Team Member: Gareth Rooke

Hi I'm Gareth, A foolish Welshman that has found himself living in Scotland. I adore live music and this all started back in University when a friend dragged me along to my first gig and I saw Travis. From then on I spent a lot of time going to see bands from rubbish uni bands that had formed one drunken night to the mighty Blur. When I finished uni there was a 10 year gap between gigs (long story). Now though, on any given day of the week I can be found in the venues of Glasgow. With regards to my music taste I love anything with great lyrics and heavy drums. When I was younger (and still am) I was obsessed with a band called Alisha's Attic. When not at a gig I will be found at my computer playing games like Prison Architect, Hearthstone and Wolfenstein.

Gareth Rooke's Articles:

People On Vacation’s Ryan Hamilton Announces UK ‘Hell Of A Tour’

Following a hugely successful house party tour this summer, People On Vacation vocalist Ryan Hamilton has announced a full band tour in the UK for March 2016.

Lee Male From Faux Answers 13(and a half!) Random Questions

Gareth Rooke posed 13(and a half) random questions to the lead vocalist of Faux; Lee Male. Featuring; Showers, Rubik's cubes and Sisqo!

Dead Town Nothing: Release ‘BULLY’ After ‘MAKE SOME NOISE’ Campaign

Dead Town Nothing have now brought the #MAKESOMENOISE campaign for the NSPCC to a close. The band successfully went into the studio on July 9th 2015 to write and record a single in one day.

The Red Paintings Announce Limited Two Disc Vinyl Edition of ‘The Revolution Is Never Coming’

Multinational enigmatic art rockers The Red Paintings are delighted to announce the release of a very special edition of their critically acclaimed debut album 'The Revolution Is Never Coming'.

Interview with Yeah Detroit

Gareth Rooke had the chance to sit down with Yeah Detroit at the end of their European Tour. A tour filled with thrills, spills and disaster...here is there chat!

Yeah Detroit, Earl Grey and Supports at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow.

Gareth Rooke reviewed Yeah Detroit, Earl Grey and Supports at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. Here it is!

Ashestoangels Announce UK Shows

New Grave ambassadors Ashestoangels are going away for a little while, but never fear; they're going out with a bang and performing a series of very special shows...and want to see as many of you as possible!

Bad Sign, F.O.E.S, Megalomatic and Hershel’s Head at Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Glasgow

Gig man Gareth Rooke went and saw Bad Signs, F.O.E.S, Megalomatic and Hershel's Head at the Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow. Read his review here...

THE JOKERS To Release Third Album Hurricane

Jokers will be releasing there third album 'Hurricane' on 18th September 2015 (2nd October in the US) on Steamhammer/SPV as CD, LP and Download.

Reverend and The Makers New Album and Film ‘MIRRORS’

Reverend & The Makers release their eagerly anticipated fifth album, 'Mirrors', through Cooking Vinyl, on Friday 9th October.

Altered Sky Make Live TV Debut On STV Glasgow’s The Riverside Show

As the build up to their eagerly awaited début album continues, Glasgow based pop rockers Altered Sky are delighted to announce they will be making their Live TV début on STV Glasgow’s The Riverside Show. Altered Sky will be performing their recent smash hit single ‘Bury It All’ and new song ‘Imagine Adventure’ on the […]

Pale Honey return with video for new single ‘Over Your Head’

Pale Honey release video for new single 'Over Your Head' and you can watch it here!

Lost Atlanta Announce Second EP ‘Alive’

Manchester Post Hardcore boys Lost Atlanta have announced details of their second EP, 'Alive' which is set for release in the UK on the 9th of October via Ghost Music.

Room Full Of Strangers Announce New Album ‘Bad Vacation’

Room Full of Stangers announce the new album ‘Bad Vacation’ is to be released on October 30th via Godless America/True Trash records, and you can watch the video for ‘Guest Bath’ here.

Track of the Day: Miss Vincent – ‘Disparate, Desperate’

New Grave quartet Miss Vincent have just released the fantastic video for 'Disparate, Desperate', taken from new EP 'Reasons Not To Sleep' which was released earlier this year.

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