Live Review : Ugly Kid Joe + The Virginmarys @ Gorilla, Manchester on March 25th 2024

Are you part of the Beavis & Butthead generation? Way back in 1992, the bumbling cartoon twosome took the world by storm. Wikipedia describes them as ”a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humour and love for hard rock and heavy metal”. At the same time, there were several bands around who played to the same schtick – schoolboy humour, teenage angst, love of a party and most of all a fresh, upbeat approach to rock music.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Jo Crosby27 March 2024GorillaUgly Kid Joe, The Virginmarys, Gorilla, Manchester, 2024, Live Review, Jo Crosby, Johann WierzbickiComment

Live Review : Ugly Kid Joe + Massive Wagons + Chris Catalyst @ O2 Academy, Liverpool on November 3rd 2022

Chris Catalyst, recently outed as one of the ghouls from Ghost’s 2022 tour, opens up tonight. Essentially it’s just Chris, his guitar and some bad dad jokes and although I like Chris and his work I can’t help wondering how he got the gig. Stay tuned, all is revealed later! The songs are from his solo output and his main band Eureka Machines but because it’s so raw they are barely recognisable.

Gig ReviewAuthor : Jo Crosby5 November 2022O2 AcademyUgly Kid Joe, Massive Wagons, Chris Catalyst, O2 Academy, Liverpool, 2022, Live Review, Jo Crosby, Johann WierzbickiComment