Richard Collins

My name is Richard and I was born and bred in Bridgend, South Wales. Got into punk music at a very young age before becoming a member of possibly the least successful pop punk band of all time, we never really had a name (still sounded better live than Blink 182 though). Since that catastrophe I have mainly stuck to listening rather than playing music, safer for everyone but will hammer out ‘Under the Bridge’ and ‘Good Riddance’ when I’m smashed at 2 AM if you ask nicely.

Witnessing Queens of the Stone Age at Reading Festival 2000 changed my musical landscape and became a firm believer that the best music is all about the riff. I moved to London after university and travelling the world in 2006 where I quickly discovered the mind blowing underground rock music scene. This took me on a voyage of discovery of boundary pushing music such as psychadelic rock, stoner rock, doom, sludge, noise rock, post metal, black metal, death metal, grindcore… anything with a pair of nutts basically. I’m very much still on this voyage.

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Rich

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Articles by Richard Collins

Cosmic Roundup 2015 pt6 – Anthony Chalmers from Baba Yaga’s Hut

Anthony is a promoting god here in London town. This year saw the second Raw Power festival which was the most ridiculous event of all time, he’s very busy planning next year’s festival but we distracted him for a few minutes to find out what the fuck is happening… here’s the result.

Cosmic Roundup 2015 pt5: Gordon Watson from Terminal Cheesecake and Luminous Bodies

Behind today’s door we have Gordon Watson. Gordon has been in around the London underground music scene for decades. Axe man for the incredible Terminal Cheesecake and front man for the ridiculous Luminous Bodies who have gained a reputation for being the most fun live band on the scene. Here’s what he makes of 2015.

Cosmic Roundup 2015 pt4: Tanya Byrne from Bismuth and Nadir

Behind door number four of our fucked up advent calendar is Tanya Byrne from Bismuth and Nadir. Bismuth released a jaw dropping album entitled ‘Unavailing’ this year, here’s what she thinks about what’s going on around her.

Cosmic Roundup pt3 – Wayne Adams From Bear Bites Horse Studios

In this edition, Rich chats to Wayne Adams, the man behind Bear Bites Horse Studios and can also be found rocking out in Shitwife, Death Pedals and Ladyscraper. Basically, he’s a DIY legend… here’s what he had to say!

Cosmic Roundup 2015 pt2 – Andy Smith from Riot Season Records

Richard Collins has caught up with shit loads of our favourite people from across the scene and we’ll be publishing one every day until we run out… like a brutal advent calendar! Behind today’s door is Andy Smith from one of our favourite labels, Riot Season Records.

Cosmic Roundup 2015 pt1 – Joe Thompson from Hey Colossus

Richard Collins has caught up with shit loads of our favourite people from across the scene and we’ll be publishing one every day until we run out… like a brutal advent calendar! We kick off proceedings with Joe Thompson from undoubtedly one of our bands of the year, Hey Colossus. Enjoy!

Workin’ Man Noise Unit – Play Loud

This is essentially a band who’s been around for a while and given themselves time to write a great bunch of fucking tunes and deliver them in an exciting and refreshing way. – By Richard Collins

Exclusive track première:
HAG – Kingdom-O

Interview: Early Mammal

Richard Collins thought it was time to check in with Early Mammal and ask guitarist/vocalist Rob Herian and bassist Ben Tat what’s happening.

Shitwife – Big Lad

‘Big Lad’ will challenge most people, rock fans might find it too electronic, electronic fans might be put off with the crazy drum patterns. However, if you want to hear something exciting in 2015 then look no further. There’s nothing else that sounds anything like it and if there was a God they’d be massive and ‘Big Lad’ would be blasted in every student house party in the country. – By Richard Collins

Luminous Bodies – Luminous Bodies

This is a fun, catchy, heavy rock album with serious fucking muscle. Raw and chaotic throughout, but always manages to pull itself together to deliver riffs that’ll make even your Nan fist pump until dawn. – By Richard Collins

Interview: Rich & Lindsey from Cosmic Carnage

With their second summer all dayer coming up very soon, we thought it was about time we sat down with Rich Collins and Lindsey Amos, the team behind the noise, and pop them a few questions. By Dan Salter

Bong – We are, we were and we will have been

There’s absolutely nothing you can do apart from surrender and let it explore the corners of your brain you hardly ever use. – By Richard Collins

Festival Review: Baba Yaga’s Hut presents Raw Power, 22nd – 24th May 2015

Musically, this was the best festival I have ever attended, it was like a firehose on full blast chucking out new musical directions and smashing away boundaries like it ain’t no thang, an incredible experience from start to finish. By Rich Collins

Festival Preview: Baba Yaga’s Raw Power Festival 2015

Richard Collins tells you which bands you definitely should watch at Baba Yaga’s Raw Power Festival this year.

Interview: Dave from A Horse Called War

Richard Collins caught up with Dave from A Horse Called War, the crusty, doom/sludge band that got resurrected this year after having split up back in 2010.

Festival Review: Desertfest 2015

Desertfest happened again… we came, we saw, fell over, lost our wallets, whitied, threw up, pissed in the canal and spent all our money. We think there was something else too? Oh yeah, a fine collection of some of the devastating bands on the planet. Read on as our man Richard Collins tries to remember what the fuck happened.

Festival Preview: Red Sun Festival, Cardiff

We saw the line up for Red Sun Festival in Cardiff and had a panic attack. Our riff obsessed Welsh man Richard Collins checked in with Jim, one of the organisers to find out what the fuck is going on. By Rich Collins

(((O))) Festival Preview: Bands you can’t fucking miss at Desertfest

Now in its fourth year this annual ensemble of the heaviest and trippiest riffs in existence has become a global force. People fly in from all over the planet to experience this ridiculous assault on the senses, so it’s no surprise weekend and Sunday tickets are already sold out. There’s a few for Friday and Saturday along with some for individual stages knocking about, so get in there quick: We can’t tell you how lucky we are to have a festival of this magnitude on this miserable island! – by Richard Collins

Interview: Ghold

Ghold are a spacey, grunt doom duo based in London. They just released the incredible Of Ruin on Ritual Productions and are just about to head out on a UK tour with Oozing Wound. They had a quick chat with our man Richard Collins so we could find out a bit more about them, because we fucking love them… READ IT!

Interview: Matthew Baty from Box Records

Box Records is pumping out some of the best music we’ve ever heard and it’s seemingly come from nowhere. Our man Richard Collins had a chat with the Box Records CEO Matthew Baty to find out what the hell is going on.

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