“It's Such A Trap”: Meg Mac Refuses To Be Another Tragic Tale On 'It's My Party'

Benny Doyle, Journalist

Features / Music
Songs In Their Sails
"I remember last time we were there I had the massive beard; [Jerry] Cantrell and I both weren’t going to shave our beards until Black Gives Way To Blue was really done and in the can, so we had to go to Australia with the ZZ Top beards."
Features / Music
Home Is Where The Art Is
"You've got to stop those thoughts of, 'Wow, these people are really listening to everything I'm singing,' and then the, 'Don't stuff up the lyrics', 'What's the next chorus coming?' ‐ that type of thing. It definitely adds another level of intensity to the gig, but that's the biggest buzz I get in life."
Features / Music
Staying True To Themselves
Simple Plan don't want to let their fans down, or themselves - that's what it comes down to. “We love what we do and we love our career. I'll be straight with you - I don't want it to stop. If we make a shitty record it might, so I don't want to do that,” levels the drummer.
Features / Music
Punk Ain't Perfect
"When we were recording, that was the routine, I'd have a six-pack or Matt would go and get one for me so we could get the vocals done; that's probably why I sound really wasted in most of the songs.”
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dave Clarke, Elliot Clarke, Robohan, Fuzion
Clarke loops the beat to Roots Manuva’s Witness The Fitness before handing out Tim Tams, ditching bananas everywhere and then giving the entire dancefloor a champagne shower.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Limp Bizkit
An encore sees another cover aired as they tackle Jane’s Addiction’s I Would For You before running home with Take A Look Around and Break Stuff, which we do, and how.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Survive This! - The Life You’ve Chosen
Unsurprisingly, the biggest abomination here, the chart pop/breakdown rock of Wrong Direction “Hey You”, features Ronnie Radke, who also produced the record.
Features / Music
Coming Back To Life
"When we went back and did those reunion shows for No Touch Red, I think we really learnt a lot about ourselves as a band and what we’re good at."
Features / Music
Shock The System
"I have no idea how Chad was able to, the next day, just put on another show. But we did the second show and luckily that went off without a hitch."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Every Time I Die, Bayharbour, The Fevered
Kill The Music blows the roof off, concluding yet another killer Every Time I Die party in the West End.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Delorean - Apar
The ‘dream’ clouds the ‘pop’ on a few occasions, but enough special moments are splashed about – especially when female vocals appear in the mix – to make you think Delorean could find perfection somewhere in the future.
News / Music
The Amity Affliction To Emerging Bands: 'Just Fucking Tour'
“We toured for fucking six years before we had a manager" says Joel Birch