By Ann Sulaiman Things on my bucket list, number 2400 – 2403: – Finish my first comic – Explore Norway – Go to the Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands – Buy a winged horse and name it Fluttershy “My, Ann, what an odd list!” ”The horse?” ”The festival! What is this – ‘Roadburn’? Why would [...]

By Ann Sulaiman On Tuesday, March 12th 2013, metalheads throughout the world expressed their condolences on the news that Clive Burr, the original drummer for Iron Maiden, lost his lengthy battle with multiple sclerosis and passed away in his sleep. Although, I didn’t know much (if anything) about him until word of his death spread [...]

By Ann Sulaiman “Does Heavy Metal really need any defenders in the public eye?” Those of you who know me might remember a spontaneous rant on my blog about a media pattern that irritates me. A pattern often responsible for the question above. That particular blog post was sparked by an article on the rock/metal [...]

By ViX (Victoria Perks) Ed’s Note – A few months ago, Victoria Perks wrote the following opinion piece; after seeing some of the bands mentioned at One Beat Sunday. I held the article, wanting to find another hook to hang it on. On Sat Oct 13th, The Independent ran a story, by Alison King, on [...]

By ViX (Victoria Perks) We can all rationalise that after a certain age it may not be in anyone’s best interest to become a fireman, policeman, soldier etc; but can we justify a cut-off age for a musician in the mainstream music biz?  True, many have a ‘best before’ or ‘use by’ date; but if [...]