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PLAGUE UK These guys steamed into Brighton for a gig at Brighton Electric on Saturday 3 March, billed as a Punk Shake Up! Fortunately the snow and ice had cleared and all the bands taking part in the event managed to get into town safe and sound! These are the […]

The PLAGUE is back. PLAGUE UK play Brighton!

March 5, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Change Persona These guys rolled into Brighton for a gig at Brighton Electric on Saturday 3 March, billed as a Punk Shake Up! Fortunately the snow and ice had cleared and all the bands taking part in the event managed to get into town safe and sound! Change Persona are […]

Change Persona roll into Brighton and kick it!

March 5, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT Bright Light Bright Light played in Brighton at The Brighton Dome as sole support for Erasure on 19 February. ‘CHOREOGRAPHY’ – THE NEW ALBUM – OUT NOW. NEW SINGLE – ‘LITTLE BIT’ – OUT 26 JAN 2018 As seen on Graham Norton, the Elton John / Scissor […]

BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT – Brighton

February 21, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The Doors Alive - photo Ian Bourn - Scene Sussex/Media Works — THE DOORS ALIVE: Brighton – Concorde 2 The Doors Alive are described as the #1 tribute band to legendary, sixties, Californian rock gurus, The Doors. There is something about the Doors that seems to make people want to travel back in time and experience of one of the legendary live […]

The Doors Alive lighting the fire in Brighton

February 19, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The Fallen Leaves The Fallen Leaves were back! Playing to a packed out Prince Albert in Brighton. Their tag is PUNK ROCK FOR GENTLEMEN – “If you can imagine a cross between The Who and The Ramones you might get somewhere close….” “Sharp, angular, melodic garage-pop”. Pre gig I had […]

The Fallen Leaves swept into Brighton!

February 13, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Dirty Sound Magnet, Dirt Royal, The G59ers and Steve and The Sea. Scroll down the page for a video! Brightons own Rock n Roll Hotel, The Pelirocco hosted another super evening of live music. A nasty cold Monday night in Brighton and I was tucked away in a warm welcoming […]

Attracted to Dirty Sound Magnet and more local music!

February 3, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Blackfeather A fairly new outfit, Blackfeather were set to play at Brightons very own Rock and Roll Hotel – The Pelirocco. “If you like loud, hard rock and roll then these guys deliver – and I can only see them getting better in the future. If you get the chance, […]

Introducing Brighton band BLACKFEATHER

January 23, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Introducing Cyanide Sundae Cyanide Sundae are a fairly new band playing together for over a year, but totally new to Scene Sussex. Not seeing them play live before I was looking forward to seeing them play a set in Brightons Rock and Roll Hotel – The Pelirocco. This was an […]

Whats your poison? A Cyanide Sundae perhaps?

January 22, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

The Scaners — THE SCANERS Brighton – get ready for some action as The Scaners land in Brighton. They park up the UFO outside, climb out and set up their gear inside Brightons Rock and Roll Hotel – The Pelirocco! A cold, damp miserable Sunday evening was about to be transformed into a […]

UFO’s, alien abductions, Oooh La La from The Scaners at ...

January 22, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

TIGERCUB TIGERCUB are a Brighton based outfit. On 19 January they clawed their way into Concorde 2 with a terrific line up of support acts including: Calva Louise, Sick Joy and Glum all fairly local to the South – London and Brighton. Lout Promotions had put together one heck of […]

TIGERCUB caught in the open in Brighton

January 21, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

Getting up close with The Ramonas in Brighton We all love The Ramonas here! A top band when performing Ramones material, and a top band when performing their own material, and a class act when performing their own material live and unplugged! (well nearly unplugged) The band are constantly touring […]

Up close with The Ramonas at Vinyl Revolution

January 13, 2018 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor

SKURVI Friday 15 December at The Prince Albert saw Brightron punk/oi outfit Skurvi hit the stage. Skurvi came together through a love of cheap booze, cheap laughs and punk rock. With old-school style and swagger, (Cock Sparrer, Peter and the Test Tube Babies) Skurvi deliver a slap round the face […]

Emergency! An outbreak of Skurvi in Brighton

December 17, 2017 in gig / Review by Scene Sussex Editor