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| The Best Single Of 2008! Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen Its a well known fact around here that we love Mr Turner, In-fact, his album 'Love IRE & Song' was 1 of the 1st albums to receive a full 10 / 10 rating, and so too did this single. 'Long Live The Queen' is by far Frank's most emotional song in my opinion, 'Long Live The Queen' is the story of a close friend of Frank's who sadly passed away, but with the under lying message to live your life and raise hell, just like she did. I now can't actually listen to the song without shedding a little tear after reading the lyrics online, this is an amazing track, and if you have the heart to listen to in detail without crying your eyes out, you should be amazing. 'Long Live The Queen' has been to date Frank Turners most successful single release, reaching #65 in the UK singles chart - It was taken from the highly acclaimed 2nd album 'Love IRE & Song' Honorable Mentions: Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Angles Stone Gods - Burn The Witch |
| Ian S. Russell - Dec 29th 08' Well, Well, Well... So its been a whole year? 2008 Has proved quite an amazing year for us at Scorpio, especially me (Ian) I've managed to open the 1st Scorpio PR endorsed store (Wasted Youth) Happy Apple Bookings has been relaunched! And... Well I've been flooded with CDs and tickets... Now its time to check which CDs and Tickets were the best! |
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| The Best Album Of 2008! Stone Gods - Silver Spoons & Broken Bones Not surprisingly, 'Silver Spoons & Broken Bones' received 10 / 10 when reviewed by us, and a number of other critics actually. It was a 3 hour train ride and 5 hour car journey up to the Brighton It was a 3 hour train ride and 5 hour car journey up to the Brighton Center, but never the less, I went and was blown away - in fact I rated them above my idols who they were supporting (Velvet Revolver) them above my idols who they were supporting (Velvet Revolver) Honorable Mentions: All American Rejects - When The World Comes Down Frank Turner - Love IRE & Song |
| The Best Gig Of 2008! Avenged Sevenfold! - Rock City (Nottingham) - 1/23/08 Yeah it was right back at the beginning of the year, and I actually didn't have the job of reviewer that night - i was on photo's - but Avenged Sevenfold currently deserve the title of Best Gig Of 2008! Sold out & Screaming would be the line used to describe this gig, F++KING AMAZING would also be fitting words in my opinion! Honorable Mentions: Disturbed - Rock City (Nottingham) - 8th Oct 08' Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Rescue Rooms (Nottingham) - N/A |
| The Legend(s) Of 2008' Right, lets get this straight, who I picked here will not be a LEGEND in many peoples eyes, as I've restricted myself to picking someone who has gain popularity in 2008, so it isn't going to your normal legends 'Axl Rose' 'Slash' 'Ozzy' ext but, an artist or band, who deserve the title! |
| The Best Festival Of 2009 Leeds Festival Not very often that Download isn't the top dog of the festival circuit for me (thats not a pun on the Download Dog by the way) but... This year Download was truly dwarfed by the stunning line up of talent at the Leeds / Reading Festival. did see blew me away: did see blew me away: Mindless Self Indulgence Tenacious D Dropkick Murpheys The Plane White T's Avenged Sevenfold Not to mention the amazing bands I missed out on (including my all time number 1 band: Rage Against The Machine) Honorable Mentions: Latitude Festival Zoo8 Festival |
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| Biggest Musical Disappointment Of 2008 Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy Do I really need to explain this? I think actually, I've been overly harsh on Mr Axl's hard 15 year+ work... But really, Its not as good as it should be. Honorable Mentions: Velvet Revolvers Last UK Gig With Scott (Brighton) Trivium - Shogun |
| These guys are amazing, creating a truly new genera of music, and hell... They created it 10 years ago! I really recommend going to see these guys live. ELECTRO-METAL AT ITS FINEST! Honorable Mentions: Frank Turner Hadouken |
