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About Me

It all went wrong in February 1982 when Iron Maiden appeared on Tiswas...I play guitar in Blood Island Raiders - British Heavy Metal, I guess. We've got a a split 12" with Among The Missing out which has just been reissued on CD with some live stuff. The full album will be out soonish... I hope. I do a bit of writing for magazines. Previous bands; Decomposed, Mourn, Carnival of Souls, Evil Knievel.P.S. I still haven't bothered 'pimping' my page or what ever you call it. It may look shit but it won't take a week to load.

My Interests

Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal. and Heavy Metal.

I'd like to meet:

I've already met Dave Murray, Dave Chandler and Bruce Franklin. I'm done.

Music:

Black Sabbath, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Sixteen Horsepower, Bathory, Celtic Frost, Hellhammer, Kreator, Grand Funk, ZZ Top, Hawkwind, Bang!, Hate Forest, Mayhem, Iron Maiden, Bad Brains, Poison Idea, Drudkh, Angel Witch, MC5, Integrity, Death SS, Venom, Pentagram/Death Row/Macabre, Force/Iron Man, Judge, Aphrodite's Child, Kreig, Cloven Hoof, Witchfinder General, Manilla Road, Pagan Altar, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Wishbone Ash, Rainbow, Repulsion, Misfits/Samhain/Danzig, Sir Lord Baltimore, The Who, Discharge, Sodom, Captain Beyond, Amebix, Slayer, Mountain, Master, Xasthur, Big Business, Montrose, Tragedy, Amon Duul 2, Judas Iscariot, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Onslaught, From Ashes Rise, Leafhound, Lord Weird Slough Feg, Johnny Cash, Metallica (early), Carcass, Raging Slab, Sigrblot, COC, The Obsessed, Kinghorse, Atheist, AC/DC, Death, Ted Nugent, Dark Angel, Groundhogs, Death Angel, Motorhead, Watain, Dissection, Darkthrone, Nightsun, Warhorse(UK), Josefus, Sabbat, Nuclear Assault, Allman Brothers, Tygers Of Pang Tang, Venom, Brocas Helm, Dismember, Otis Redding, Riot, Saxon, Cirith Ungol, Confessor, Deep Purple, Wasted Youth, Ike & Tina Turner, Warhammer, Von, Riot, Dio, Steve Earle, Horna, Katharsis, Lost Breed, Only Living Witness, Johnny Winter, Primordial, Satanic Warmaster, Abyssic Hate, Robin Trower, Hallow's Eve, Zeke, Clandestine Blaze, Tearstained, Holy Terror, Vargsang, Graven, Tellurian, (old) Malmsteen, Oz, Hard Stuff, Ymir, Forest (rus), Kraze, Root, Mercy, Nortt, Ludicra, Axegrinder, Raw Power, Heathen, Countess, Six Organs Of Admitance, Nunslaughter, Ares Kingdom, Anal Vomit, Avenger, Run After To, Sortilege, Killer, Ostrogoth, Heavy Load,Plasmatics, Stormqueen, Vulcano, Nifelheim, Helix, Loudness, Atomic Rooster, Y&T, Celestial, Nigromantia, Loch Ness, Bodkin, Crushed Butler, Grave/Putrefaction, Sacrifice, Destruktor, Blues Creation, Preyer, Warlock, Whitesnake, Warning, Tellurian, TenHornedBeast, Tyrant (UK & US), Lord, Hammer Witch, Witchcross, Diamond Lil, Sodomizer...

Movies:

Conan The Barbarian. The Warriors. Captain Blood.

Television:

The Young Ones. QI. A Bit Of Fry + Laurie.

Books:

R E Howard. George R R Martin. Terry Pratchett. Richard Holmes. Peter Ackroyd. Steven Fry. Mark Twain.

Heroes:

Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) Michael Schenker Tony Iommi Richie Blackmore Bruce Franklin Dave Murray

My Blog

You wait ages for a gig and then 2 come along at once.

We (t' Raiders) haven't played in London since January and are doing our first with TJ from Dusteroid on bass. See The BIR page for flyer.And then I'm playing bass for Orange Goblin on Sunday at Guilf...
Posted by Rev Al on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:19:00 PST

Vinyl

For those who couldn't wait... here are some of my rcords. Well, A-C anyway. ..> Abdullah Graveyard Poetry Abomination s/t AC/DC High Voltage AC/DC Let There Be...
Posted by Rev Al on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:03:00 PST

And the 7"s

..> 3 Inches Of Blood Ride Darkhorse Ride 3 Inches Of Blood Destroy The Orcs 7 Minutes Of Nausea XX Abigail/Unholy Grave Tribute To Acid AC/DC Roc...
Posted by Rev Al on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:00:00 PST

Rev stuff...

Well, contrary to earlier blogs, we (BIR) still need a bassist but at least the album is out now and getting some decent press - see the Raiders page for more details. In other news I'm now writing fo...
Posted by Rev Al on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:40:00 PST

New B.I.R. bassist

It's a new start for us, of sorts. BIR AnnouncementFor Immediate Release Blood Island Raiders would like to officially announce the permanent replacement of bassist Seamus O'Hooligan by ex-Akercocke...
Posted by Rev Al on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:33:00 PST

It seems I'm a top tip!?!?

Metal Hammer in their infinite wisdom have named Blood Island Raiders as one of their 100 bands to look out for in 2007 - at number 12 nestled between Bleeding Through and Bullet For My Valentine(!?!?...
Posted by Rev Al on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST

Gigging again. Finally!

We've got some gigs again finally, after a 6 month absence. Bristol on Friday and then London next week. The album is almost ready and there are some 7"s on the way. I'm also in the process of getting...
Posted by Rev Al on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:24:00 PST

New Interview!

There's a new interview posted that I did with Hellride for your perusal. http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=1 1726 I'll correct the spelling mistakes i made at some point!...
Posted by Rev Al on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:18:00 PST

Album mixing, new Tattoo and Maiden!

Well, whilst it's not quite finished, we've mostly mixed the debut Raiders album and we managed to get Bill down to lay down a couple of leads and some harmonica. Obviously he plays great as usual. We...
Posted by Rev Al on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:28:00 PST

Re-release of Blessed Are The Dead!

We are releasing a CD version of the split 12" with Among The Missing at the end of the July with extra live tracks. Just thought you might like to know.
Posted by Rev Al on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:26:00 PST