stream below) you’ll hear echoes of Joy Division, Killing Joke,
Bauhaus and other related twilight acts from that memorable era.

Single

Last Thursday they played at a local festival in Lokeren, Belgium and they nailed it big time.
The impressive way Fragment moved and grooved from start to finish had an instant impact on hips and heads in the audience. This 4-piece clicks like first-class glue.

With their pushing drum/bass tandem, their guitarist’s electrifying sparks that made
me think, now and then, of Keith Levene, whose piercing 6-string play was instrumental to PIL‘s sound on their first 2 albums and their flamboyant vocalist who runs in all directions while spitting his passionate vocals, they combine for an oiled rock engine.

They steamed fast-forward through a set, containing mostly tracks from said album
and a couple of cutting new ones. They definitely had a white riot of their own, one The Clash desperately wanted, and they do not hesitate to soundtrack it by tackling social issues. They’re far more than just a post-punk revival fragment.

Here’s why…


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More live action to come.

Fragment: Facebook

(Photos by Turn Up The Volume)

PIXIES Are Looking For Their Mind In EUROPE

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8 August 2024

PIXIES are going quiet/Loud/quiet for almost 40 years now.
And they’re still very alive, very kicking and productive.

They canned their 9th longplayer.
It’s titled The Night The Zombies Came and
will land on our speakers on October 25.

You can stream the (so far) 2 shared tracks.


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And Black Francis and co are still looking for their mind, once more in Europe again.

They played at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium last Monday.
TUTV was there to help them in their search for the umpteenth
time.


Damn, where is that fucking mind?


Guitar wizard Joey producing lots of electricity (again)


New bassist Emma Richardson


On a planet of sound

(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)

Power Pop Ballad Champ RICHARD ASHCROFT Wins Gold Medal In BELGIUM

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7 August 2024

Power pop champ and former The Verve (1990–1995, 1996–1999, 2007–2009)
frontman RICHARD ASHCROFT (aged 52 now) came, saw, and conquered Belgium
last Monday at Lokerse Feesten.

He did it with only 9 songs (with long outros) over a one-hour set. 6 epic ones from The Verve‘s grand 1997 opus Urban Hymns and 3 solo songs. This is what all artists/bands should do at festivals (to my ears), limiting their show to 1 hour, performing all the fans’ favorites in 60 non-stop ecstatic minutes.

Ashcroft is an expert in the matter. Every song was sung-along by the exultant crowd.
Every song was worth a gold medal. Everybody had a big smile, from left to right and
back on their faces even long after the show. Passionate music unites people.

And that’s what former weirdo Richard‘s goal is at every one of his concerts (as I witnessed myself several times), connecting the audience in an over-the-moon rapture. This time he got a big helping hand from his new guitarist, who got space and time for some mind-boggling guitar solos à la, yes, Jimi Hendrix. Exhilarating, just exhilarating.

Of course, as expected, RA closed the near-spiritual spectacle with all-time classic Bittersweet Symphony (more than one billion streams on Spotify). One of the best ever concert closers in my extensive concerts book. Watch fan footage here… Hail hail Ashcroft!

Hail hail Ashcroft!

SETLIST

1. Space and Time
2. Sonnet
3. Weeping Willow
4. Music Is Power
5. A Song for the Lovers
6. Break the Night With Colour
7. The Drugs Don’t Work
8. Lucky Man
9. Bitter Sweet Symphony

(All photos by Turn Up The Volume)

JAH WOBBLE – Metal Bass-Loaded Box Extravaganza In BELGIUM

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6 August 2024

JAH WOBBLE‘s (born John Joseph Wardle, 66 years ago in London) supreme
dub bass work on Public Image‘s groundbreaking, second LP Metal Box
from 1979, was his start for an everlasting solo career.

He released multiple solo albums and a series of collaborative ones.

Last Monday he played at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium. The show was billed
as ‘Jah Wobble’s Metal Box.” Three years ago he recorded/released his own,
imaginative version of that brilliant album. Superb stuff. Stream it below.

He gave us the whole ‘Metal Box: Rebuilt In Dub‘. We got one long jungly jam, with some
dry Wobble humor in between. The mind-bending, spellbinding vibes created a trance-like experience and went, now and then, in all directions (made me think of Zappa‘s wayward live performances you can watch on YouTube). Trippy extravaganza all the way.

Jah is a groove expert, an experimental musician at heart. I’m very familiar with his PIL work, and some of his solo work but seeing the man in action, backed by a fantastic band, for the first time was an astonishing revelation.

METAL BOX: REBUILT IN DUB

And some more Metal Box in the UK this Fall.

Jah Wobble: Story

(Live photos by Turn Up The Volume)

THE DAMNED – From Blistering Hot To Boring Cold And Back At LOKERSE FEESTEN In BELGIUM

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5 August 2024

London‘s legendary punks THE DAMNED are smashing things up since 1976 and have no intention whatsoever to call it quits. They’re those kinds of musicians who would go insane when they have to stay home, and get endlessly bored with painting their fence, mow the grass, work in their garden etc.

Last night they played, with 3 heroes of the original line-up (drummer Rat Scabies, guitarist Captain Sensible and frontman Dave Vanian) at Lokerse Feesten in Belgium. Within an hour they went from blistering hot to boring cold and back.

Blistering hot with roasting renditions of golden oldies New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Love Song and Eloise. Boring cold with lesser known tracks that just didn’t work out to get the crowd afire, and then Captain Sensible losing himself in totally boring guitar solos. Guitar solos? Wasn’t punk invended to get rid of macho guitars solos and dinosaur rock? I thought so.

– NEW ROSE –
Set opener

Of course, the die-hard fans loved it, as well as they did like the beers. Good for them. Unfortunately The Damned sounded mostly as a cover band of their own. Glorious past? YES. Glorious present? NO.

Maybe they should smash it all up for good.

– SMASH IT UP –
Set closer

The Damned: Story

(Photos by Turn Up The Volume)