Back in 2011 I attended my first Slam Dunk festival at Hatfield, Hertfordshire University. The main reasons I went were Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake and The King Blues, so after buying my ticket I decided to give the line up a once through and see if there were any other artists I'd be interested in seeing, one of them happened to be a heavy metal rapper by the name of Hyro Da Hero, after listening to some of his stuff I was very impressed and made sure I saw him there. The day was a drunken blur but I'd remember what fun Hyro's set had been, later that year/early 2012 I saw him again at Borderline in London. The reason I'm mentioning this is because the new video for 'Beam Me Up Scotty' has just recently been released, it's created using footage from Hyro's live show's and shows the infectious energy and sheer ferocity of one of his gigs. This guy does not stay still when on stage, as this video shows. The track itself is great, it tells the story of an alien landing on earth and describing what they see, and they're not impressed with how people are, it works as a social commentary of people's behaviour. Wonderfully energetic video footage, great writing and from an artist who's very dedicated to what they're doing and clearly having fun while doing it.
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Thursday, 15 August 2013
Hyro Da Hero - Beam Me Up Scotty
Video released August 8th 2013
Back in 2011 I attended my first Slam Dunk festival at Hatfield, Hertfordshire University. The main reasons I went were Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake and The King Blues, so after buying my ticket I decided to give the line up a once through and see if there were any other artists I'd be interested in seeing, one of them happened to be a heavy metal rapper by the name of Hyro Da Hero, after listening to some of his stuff I was very impressed and made sure I saw him there. The day was a drunken blur but I'd remember what fun Hyro's set had been, later that year/early 2012 I saw him again at Borderline in London. The reason I'm mentioning this is because the new video for 'Beam Me Up Scotty' has just recently been released, it's created using footage from Hyro's live show's and shows the infectious energy and sheer ferocity of one of his gigs. This guy does not stay still when on stage, as this video shows. The track itself is great, it tells the story of an alien landing on earth and describing what they see, and they're not impressed with how people are, it works as a social commentary of people's behaviour. Wonderfully energetic video footage, great writing and from an artist who's very dedicated to what they're doing and clearly having fun while doing it.
Back in 2011 I attended my first Slam Dunk festival at Hatfield, Hertfordshire University. The main reasons I went were Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake and The King Blues, so after buying my ticket I decided to give the line up a once through and see if there were any other artists I'd be interested in seeing, one of them happened to be a heavy metal rapper by the name of Hyro Da Hero, after listening to some of his stuff I was very impressed and made sure I saw him there. The day was a drunken blur but I'd remember what fun Hyro's set had been, later that year/early 2012 I saw him again at Borderline in London. The reason I'm mentioning this is because the new video for 'Beam Me Up Scotty' has just recently been released, it's created using footage from Hyro's live show's and shows the infectious energy and sheer ferocity of one of his gigs. This guy does not stay still when on stage, as this video shows. The track itself is great, it tells the story of an alien landing on earth and describing what they see, and they're not impressed with how people are, it works as a social commentary of people's behaviour. Wonderfully energetic video footage, great writing and from an artist who's very dedicated to what they're doing and clearly having fun while doing it.
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Gnarwolves - Melody has Big Plans
Video released May 22nd 2013
Heavy pop punk is something the British have never been able to do that well, it's always come across slightly teen pop punky and never hit a broad appeal, Gnarwolves so far have avoided this trap and seem to be gaining a huge following through their extensive festival touring schedule over the past couple of years. Their latest YouTube video 'Melody has Big Plans' show's just how good these guys are at what they're doing, it's aggressive, it's edgy, it's energetic and it's clearly a great crowd pleaser. The guys have a great stage presence, I caught their set at Slam Dunk South earlier in the year and was blown away by their Green Day 'Basket Case' cover, as well as their own material which got the whole crowd eating out of the palm of their hand. This band have a great future ahead of them and there's going to be a whole lot more of them seen over the next couple of years.
Heavy pop punk is something the British have never been able to do that well, it's always come across slightly teen pop punky and never hit a broad appeal, Gnarwolves so far have avoided this trap and seem to be gaining a huge following through their extensive festival touring schedule over the past couple of years. Their latest YouTube video 'Melody has Big Plans' show's just how good these guys are at what they're doing, it's aggressive, it's edgy, it's energetic and it's clearly a great crowd pleaser. The guys have a great stage presence, I caught their set at Slam Dunk South earlier in the year and was blown away by their Green Day 'Basket Case' cover, as well as their own material which got the whole crowd eating out of the palm of their hand. This band have a great future ahead of them and there's going to be a whole lot more of them seen over the next couple of years.
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