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Do They Know It's Christmas? 2024 Ultimate Mix

Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (40th Anniversary EP Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 5, 2024

There is something inherently special when popular musical figures can be unique for one cause that goes beyond publicity, monetary gain, or recognition. This is exactly what happened in late November of 1984 with Ultravox’s Midge Ure and acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Bob Geldof assembled Band Aid; ... Read More

Midge Ure – Live at The Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 (Live Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockNovember 5, 2024

There are few artists as fascinating and accomplished as Midge Ure. Playing music professionally for the better part of five decades, many of those years Ure has been a part of bands. From the Glam Rock act Silk and the Punk Rock leaning PVC2, to ... Read More

Soror Dolorosa - Mond / Prophecy Productions (2024)

Soror Dolorosa – Mond (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockOctober 30, 2024

While the average person associates the term Goth with black dyed hair, black clothes, dark eyeliner, and dark nail polish, the truth is that there is much more to the genre than such tropes. In terms of music, Gothic Rock had some exceptional artistic contributions ... Read More

Interview – Glen Matlock

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 27, 2023

Life is clearly unpredictable. No one knows what tomorrow will bring, and even the best laid plans never seem to pan out exactly as expected. Beginning while only a teenager, Glen Matlock would find himself joining up with a unique bunch of fellows who would ... Read More

New Wave: Dare To Be Different (Documentary Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 7, 2018

Every generation wants something they can call their own. They want to stand apart from the past, be remembered for their forward-thinking ideals, and most certainly have their own musical identity. That in mind, back in the 1980s, change was in the air. The younger ... Read More

Interview – Paul Young

CrypticRockCrypticRockJune 18, 2018

One of the smoothest and most soulful voices in pop music during the 1980s, without question, belonged to Paul Young. Out of England, Young would take his experience from an early age as part of his career in bands to help launch a massively successful ... Read More

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Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (40th Anniversary EP Review)