The Royal Spuds & Heylel, Cab03 Leiden, 22 May 2016

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A strange, but bold combination. Ok, it’s quite common that two bands do a co-headliner show on the same evening, but the two bands could not be further away from in terms of their music genres. The Royal Spuds are a folk punk band, while Heylel are a progressive rock band with gothic influences. Punk versus Prog? Wow, that must be a spectacular combination to watch live! The Cab03 itself is a very cozy, intimate location (I know the people who’ve been there know what I mean), and the room was slowly filling up with dedicated fans of both bands. The light effects were far from spectacular and the room was very dark, so taking good pics was a bit difficult for me. Luckily the light was only a small minor point, because the rest of the evening was a fabulous performance of both bands. Continue reading

So this is March 2016… (And we lost another great artist again)

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UPDATE! It seems that someone (person/artist/band) shared this post today (March 15th) on Facebook (I think) because I get a lot of views on this post, which is amazing! Sadly I don’t know who shared it so I would like to know who referred you to this post today. I would like to thank that person personally, and also YOU of course for reading this post! If you have time, please let me know who referred you to this post by posting a comment in the comment section or by sending me an email (grendelhq[at]gmail.com). 🙂 Thank you very much!

UPDATE 2! It looks like hundreds of people are reading this post but sadly nobody has answered my question in update 1. I would love to know who (could be anyone or anything) shared this post on March 15th so I can thank that person personally. Thank you! 🙂

Yes, it’s time for my latest Sunday blog post! Too bad I have to start this blog post with some sad news… Continue reading