1 ‘Winos, Rhinos & Lunatics’) Perhaps I’ve got it wrong and bassist Gordon Rowley is singing on the tracks that sound like this – I’ve seen photos of him singing on stage so I guess the two must have shared vocal duties. maybe he had a throat job! (There’s a sly in-joke there for those who’ve read Deke’s classic Man-bio pt. Oddly, guitarist/vocalist John Reid’s singing sounds more like Man’s Deke Leonard than on earlier recordings. ‘Shockproof’ get straight down to business with a sharp, choppy razor riff stomping its way into your living room like a prize fighter buzzing to the rafters on crank. But this review is about ‘Back To Thunder’, and so back we go into the mists of time.īy the way, just before the album was recorded, drummer Paul Ellson left and was replaced by his drum roadie, Dave Williams, who did a more than ample job in his wake. Gull took over the reigns from here, releasing the final testament in the Book of Strife, at least until this year’s issuing of the awesome live ’76 ‘Rockin’ The Boat’ CD, as fitting an epitaph as could be wished for by eager fans of this undeservedly obscure cult rock band. In the meantime, they continued stunning as a live band (see review for ‘Rockin’ The Boat’), and in 1977 self-released an EP/maxi-single, the rare ‘School’ (b/w ‘Go.’ and ‘Feel So Good’) (the track ‘School’ is available for free download through ), which was then picked up and re-released by EMI following its initial success with a Strife-starved public. In the four years between this point and the 1974 recording of their first album, the band had to put up with their record label – Chrysalis – unwilling to really support Strife or release another album, leaving them to wait out their contract until they could sign to another label. Wonderful people that have contributed to the content on Strife Magazine: Joep Mussert, Laurie Cromwell, Veronika Valachová, Hannah Smith, Samia Mirza, Ashley Weltner, Franziska Zeiger, Allie Mischen, Kenneth Zuniga, Charlotte Robinson, Brenna Nelson, Natalie Claro, Nathan Sartain, Charlotte Hardman, Rasmus Jersborg, Amber Eccles, Lotte Vanwezemael, Melanie Gomez, Nick White.This was Strife’s second and last album (see my review of ‘Rush’ for the first), and while in my opinion it’s not quite as classic as the debut, it certainly still stands up as a highly-charged, high quality album of intelligent heavy rock. If you're a publicist, a new band or you know an amazing band we should feature?Īre you a writer or photographer and would love to write something or photograph a gig for us, you as well are more than welcome to reach out to us at Or you can video call us on TheONE: Thanks for helping us keep the music alive and kickin'! Contact us We believe that with finding a fine balance between posting about already established bands as well as new ones, we can keep our readers entertained, involved and will contribute to the well-being of the music scene we all know and love. We do this with posting about your favorite bands, as well as introducing you to wonderful new bands who have the potential to be tomorrow's festival headliners. We at Strife Magazine are all very passionate about the alternative, rock & metal music industry/scene and are eager to keep this industry as alive as we possibly can. Everything from Punk to Deathcore, if there's news, we'll cover it! News is not all we have to offer! We'll review newly released albums, photograph and review great gigs, have awesome interviews with your favorite bands & we'll have a lot of giveaways with music, tickets & merch! We are Strife Magazine, an online magazine who's focused on the alternative music scene. How Well Do You Know 'Regional At Best' By Twenty One Pilots?.How Well Do You Know 'WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?' By Billie Eilish?.How Well Do You Know 'K-12' by Melanie Martinez?.Which Character Of The Twenty One Pilots Universe Are You?.How Well Do You Know 'Level Of Concern' By Twenty One Pilots.
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