Festival Review
Breaking Bands
www.breakingbandsfestival.com
Victoria Purcell &
Adam Hemmings
May 2015, Stoke
A
festival in it’s first year can be risky,
you certainly don’t expect them to
have sold out weeks before the event.
However Muka Jay and the rest of the TBFM
team did a great job in constructing a brand
new small festival that not only showcased
new bands, but also created a welcoming
community for a fun
weekend out of the
normality of the standard working life.
The magic of a small
festival is that you really get to know everyone
over the weekend, and
form friendships with
like-minded people be
them young or old. Bands
and fans all hang out
together, there is no separate backstage area. Everyone goes to
watch every band- it was a very positive festival, full of support for new and underground
artists.
A lot of people said that didn’t know many of
the bands on the line-up before they came.
They just paid the £25 for a weekend ticket, for a bit of a break, to be in that festival
atmosphere. Whilst in my tent I overheard a
group of friends talking about how this was
the first time they heard of The Herectic Order (a new especially evil band, based in London). The group of friends said that they had
bought a t-shirt and will look out for future
tour dates (which I am sure we shall soon
see). That’s already a job well done for Breaking Bands Festival, on the very first night of
entertainment.
We were pleasantly surprised at the talented
bands on offer at this extremely good value
for money festival (just £30 for the weekend
including camping). There wasn’t one band
that we didn’t think were great. So, props to
Mucha Jay and co. for picking a great selection from Death Metal, Hard Rock, Thrash,
even a bit of Post-Hardcore, and what sounded to me as a Rock Space Oddesy.
Thrash band Obzidian were one of the first
we arrived for on the Saturday, and one that
we simply could not ignore, they pretty much
grab you like a tornado as they perform a set
of very strong tracks.
Alt rockers Ronin consist of four lads from
Worcester. Lead singer Kit Kinrade has a bit of
a arrogant presence about him, but that’s his
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