An Introduction to MONA (The Band)

By Alexandra McLoughlin

MONA are a four piece alternative rock band that play a combination of romantic rock n roll with songs for the City Folk.

They were formed in Ohio but moved to Nashville, Tennessee where they are currently located. The band comprise of Nick Brown (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Vince Gard (drums), Zach Lindsey (bass), Jordan Young (guitar).

MONA's debut single’Listen To Your Love’ was recorded in their basement and released in the UK on 13 Sept 2010 by their own Zion Noiz recordings, unfortunately for some fans, the 7” limited edition vinyl…

An Introduction to HATCHAM SOCIAL

By Alexandra McLoughlin

HATCHAM SOCIAL are a trio formed in New Cross, London. They are composed of brothers Toby and Finnigan and their friend Dave.

Although they were formed in 2006, their influences are from indie pop bands from the 80s and 60s such as The Pastels, Orange Juice, and Josef K, as well as post-punk and shoegaze bands such as The Jesus & Mary Chain and The Fall .

Most fans of Indie music however will find that these guys sound quite different from any band out there as their…

My Slipknot Gig Review At The Hammersmith Apollo In London On The 3rd December 2008

Are they monsters? Are they explosive metal machines? Or are they just masquerade mutants in limbo? They are everything that has been mentioned and more… we are of course talking about the 9 piece metal band from Iowa, Slipknot that have been busy entertaining huge crowds at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.

Every time that the Grammy Award winning band Slipknot, produce an album each member makes a distinctive change to their mask and as this tour was based on the new album All…

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THE CANADIAN BOYS "SIMPLE PLAN" WERE BACK IN TOWN

After having sold over SEVEN million copies worldwide on their two albums the Canadian boys SIMPLE PLAN were back in London to promote their third self titled album “Simple Plan” which has already gone Platinum in Canada and Gold in Mexico.

The boys kept their promise of treating their British fans to a signing section at the HMV Store in Oxford Street. The event which took place on the 29th November 2008 at 5.15 in the afternoon had fans lining up at the store as early as…

As I Lay Dying are a Christian Metal band from San Diego signed to Metal Blade records.

They recently released their new album ‘An Ocean between Us’ and won an award for ‘Ultimate Metal Gods’ at the MTV2 first All that rocks special.

I Alexandra McLoughlin was lucky enough to grab a quick chat with guitarist Phil to find out about their faith, restaurants and more…

From what I have heard about you, it seems you are an admirable set of people. What do you say about that?

Phil- Errr (Laughs) I dunno.

(Me) I’ve heard about your religious beliefs…