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Don't need a hand, there's always arms attached
Don’t need a hand, there’s always arms attached
The next Brain of J headline gig is fast approaching – grab your ticket via this page to join our grunge buds for some Pearl Jam goodness on Saturday 12 November at the West Hampstead Arts Club. Support is courtesy of the RHCP Experience – the UK’s own Funky Monks (check their shoes for virtue).
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Like they put the whole thing together in the dark
Like they put the whole thing together in the dark
Radio Seattle are back in action!
We’ll be unplugged again at Slim Jim’s on Friday 9 September. Admission is free and the selection of whiskeys is bounteous; let us know you’re coming here and we’ll keep an eye out for you. Expect some old faves in the setlist.
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An old winter coat
An old winter coat
After the best part of eight years, 54 gigs (including 9 as Soundguardian) and 63 songs by 13 artists, Radio Seattle are wrapping things up with one last gig before the Space Needle stops transmitting. 55 must be a lucky number.
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#alice in chains#chris cornell#eddie vedder#grunge#kurt cobain#layne staley#nirvana#pearl jam#radio seattle#soundgarden#stone temple pilots#temple of the dog
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It's raining icepicks on your steel shore
It’s raining icepicks on your steel shore
Grunge is NOT dead is back next week – new venue but same grungey music, old and new. Three bands for you to check out: C.lou.d Dogs, Herd Behaviour and Radio Seattle. We gave a debut to this rather fine little song at Ultramega back in July and it might just get an outing next week too, if you ask nicely enough. [facebook url="https://www.facebook.com/shanky.mcbuzcock/videos/1449486601784682/"…
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#alice in chains#c.lou.d dogs#grunge#grunge is not dead#herd behaviour#live music#london#nirvana#pearl jam#rusty cage#soundgarden#the islington
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Sunspots have faded
Radio Seattle are back in action in a couple of weeks’ time. We’re at the Fiddler’s Elbow on Thursday 15 June for the next instalment in our “Grunge is NOT Dead” series, and we’ll be joined by Almagram and Sick Joy. (more…)
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#almagram#ben shepherd#chris cornell#fell on black days#fiddler&039;s elbow#grunge#grunge is not dead#kim thayil#matt cameron#seattle#sick joy#soundgarden#spoonman
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Chris Cornell 1964-2017 I never wanted to write these words down for you… Desperately sad and incomprehensible news today, to hear of Chris Cornell's tragic passing, aged only 52.
#audioslave#badmotorfinger#ben shepherd#chris cornell#down on the upside#higher truth#kim thayil#matt cameron#seasons#singles#superunknown#ultramega ok
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Seems to be such a long time
Seems to be such a long time
My occasional series on Pearl Jam tour posters has proved pretty occasional, all things considered. So, to remedy this (somehow, but don’t ask for details), I’ve decided to start up a second occasional series. This second series has the working title of “Alt rock bands from the early 90s that weren’t strictly speaking grunge as such, but included similarities to the grunge bands, be that in sound…
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#alt rock#ben shepherd#better or worse#buck murphy#faith to believe#feelings flower#finding my way#grunge#john molo#johnny lonely#liquid jesus#pour in the sky#pump up the volume#scott tracy#stand#todd rigione#where have you been
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If I knew where it was…
If I knew where it was…
‘Look what I picked up at Record Store Day,’ my friend Dave emailed me the other day, along with the picture below. Ahh, yes, Record Store Day. Curses. I keep forgetting it each year. The above look like two fine additions to anyone’s record collection. (more…)
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#breath#breath and a scream#cliff poncier#eddie vedder#last action hero#little bitter#live at the garden#mike mccready#mother love bone#nirvana#record store day#singles#state of love and trust#stone gossard#what the hell have i
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Come down, and waste away with me
Come down, and waste away with me
Spring is here again – it keeps happening every year seemingly – so what better way to celebrate nature’s perennial revivification and those lengthening evenings than a grunge night. Radio Seattle is kicking the year off with an unplugged set courtesy of Jonny and Mark (and a couple of new songs, including one pushing the grunge envelope a touch but which you’d be foo-lish to gainsay…). Yes,…
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#alice in chains#croyattle#fiddler&039;s elbow#foo fighters#grunge#heart-shaped box#hunger strike#nirvana#pearl jam#scream lounge#spoonman#superfecta#temple of the dog
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No matter how cold the winter
No matter how cold the winter
On 4 March 1861, just shy of 156 years ago, Abraham Lincoln stood before the Capitol to deliver his first inaugural address. Seven southern states had recently seceded from the union, and the country faced imminent conflict. In a febrile, fissiparous atmosphere, Lincoln presented a clear-headed of his determination to preserve, protect and defend the United States Constitution following his…
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#abraham lincoln#donald trump#eddie vedder#hilary clinton#inauguration#jason isbell#pearl jam#president#steve earle
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A riddle so strong
A riddle so strong
Grunge is NOT dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. … Grunge was NOT as dead as a doornail.* (more…)
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#alice in chains#brothers in chains#croyattle#fiddler&039;s elbow#free recovery#grunge#live music#mad season#nirvana#pearl jam#rain when i die#soundgarden#subterranean popular#temple of the dog
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You can't be neutral on a moving train
You can’t be neutral on a moving train
Riot Act turned 14 earlier this month, along with its immediate predecessor Binaural a somewhat underrated album in the middle of the Pearl Jam pack.* Both albums were critically acclaimed on release, but over time their lustre has seemingly dimmed for many (though not for me; they remain strong personal favourites). Unsurprisingly, perhaps, it’s the early albums, along with the more overtly…
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#11 september#boom gaspar#bushleaguer#down#eddie vedder#howard zinn#i am mine#jeff ament#live at the garden#lost dogs#love boat captain#matt cameron#mike mccready#pearl jam#riot act#rolling stone#roskilde#stone gossard#thumbing my way#undone
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Sleeping with a full moon blanket
Sleeping with a full moon blanket
Sometimes when writing blog posts, I get a touch of writer’s block. Well, nearly always in fact. This block manifests itself in varying ways and to varying degrees; it can be a little while after the event before some reviews emerge blinking into the sunlight.* Other times I get distracted by ‘researching’ things to include in the post, be that youtube clips from the gig/tour or official videos…
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#a day in the life#before we disappear#black hole sun#call me a dog#chris cornell#christie goodwin#fantastic negrito#higher truth#jimmy page#nearly forgot my broken heart#nothing compares 2 u#one#royal albert hall#rusty cage#seasons#thank you
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Radio Seattle, The Edge, Croydon, 07.04.16
Fresh from our gig at The Edge in Croydon earlier this month, Radio Seattle are back in action next Saturday, 30 April, for an evening of grunge-filled frivolity at the Back Door @ the Secombe in Sutton.
We’re being supported by two acts. Free Recovery are a mighty fine grunge band and we’re looking forward to catching them live ourselves! Ones to watch – Classic Rock Magazine have got them firmly on their radar, and you can check out their EP at www.freerecovery.band. Opening on the night are blues rock band Trident Waters, about whom we’ve also heard great things.
Tickets £6 on the door; to avoid disappointment, as the well-worn saying goes, book here or via the Box Office on 02037 719055. Doors 7.30pm. See y’all there! #spreadthegrungelove
Joao and Paul, The Edge, Croydon, 07.04.16
So, how did the Croydon gig go, I hear you ask? Well, that’s very kind of you to enquire, good sir, an enjoyable evening’s entertainment was had by all. You’ll find our setlist on the Gigs page. The Edge has a great vibe to it for live music. As well as ourselves, the punters were entertained by Joe’s Brothers in Chains Unplugged tribute to Alice in Chains (which I missed unfortunately, due to late-night London transport necessities, but which I hope to catch next time), Death to the Pixies (who nailed the Pixies sound), 8.33 (a grungey blues jam; the guitarist had some lovely licks, as the saying goes), and a chap at the start whose name I didn’t catch, but who gave us excellent covers of ‘Where Did You Sleep Last Night’, ‘Zero’, ‘Disarm’, and a Tool song (whose name I also didn’t catch). We’ll be back at The Edge in the summer, so watch this space for a date and hope to see you there.
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Stolen from the stage after Death to the Pixies’ set: damn fine setlist!
Death to the Pixies
8.33
The chap whose name I didn’t catch.
Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end Fresh from our gig at The Edge in Croydon earlier this month, Radio Seattle are back in action next Saturday, 30 April, for an evening of grunge-filled frivolity at the Back Door @ the Secombe in Sutton.
#alice in chains#backdoor@thesecombe#brothers in chains unplugged#classic rock magazine#death to the pixies#free recovery#the edge#the pixies#trident waters
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Like a bird without a song
Like a bird without a song
On the face of it, there’s seemingly little to connect Prince Rogers Nelson, whose tragic death at the age of 57 occurred on Thursday, with the Seattle grunge scene. Funky, funny, sexy, sensual, soulful, playful, vibrant, colourful; these may not be words that necessarily first spring to mind when thinking about grunge. For those…
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#chris cornell#eddie vedder#even flow#higher truth#jeff ament#jimi hendrix#nothing compares 2 u#pearl jam#prince
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So much depends on the weather
So much depends on the weather
Radio Seattle are back in action, at The Edge in Croydon on Thursday 7 April. You’ll find the event page here, where you can get us in a frothy lather simply by clicking “going”, or even just “interested” in a non-binding but hopefully positive, life-affirming manner. Free admission; you just have to haul your weary, grunge-starved bodies down to Croydon for some vital grunge resuscitation.*…
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#alice in chains#aneurysm#brothers in chains unplugged#croydon#death to the pixies#grunge#nirvana#pearl jam#soundgarden#stone temple pilots#the edge
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Following yonder star
The image is, appropriately enough, a little blurry. It ought to be frayed round the edges too. The middle of March bears witness to two regular celebratory events, neither connected to George Eliot: one designed to appeal to mathematicians; one to the Irish and all lovers of Guinness; and both to Guinness-loving mathematicians, or which there are probably quite a few.* (more…)
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#chris cornell#christmas carols#cw stoneking#dark mark does christmas#george eliot#mark lanegan#pi day#st patrick&039;s day#the listening post#we three kings
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