Bands (Part2)!

Hey Everyone!

So sorry that this has taken a while to be put up! I was ill for a week, so didn't get round to doing a post last week, and this week for some reason blogger hasn't let me publish this post!
Without anymore delay, here is is! Part 2 of "new bands to check out" :) 

1. That's Not My Baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzH1Y5ACOYM (White Collar Dream)

When I first listened to these guys, I immediately thought of local bands. These guys took me straight back to everyone's roots, and possibly my favorite type of gigs, in little local pubs, clubs and venues, maybe going to see your friends band and checking out all the other bands too. These are such awesome guys, having been around 3 years or so now, they are still keeping it very real. This is their first time on Warped tour this year and they will be playing 4 dates in CA, so check them out if you're hitting up California Warped Tour and give them some support! 

2.Scare Don't Fear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhxaWC6TBeo (Vanish)

Ok, so a little confession. I've kinda fallen in love with these guys! I've spoken to maybe half of them on Twitter, and I am SO excited to swing by their tent this year and go hang out with them. They are some of the LOVELIEST people ever seriously! These lovely guys have been around for a while now, bout 6 years or so, they have recently signed to KBB Records (Ben Bruce's label), and they will definitely be taking Warped Tour by storm this year! Their music (not in sound but in thought) reminds me a little bit of what Falling In Reverse done on their Fashionably Late album, and they will definitely get those circle pits going this year! Such an awesome band to go and let off some steam too! 

3. Rob Lynch 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5MbX_Kxek (Hawking)

This guy is one of my fav new finds. From my side of the pond, originally from London, UK. This guy has been around for a fair few years now, and this year he is playing the whole of Warped Tour. I am SO excited to get the chance to go hang out with a fellow brit, and I can imagine he would be the guy to go see if you want to have a bit of downtime in between rocking out and moshing etc, but you still wana keep the vibes up! Such a rocky/husky (at times), pure voice with a rocky acoustic feel, I know he will be getting big crowds all summer long! So make sure you check him out at your date! 

I won't list these guys as my "check out bands" because they are really fighting hard to win the "play warped tour" comp at the moment, but I stumbled across these last week, and they seem like such lovely people. So it would be awesome if you could all check them out on youtube/facebook/twitter and if you like what you hear, then going and voting for them to play their hometown show!

 https://www.youtube.com/user/gagmeimgorgeous1/videos Gag me i'm gorgeous, these are the kinda guys SUCH my thing, I love their music, and i'm gutted I won't be seeing them on Warped this year even if they do win their comp. So Good Luck, i'm rooting for you! I absolutely adore you, so I hope you win! 

who I would make such good friends with if they were a local band, and i'd end up becoming their roadie/merch girl/super fan. They are the kinda band I would go see every single show, the band I would listen to anywhere and everywhere. These are

Thanks for reading this week, and i'm really sorry it's taken ages to get this posted! But I hope you enjoyed it, and once again maybe found a new favorite band or artist to check out on Warped :) 

2 Weeks til Warped, so if you are going to any of the starter dates, have an AMAZING time, i'm so jealous, But I will be there SO SOON it's unreal :)

Love <3

Bands!

Hey Everyone! 

That time of the week again where I write my blog post!

At the moment things are really quiet in regards to my preps for Warped Tour. There's roughly 70ish days now until I go, which is still a little over 2 months which to me, feels like FOREVER right now because i'm so excited! But because it's so long away, and i'm getting a little stuck each week now to come up with some ideas about what to write about! 

What i'm going to be doing for the next few weeks is, i'm going to be going through the Warped Tour band list, and listening to anyone i've never heard before, and I will be writing a short little bit about the new people I find and hopefully this will open you up to checking out some of the new ones I find on the list (because unless you're Kevin, I bet you haven't listened to EVERY single band on the tour...) So hopefully you might find a new artist or band that you yourself might like and if you're going to Warped then you will hopefully go check out their set (if they're playing in your city!) 

So here we go then! 

This week I have checked out 3 new bands/artists. I'll post a pic, post the link to the song I checked out, and a little bio which I have done a little bit of research for! 

1. Wind in Sails.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Akt9-yPCLc (Set Adrift)

Evan Pharmakis used to be in a band called Vanna (also on Warped tour!), he is a lovely acousticy rock dude! From what I can see on interviews and stuff, when he left his old band, this was a MASSIVE shock to everyone, however this guy has an incredible voice, and he seems like he is doing just fine on his own! Check out his music if you like softer things, and his lyrics are so powerful, you may just need a box of tissues to mop up the tears... (Just gutted he isn't playing the dates i'm there! But check out the dates he is playing!)

2. The City ShakeUp 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJfjzithaQ (Silence)

So, The City ShakeUp. These lovely guys are Australian! (Enough said already right?!) Who doesn't love Australians! But these are very punk/rockish, such good catchy tunes you can't help but pump your fists too, and nod your head too. From what I can see from my research, these guys haven't been around decades, however they have done amazingly well in the time they have been around, playing with the likes of Billy Talent! These guys self fund everything they do it seems, they self manage and self promoter, by the looks of it, these guys are doing everything right, and it shows that music means the world to them! These are playing the whole of Warped (pretty sure...) So go check them out, I know I will be! 

3. Teenage Bottlerocket 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50qJGs3iE5s (Headbanger).

These guys have been around a LONG time now (bout 13 years I think?) Which makes me feel slightly awful that I have never heard of them, however these guys are awesome! They are the kind of band that, even if you have never heard any of their music, never listened to them before, you can pop along to see them with your friends and have a good old dance too, have a laugh, and a really good time. Their music is very energetic, and I can imagine they put on a decent show! Very pop punkish, quite light hearted lyrics, but very fun and catchy. Teenage Bottlerocket are again playing the whole of Warped, so check them out in your city, and go party and have a laugh! 

So I hope you like the idea of this and maybe you'll find a new band or artist you'll fall in love with! If there is any bands you think I might not know of, who you love, leave me a comment and i'll check them out and include them in one of my next blogs! 

Thank you again for reading, it means the whole world you'll never know how much I appreciate your time! 

Love <3 

Belgium - Groezrock!

Hey Everyone! 

This post is loosely linked to Warped Tour, as it's all about my weekend, and this weekend I went all the way to Belgium to see Falling In Reverse! It will be a longish post, as there is SO much to tell, so brace yourselves... 

Here we go!

So, on Friday evening me and my gorgeous mum set off to Manchester airport to fly off to Belgium for the Saturday of Groezrock festival. Literally, the ONLY reason I talked my mum into this was to see Falling in Reverse. More specifically Ronnie Radke. I fell in love with Ronnie when Escape the Fate started back in 2006, and due to various reasons he hasn't been to the UK. So I went to him. 8 years I had waited for this to happen, MONTHS of planning and booking this short weekend trip, and I couldn't believe I was finally on my way!

8:30pm flight, we arrived at Charleroi airport at 11pm (Belgian time), and started an hour coach journey to Brussels at 11:30pm! Arrived at our hotel shortly before 1am, and we had to unpack, sort ourselves out and chill from the long day me and mum had both had before we went to sleep! 

Next, we were up at 8am, to get ready quickly to catch a 9:30am train across Belgium to a tiny little village place called Geel. From there, we had a half an hour shuttle bus to the festival site! We got there at 12:30pm timeish, and Falling in Reverse weren't playing til 11:05pm... 

We grabbed food, chilled for a bit and walked around, got my all important merch! Then, I Killed The Prom Queen were playing, so we went to catch their set. Wow. I never really listened to them before but I really enjoyed them! After them, we chilled, later on we grabbed a bite more to eat, had a laugh with a few of the people at the festival we had met, and then New Found Glory were on! So off we went to mainstage!

I've seen them before last year, and they were brilliant just like they were when I saw them last. They finished at 10:00pm...
ONE HOUR LEFT! 

Quick toilet break, then straight to the second stage tent! A band called Caliban were still playing, and again they were an ACE band live! They finished... The countdown began. I started jumping up and down uncontrollably. Camera checks. Got by the stage in a good spot. 11pm. "HURRY UP RONNIE!" 

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

RONNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Came running on stage and burst into song. I still, 4 days later, don't have many words to explain how incredible that moment was for me. Like I stated at the beginning, I had waited 8 years to see that man sing live. He was incredible. It was hard to get any really decent pictures of him because he was SO energetic and quick across the stage! The whole band was. Jacky's guitar skills live... He's MINDBLOWING as a guitarest!

They barely spoke in between songs, they just played and played and played, and it just got better and better! Such a good mix of songs from both their albums. And to end it all... Situations. A good old Escape the Fate song. The emotion I had during that song was unbelievable. The song that got me into ETF was actually Not Good Enough for the Truth in Cliche, however Situations was one of their biggest songs, so it was incredible. So damn glad I got to see Ronnie singing an ETF song, rather than Craig.

It ended WAY to quick for me, it felt like they had been on 5 minutes because the hour they played flew by so fast. But my god... It was so damn worth the 8 year wait and the flight hundreds of miles and the few hundred pound spent! 

Now, I just can't wait to see him play again at Warped Tour, and (fingers crossed), meet him too. He causes a lot of controversy in the media and in the industry, but that man has been a hero and an idol of mine for so long, nothing would change that. This weekend has meant the entire world to me, I couldn't have asked for anymore than it was. And I got to spend it with my mum, she's like my best friend. It was an incredible weekend, and again I have to thank my mum for coming with me, and my mum and dad paying for it all. I couldn't have gone with out them, and they knew how much it meant to me, and apparently my face when Ronnie came on stage said just how much it meant to me!

Thanks for reading again! I hope you have enjoyed reading me fangirl slightly (again) over Ronnie! And enjoyed reading about my feelings about Falling in Reverse! 

Love <3 

Update

Hey Everyone! 

Really short and quick blog this week really!

Basically, this weekend, for a long weekend, i'm off to Belgium to go to Groezrock Festival on Saturday. The only reason i am actually going to the festival all the way in Belgium, is because of one band, Falling In Reverse.

This trip means the world to me, as i've loved Ronnie Radke for the last 8 years and due to many factors he hasn't been able to tour the UK yet. So i'm making my way to him basically! I know I will be touring with them at Warped, however I wana make sure I see their set live. So NEXT weeks blog will be so much better than this quick update one, as i will post ALL About Belgium and about Ronnie! 

Love <3