
In photos: the fabulous Gravity Rock bar in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Tucked away in a Shinjuku alley and up a flight of stairs is the wonderful Gravity rock bar, a diminutive venue which wedges in a fully stocked bar and a …
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Tucked away in a Shinjuku alley and up a flight of stairs is the wonderful Gravity rock bar, a diminutive venue which wedges in a fully stocked bar and a …
Read MoreLast September, The Monochrome Set played the main stage at the BAM Festival in Barcelona and had a brilliant time of it. We were playing in front of thousands of …
Read MoreI recently had the pleasure of a short trip to Manchester to play a gig, and managed to grab some photos as I shimmied around town. One of the first things …
Read MoreHere’s a selection of photos taken during a recent train journey from Brussels to Utrecht at the start of my December tour with the Monochrome Set.
Read MoreHere’s a selection of night-time views of Putney in south London, taken on a chilly Friday night at the end of January.
Read MoreA while ago, I wrote a piece entitled, “Building and buying an extra small, super-portable drum kit for gigging drummers,” and it proved to be one of the most popular …
Read MoreMy article about building and buying an extra small, super-portable drum kit for gigging drummers turned out to be surprisingly popular, so I thought I’d post up a follow up because …
Read MoreIt was feared that London had lost one of its oldest music retailers when Foote’s Soho drum store closed last year, but the good news is that the store is …
Read MoreSeen bashing away in Hills Place near Oxford Circus on a drum kit mounted on a specially adapted bicycle is the busker known as Puncture Kit.
Read MoreThere’s a lot to be said for using a modern small drum kit: they’re less hassle to move about, lighter to carry and can be put up and taken down …
Read MoreI was really saddened to hear of the imminent demise of one of London’s longest-serving music stores, Chas E Foote Ltd in Golden Square, London W1. (Update: the store reopens …
Read MoreWell, actually, it’s more of a tip! tap! than a bang and a crash going on as I’ve taken delivery of my new Pearl drum kit with special super-clever ‘near-silent’ …
Read MoreIn case you’re wondering what the above is about let me explain – the first is the written sound of the mighty drum roll intro to the 1980s stadium-thumper, ‘In …
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