Friday, March 27, 2026

Hard rock

Evil Blizzard are “a singing drummer, 3 bass players, a pig on keys and a filthy guitar player”… what can go wrong…!

Evil BlizzardGig reviews

Hailing from Preston, these guys have been around for some years now, and apart from a couple of personnel changes have more or less remained the same lineup – Side on drums/lead vocals, Filthy Dirty on guitar/vocals, Stomper on bass, Prowler on bass, Fleshcrawl (formerly of Hawkwind) on bass (lots of bass!) and Blizz Pig on keys after switching roles from terrorising the crowd with his meat cleavers…

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Hairy Dog Extravaganza: Adam Slack and The Bangers Deliver a Rocking Finale to 2023

Adam SlackKelsy KarterRock Tours Gig GuideThe Struts News

Friday 29 December 2023 saw the return of Derby’s own Adam Slack, lead guitarist for the Struts and Frontman for his own band The Bangers.  The venue was Derby’s “The Hairy Dog” on Becket Street and the band have made this their end of year performance an annual event for the last few years….one that is widely anticipated,  with fans traveling from far and wide.  

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Guitar Noodles, Pyrotechnics, and Ed Sheeran: Reliving the Magic of The Darkness’s 20th Anniversary Tour

Gig reviewsThe Darkness News

The queue was all the way down the street and round the corner to get in to this sold out show at the famous Chalk Farm venue, and boy was it worth it!

Essex rockers Bad Nerves got us off to a great start, and these were followed by the evening’s “special guest”. We were as curious as the rest of the audience as to who it might be and everyone was surprised when out walked none other than Ed Sheeran!

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