Posts Tagged ‘Chuck Ragan’
Posted on August 6, 2010 - by Kim Ford
Sam Russo – Hotel. Payphone. Carpark.
“Hotel. Payphone. Carpark” – a seven track journey of gritty, working class tales from the depths of Haverhill, brought to you by Sam Russo. Recorded on an old dictaphone, this collection of demos is packaged with the statement – “Rest assured in the fact that your money is now whiskey or diesel” – and provide…
Read the full story »Posted on July 5, 2010 - by Editor
Hot Water Music: All Fired Up
When Hot Water Music put the band on hiatus in 2006, fans may have feared the worst for one of the best loved and respected punk rock bands around. Thankfully Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, Jason Black and George Rebelo started playing again by 2008 after all had been performing in other acts and although it’s…
Read the full story »Posted on July 2, 2010 - by Editor
Hot Water Music + Failsafe + Southport
Islington Academy
London, UK
Monday 21st June 2010
A humid balmy evening in London awaited the sold out crowd and return of (originally) Gainsville based punk rockers Hot Water Music. The bands history is well known to their legions of diehard fans (which include a plethora of other musicians and punk bands who tonight in the crowd…
Posted on June 27, 2010 - by Editor
The Flatliners: Punk Rock Nomads
The Flatliners are amongst the hardest working bands on the punk rock circuit and their youthful age is disguised by their mature and relentless approach as a band that earlier this year released their third full length record (and second via Fat Wreck Chords) “Cavalcade”. Distorted has not stopped listening to the record since and…
Read the full story »Posted on April 3, 2010 - by Editor
Chuck Ragan: Playing For Fun
I was probably a late addition the Hot Mater Music fan base and the subsequent splinter bands from The Draft to Chuck Ragan’s own solo projects and collaborations. With Hot Water Music playing more regularly again and due back in the UK in the summer, Chuck Ragan was on tour to sample his wares from…
Read the full story »Posted on March 29, 2010 - by Editor
Frank Turner + Chuck Ragan + Crazy Arm
The Roundhouse
London, UK
Wednesday 24th March 2010
So my first trip to the legendary Roundhouse in Camden, one of the last remaining bastions of live music in the capital I had yet to venture into and what a lineup to lose my Roundhouse virginity.
All the hype and talk was unsurprisingly about the headliner himself in what…
Posted on January 17, 2010 - by Editor
Thinking Back & Looking Forward: Crazy Arm
All words & photo by Emma Stone
Crazy Arm represented by Darren Johns (Vocals and Guitar)
Emma: You’re embarking on a tour with Frank Turner and Chuck Ragan in March. Looking forward to it?
Darren: You bet. With equal doses of fear and excitement. On the one hand, it’s going to be an honour and a blast to…
Posted on December 31, 2009 - by Editor
Album Reviews: Compilations
Fat Wrecktrospective
Various
Fat Wreck Chords
I’m sure most reviews are going to pay similar positive tributes about this terrific set from Fat Wreck, and so they should. The label for one is as engrained in punk rock as punk rock itself and after 20 hard working years and 280 releases Fat Wreck gives us this massive gem…





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