Sat 23rd UNCLE GILBERT " I had a tremendous night watching this band play & now understand why they`ve been getting so much praise recently. Trust me this band have just earned themselves a promotion to the premier league" COLIN SMOULT ( Riffs magazine may 07 )
Sat 30th SHANGHAI One of the top three bands in the north. Classic covers played by excellent musicians. Guitarist Nick is rated as the best in the area. Fantastic showmanship & great entertainment. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!! WWW.SHANGHAIROCK.COM
JUNE
Sat 6th GRAHAM RUSSELL National magazine 100% BIKER review "the entertainment on sat night was GRAHAM RUSSELL, just 1 bloke and a multitude of guitars, but boy can he play,the marquee was buzzin, he really did the business, whatever they paid him he was worth triple that !!!" http://www.graham-russell.co.uk
Sat 13th F M DAVYS ROCK PAGE review - "Was this the best mid week pub gig ever ?? PROBABLY ! What can you say about F.M., this was rock & roll utopia, a classic journey through the rock & roll hall of fame." http://www.effemm.co.uk/
Sat 20th LAST MINUTE
Sat 27th STICKY FINGERS "The BEST heavy rock covers band in the north-east" RIFFS MAGAZINE Recently supported THE QUIREBOYS at Storming The Castle http://www.stickyfingers.org.uk/
JULY
Sat 4th CAPTAIN ROCK
Sat 11th RUSS TIPPINS NORTH-EAST ROCK LEGEND "TOON ROCK PAGE REVIEW" What a night! First track was PRIEST!! Diamonds and Rust. Acoustic version, I have to say I stared for a while cos Russ's vocals were superb! He has a great singing voice, and to pair it with Priest, things couldn't get any better for me! Answered with a rousing applause, next was the Rolling Stones, then Billie Jean. A bit of The Who (Substitute), and Led Zeppelin (naturally!! ).The whole of the first set had everyone's attention, rousing response from every single person in the room! Second set was even better, opened with Rush, The Spirit of Radio. God, it was bliddy fab! I've only ever heard The Force do that one, but I have to say Russ was on a par with them for this one, vocally spot on! Bastille Day followed, and Ram Jam came next, Black Betty, a track I've NEVER heard anyone attempt cos of the riff in the middle!! The dancefloor filled up instantly!! The Average White Band's Pick Up The Pieces kept it filled. Having gone outside for a quick ciggie, I had to put it out straight after I lit it, Dire Straits The Sultans of Swing was calling! With a bit of David Bowie thrown into the night, Life on Mars and Oh You Pretty Thing, and a finish with Deep Purple, I reckon everyone had their tastes catered for in a spectacular way last night. What a lovely guy Russ is, he seems a very quiet, laid back kinda guy, mixed with a lot of our punters afterwards, lots of punters wanting to shake his hand for a night they'd enjoyed.
Altogether an absolutely awesome night of music,
10/10 FOR RUSS TIPPINS!!
Sat 18th SABATTICA An evening of classic Black Sabbath music from the Ozzy era. By the north-easts top sabbath tribute band. www.sabbatica.co.uk
Sat 25th HOCUS POCUS "HOCUS POCUS were next on stage, & another fantastic band,who maybe don't get mentioned around the local sceneasd they should do! Some classic tunes in this bands set - lizzy, sabbath, scorpions, .....every one a winner with a good lead singer with stage presence doing the delivery well. The only band to do a cabaret spot with the bass player doing his fire eating routine to excite the crowd. ANOTHER MUST SEE BAND"----- Davys Rock Page Review
AUG
Sat 1st WHEY AYE C / DC
Sat 8th SKINFLINT ROCKERMOUTH " STORMIN 07" review - "SKINFLINT rose to the occasion & delivered one of their finest moments ever with a sellbinding performance. For teir first ever time at stormin they did themselves immensely proud. What a great way to kick things off" www.skinflintonline.co.uk
Sat 15th ALCATRAZ HOUSE BAND "Legends In The Making"
Alcatraz House Band, Three Tuns, Gateshead. Friday 24/10/08
Their appearance at this years Storming The Castle, which I missed but they blew the roof off by all accounts. For a band made up of 4 young twenty somethings, the Alcatraz House Band are much more seasoned performers than you might think, having been around the local scene for some time and recently supported Meat Loaf's daughter Pearl Adey on her UK tour. The fact that they managed to secure this and many other support slots should in itself be enough to tell you that this band are real quality. Performing a set that is heavily laden (pun intended!) with Led Zeppelin numbers, it's beneficial to be able to wail a bit, and vocalist Jen certainly has a pair of lungs on her. Jen has an amazing stage presence and is very easy on the eye. you are guaranteed to be blown away by the sheer power and range of her voice, and I am on record as saying that their song 'Priests And Preachers' is IMO one of the greatest pieces of classic rock music ever recorded - period. Backing up the powerful vocals are three equally talented lads. Lead guitarist Graham has armfuls of talent, bassman Lee is impeccable, drummer Mark plays hard and clean and between them they create a sound as good as anything on the national scene today Thankfully it filled up a bit for the second half, by which time the guys were on a roll with a few more classic rock covers ( AC / DC, CULT, FLOYD PURPLE ZEP etc ) and two new originals going down well. if you still haven't seen Alcatraz House Band then you really don't know what you are missing! www.myspace.com/alcatrazhouseband
Sat 22nd 1 0 1 One of the north-easts top bands, massive on the bike rally circuit. Tracks covered from - SNOW PATROL, THE KILLERS, KAISER CHIEFS, THE WHITE STRIPES, THE FRATELLIS, LED ZEPPELIN, NIRVANA, GREEN DAY, FOO FIGHTERS, THE ARCADE FIRE, PINK FLOYD, KINGS OF LEON and many more.
Sat 29th GRAHAM RUSSELL National magazine 100% BIKER review "the entertainment on sat night was GRAHAM RUSSELL, just 1 bloke and a multitude of guitars, but boy can he play,the marquee was buzzin, he really did the business, whatever they paid him he was worth triple that !!!" http://www.graham-russell.co.uk
SEPT
Sat 5th THIS MACHINE I managed to catch them live and had a Fantastic night , was totally blown away really strong set of songs that had me tapping me foot. Covering all the Mayfair classics from Bon Jovi, Skid Row, Metallica, ACDC , Van Halen, Def Leppard, Guns & Roses,Scorpions,Thin Lizzy and the Black Crows to name but a few.
This Machine really capture the Live Vibe well and i can't wait to see them again soon.I was only planning to stay for the first set but I was still there at Midnight got caught up in the after show chatter, what a great bunch of lads ..... It was a Real pleasure .
Sat 12th F.M. DAVYS ROCK PAGE review - "Was this the best mid week pub gig ever ?? PROBABLY ! What can you say about F.M., this was rock & roll utopia, a classic journey through the rock & roll hall of fame." http://www.effemm.co.uk/
Sat 19th UNCLE GILBERT " I had a tremendous night watching this band play & now understand why they`ve been getting so much praise recently. Trust me this band have just earned themselves a promotion to the premier league" COLIN SMOULT ( Riffs magazine may 07 )
Sat 26th BULLET RIFFS Magazine review of their last visit " The prognosis from tonights performance is definitely a thumbs up. Passion, energy and excitement are what BULLET deliver, and watching the crowd at the TURBINIA go crazy for them, then it's obvious they are on the way up very quickly. Watch out for BULLET - they might just have your name on them" - covers of IRON MAIDEN, BON JOVI, NIRVANA, GUNS N ROSES & much,much more www.original-sin.biz/main.shtml
OCT
Sat 3rd SHANGHAI
Sat 10th
Sat 17th STICKY FINGERS "The BEST heavy rock covers band in the north-east" RIFFS MAGAZINE Recently supported THE QUIREBOYS at Storming The Castle http://www.stickyfingers.org.uk/
Sat 24th RUSS TIPPINS NORTH-EAST ROCK LEGEND "TOON ROCK PAGE REVIEW" What a night! First track was PRIEST!! Diamonds and Rust. Acoustic version, I have to say I stared for a while cos Russ's vocals were superb! He has a great singing voice, and to pair it with Priest, things couldn't get any better for me! Answered with a rousing applause, next was the Rolling Stones, then Billie Jean. A bit of The Who (Substitute), and Led Zeppelin (naturally!! ).The whole of the first set had everyone's attention, rousing response from every single person in the room! Second set was even better, opened with Rush, The Spirit of Radio. God, it was bliddy fab! I've only ever heard The Force do that one, but I have to say Russ was on a par with them for this one, vocally spot on! Bastille Day followed, and Ram Jam came next, Black Betty, a track I've NEVER heard anyone attempt cos of the riff in the middle!! The dancefloor filled up instantly!! The Average White Band's Pick Up The Pieces kept it filled. Having gone outside for a quick ciggie, I had to put it out straight after I lit it, Dire Straits The Sultans of Swing was calling! With a bit of David Bowie thrown into the night, Life on Mars and Oh You Pretty Thing, and a finish with Deep Purple, I reckon everyone had their tastes catered for in a spectacular way last night. What a lovely guy Russ is, he seems a very quiet, laid back kinda guy, mixed with a lot of our punters afterwards, lots of punters wanting to shake his hand for a night they'd enjoyed.
Altogether an absolutely awesome night of music,
10/10 FOR RUSS TIPPINS!!
Sat 31st
NOV
Sat 7th
Sat 14th SABATTICA An evening of classic Black Sabbath music from the Ozzy era. By the north-easts top sabbath tribute band. www.sabbatica.co.uk
Sat 21st HOCUS POCUS "HOCUS POCUS were next on stage, & another fantastic band,who maybe don't get mentioned around the local sceneasd they should do! Some classic tunes in this bands set - lizzy, sabbath, scorpions, .....every one a winner with a good lead singer with stage presence doing the delivery well. The only band to do a cabaret spot with the bass player doing his fire eating routine to excite the crowd. ANOTHER MUST SEE BAND"----- Davys Rock Page Review
Sat 28th ALCATRAZ HOUSE BAND "Legends In The Making"
Alcatraz House Band, Three Tuns, Gateshead. Friday 24/10/08
Their appearance at this years Storming The Castle, which I missed but they blew the roof off by all accounts. For a band made up of 4 young twenty somethings, the Alcatraz House Band are much more seasoned performers than you might think, having been around the local scene for some time and recently supported Meat Loaf's daughter Pearl Adey on her UK tour. The fact that they managed to secure this and many other support slots should in itself be enough to tell you that this band are real quality. Performing a set that is heavily laden (pun intended!) with Led Zeppelin numbers, it's beneficial to be able to wail a bit, and vocalist Jen certainly has a pair of lungs on her. Jen has an amazing stage presence and is very easy on the eye. you are guaranteed to be blown away by the sheer power and range of her voice, and I am on record as saying that their song 'Priests And Preachers' is IMO one of the greatest pieces of classic rock music ever recorded - period. Backing up the powerful vocals are three equally talented lads. Lead guitarist Graham has armfuls of talent, bassman Lee is impeccable, drummer Mark plays hard and clean and between them they create a sound as good as anything on the national scene today Thankfully it filled up a bit for the second half, by which time the guys were on a roll with a few more classic rock covers ( AC / DC, CULT, FLOYD PURPLE ZEP etc ) and two new originals going down well. if you still haven't seen Alcatraz House Band then you really don't know what you are missing! www.myspace.com/alcatrazhouseband
DEC
Sat 5th GRAHAM RUSSELL
Sat 12th F.M.
Sat 19th CAPTAIN ROCK
Sat 26th
2010
JAN
Sat 2nd SHANGHAI
Sat 9th
Sat 16th STICKY FINGERS "The BEST heavy rock covers band in the north-east" RIFFS MAGAZINE Recently supported THE QUIREBOYS at Storming The Castle http://www.stickyfingers.org.uk/
tba FACELIFT Toon rock page review - FACELIFT @THE TURBINIA - "great band, great mix of music, classics to get them singing & dancing and a few unusual tracks they did in their own impressive style." tracks covered from T-REX, THIN LIZZY, BAD COMPANY, FRATELLIS, BLACK SABBETH, JUDAS PREIST, FREE GREENDAY MOTORHEAD & DEEP PURPLE
tba WITCHKRAFT "There was a good turn out at the pub and the band were on good form. The first set was a good mix of well known songs from Montrose, Jethro Tull, Golden earring, Free and ACDC, Led Zep,Gallagher & more. Second set was Deep Purple & Rainbow as this is their trade mark. Cliff on drums (ex white Noise) and Gaz on bass have created a really tight and punchy rythm section. Mr. Big was excellent, really showing off Gaz's skills. John on vocals , was suffering with a chest infection but it didn't stop him delivering, with a good , high and gritty rock vocal. Mal...is Mal. Looks and plays like Blackmore, has all the moves and the sound of Mr. B, but can also show he's really good at the other stuff as well. All in all it was a good show, good crowd, nice choice of rock classics mixed with the best of Purple." jarekmace review
What a night! 