Happy New Year – I’m still here!

Welcome to 2023…. and yes, Music in the Attic – that little ‘lockdown project’ I started…

Recollections from my Record Collection (No 1)

At the start of 2022 I purchased my first turntable in over 30 years. Since then…

Reliving my youth through vinyl

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here following all the excitement of having a…

Vintage vinyls back on view

Today I did something I’ve been considering for a while now but never actually got round…

Special gig No 4: Controversial W.A.S.P gig goes ahead in Nottingham – 1984

Tuesday 25th September 1984 – W.A.S.P at The Palais, Nottingham On this day in 1984 (37…

Back to the Bowl – Metallica’s Big Day Out 1999

On this day in 1999 me and my mate Stan were at the Milton Keynes Bowl…

Vintage Merch Part 2 – Patches and Badges

Before I was old enough to go to gigs I started to collect rock patches and…

Scrapbook finds

As a kid growing up in the late 70’s / early 80s I was very much…

Triumph and Tragedy at Donington 1988

It was 32 years ago this week that I went to my fourth and final Monsters…

The night Ozzy caused a Rock City Riot

18th July 1988 – Rock City, Nottingham This is one gig I did go to but…