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August 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 270

Shihad, Flaming Soul / Gates of Steel [Single] (1997) In which, way back, Shihad has a hoon on the Flesh D-Vice song Flaming Soul and then the Devo song Gates of Steel. A tribute double A-side-type thing. Which, I have to say, I was unaware of until very recently. Well, I’d heard the Gates of Steel cover and I rate it. I think maybe […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1997, Devo, Double A-Side, EP, Flaming Soul, Flaming Soul / Gates of Steel, Flesh D-Vice, Gates of Steel, LP, Ltd Ed, Numbered, Record, Shihad, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 270, Tribute, Vinyl ·

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May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 169: Jon Toogood

Welcome to episode 169 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This one is a conversation with Jon Toogood. […]
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January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 97 – Jules Desmond (Take 2)

Welcome to episode 97 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a second conversation with Jules Desmond. If you missed the first one click here – we had a good old chat about some of his bands and music reminiscing – but we didn’t cover it all. So […]
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August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley

Welcome to episode 76 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one arrives a day or two early – timing it with the film’s current run around the country as part of the Festival – a conversation with Tamzin Beazley; she is the wife of Booga Beazley from Head […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Bit Brutal But Very Truthful, Addiction, Band, Booga Beazley, Chat, Conversation, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Drug Addict, Drug Addiction, Drugs, ep.76, Episode Seventy-Six, Family, Film Festival, Head Like A Hole, History, HLAH, Interview, Julian Boshier, Le Petite Chocolat, Lewis Tennant, Manager, Mental Health, Nigel Beazley, Nigel Regan, Podcast, Shihad, Swagger of Thieves, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 – Tamzin Beazley, T Leaf T, Tamzin, Tamzin Beazley, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Swagger of Thieves: Film

Swagger of Thieves Director: Julian Boshier Niche Cameras Ltd. “Head Like A Hole is the sweaty beast of NZ rock’n’roll music…” – that comes from a quote I wrote for a poster of the band; I look at that poster every day, it’s above my desk – it’s there because I had to create the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Durno, Beautiful Machine, Booga Beazley, DiG!, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Drugs, Film Festival, Film Review, Head Like A Hole, HLAH, Julian Boshier, Junkies, Mark Hamill, Mike Franklin-Browne, Music, Niche Cameras Ltd., Nigel Beazley, Nigel Regan, Rock-Doc, Shihad, Swagger of Thieves, Swagger of Thieves: Film, Tamzin Beazley, Tom Watson ·

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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Toogood – Solo Acoustic: NZ Tour (April, 2017)

Back – between new recording sessions for a project linked to The Adults – Jon Toogood will pop around a few spots in April to deliver his solo acoustic show. Shihad, Adults and solo songs, covers, fan favourites… For all details around the shows go to www.aaaticketing.co.nz – tickets will be on sale from 9am […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Acoustic, April, Gigs, Jon Toogood, Jon Toogood – Solo Acoustic: NZ Tour (April, NZ Tour, Shihad, Shows, Solo, The Adults, Tour Announcement ·

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August 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Diary: # 8 – Sydney from a 747

We fly through the night – which works pretty good, just the one movie, a couple pages of my book and then sleep, mostly sleep. Osc is out for most of the flight, which is great. I could have probably tried a bit harder to read more – isn’t that always the way – but […]
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February 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rock music is freedom, the Eagles are shit, John Key’s a liar and we’re getting what we put up with – which is why we’re getting shit; Jaz Coleman talks…and talks…

I’ve interviewed Jaz Coleman once before. So when it comes to the worlds of this Killing Joke frontman, industrial music pioneer, post-punk godfather, record producer and classical composer, conductor and arranger, well, I know the score. I remind him of this, and he cuts me off by saying, “Yes, yes, I know who you are, […]
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December 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: AC/DC (December 12, Wgtn)

AC/DC Westpac Stadium Saturday, December 12 AC/DC last played Wellington’s Westpac Stadium nearly six years ago. Since then the band’s heart and soul, Malcolm Young, has been forced into retirement, and Kiwi-based drummer Phil Rudd is still in the sin-bin for partying too hard, and, well, illegally. So though there’s just the one album since […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged AC/DC, Angus Young, Back In Black, Brian Johnson, Cake Tin, Chris Slade, Dominion Post, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: AC/DC (December 12, Live, Live Gig, Malcolm Young, Phil Rudd, Razor's Edge, Review, Rock or Bust, Shihad, Stadium, Stevie Young, Technical Issues, Weather, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jon Toogood – Planet of Sound Live and Acoustic: NZ Tour (Oct, 2015)

We know Jon Toogood as the frontman of Shihad – New Zealand’s greatest live rock band. He’s been knowing that role, honing that role for more than a quarter-century now. There’s that other band too, The Adults.You might also know him, more recently, as host of his own radio show on Hauraki. And in October […]
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July 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 3 – Booga Beazley

Welcome to the third episode of Sweetman Podcast. This time it’s a chat with Booga Beazley. I first met the Head Like A Hole frontperson when the band reformed for Homegrown and I wrote a Day In The Life-story after spending a day with him in his Otaki home – having been a fan of […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 8 Foot Sativa, Booga, Booga Beazley, Brent Eccles, Head Like A Hole, HLAH, Interview, Music, Nigel Beazley, Nigel Regan, NZ Tour, Shihad, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Tour, Wellington ·

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May 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 74 – AC/DC, Wellington, 2010

I had never seen AC/DC so I was keen to get along to this. I had planned to go when they played in the early 90s, but it didn’t happen. I was a couple of years off being trusted to go to gigs out of town at that time. And fair enough. No resentment there. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2010, AC/DC, Dominion Post, Live, Perth, Radio, Shihad, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 74 – AC/DC, Wellington, Westpac Stadium ·
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