#douglas ward

[cumbriacrack]

Burglary plot gang member jailed for five years A callous thief who played his part in a £100,000 burglary conspiracy has been jailed. Tommy Ward, 23, has been jailed for five years following a string of raids across Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Cumbria Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/06/24/burglary-plot-gang-member-jailed-for-five-years/

[cumbriacrack]

Travelling thieves jailed after stealing £100k in nine-day burglary spree A pair of organised burglars who travelled the country and stole more than £100,000 of cash and goods from the homes of hard-working victims have been jailed. Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/02/14/travelling-thieves-jailed-after-stealing-100k-in-nine-day-burglary-spree/

[katiehovlandpr]

Drilling for Blasting Record Release show at Chop Shop!

Four bands. Four stages, one in each corner of Chop Shop. Each band plays one song at a time and the crowd is in the round. There’s no headliner, every band is on first and last simultaneously. Still confused? Read this. Capping off the night is an after party featuring DJ Coffin Banger.

Drilling for Blasting is the sort of loud, weird, odd, but rocking band that might take a room by surprise, to find themselves honestly pumping their legs in unison to a two-piece rock band that has more in common with The Who than the White Stripes.

Every time you see Drilling for Blasting — and we really hope that you will — there’s that whisper in the back of the room, sometimes a yell, asking “What the fuck is this?” It’s ... fun, and a little bit electric, kinda dirty and definitely driving rock and roll. It’s Douglas Ward on guitar and harmonica, Kammy Lee on drums and both trading vocals. It’s the reason you fell in love with music in the first place, and it’s such a relief to be reminded of that. Their sound comes out of punk rock, but it also comes out of the blues, and what you hear when you listen to it seems to be something like a Rorschach test — it blurs on the edges but always hits you in the gut.

We know what it’s like to hear Drilling for Blasting for the first time, and there’s such a joy in it we’re almost jealous you get to now. One word from experience: when you catch yourself enthusiastically shouting out the praises of hickory, it’s okay to crack a smile. If you are interested in doing an interview or receive a digital download, please email Justin at [email protected]