Live Reviews
Y&T (Live)
Prior to Covid there was always something rather special about the first Friday night in November as pretty much every year for the previous decade or so, California’s Y&T, paid a visit to the town …READ MORE
Y&T
Tales from a Metalhead
Tales from a Metalhead: Chapter 36: The Overture
Overture! Many Hard Rock and Metal bands adopted the term from Classical music. However, over the years it’s become more typical for Hard Rock and Metal than any other genre I think. A fancy word, right? …READ MORE
Tales from a Metalhead
Tales from a Metalhead: Chapter 25: Go For the Throat!
Y&T is one of those bands that has been around “Forever”. I knew a lot of their songs in the early early 80s, but for some strange reason I never took a deep dive into their back catalogue; not until the charity all-star album Hear ‘n Aid was released in 1985. …READ MORE
Tales from a Metalhead
Tales from a Metalhead: Chapter 4: “Blow Up My Camera!”
I got to see AC/DC live for the first time on March 21, 1988. I missed them on their Fly on the Wall tour in 1986 (probably because I was saving money to see Twisted Sister a few weeks later on their Come Out and Play tour) …READ MORE
Live Reviews
Y&T (Live)
This time last year there was something of a Y&T shaped hole in the calendar. Since 2007, it has become something of a tradition for Y&T to come up to Newcastle for the first or …READ MORE
Live Reviews
Y&T (Live)
There must be something about a Friday night in Newcastle that really appeals to Californian Rockers Y&T. Maybe the reputation of Newcastle as the Party City is enough to bring them back on a Friday …READ MORE
Live Reviews
Y&T / PRAYING MANTIS (Live)
Quite how support act Praying Mantis didn’t quite hit the heights that their obvious talents deserved is something of a mystery. Their debut Time Tells No Lies sailed along on the euphoric resurgence of British …READ MORE
The Maxed Out Metal Hour
On “The Maxed Out Metal Hour” This Week: PERFECT PAIRS!
This week’s show will be one of our early Perfect Pairs themes! Featuring pairs of songs from some of our favorite bands including Judas Priest, Manowar, Gamma Ray, Y&T, and many more! Tune in at …READ MORE
Live Reviews
Y&T (Live)
It’s been an expensive week for Rock fans of the North and big bank balances have been needed to take in all of the bands visiting Newcastle over a seven day period that had already …READ MORE
Book Reviews
JILL MENIKETTI – Welcome To Groove House
As manager and wife of Dave Meniketti, founder member, lead guitarist and singer with California’s Y&T, Jill Meniketti has seen it, done it and lived the Rock Star life. With an insider’s knowledge she has …READ MORE