Brian Giffin
Brian is a writer and broadcaster from Katoomba, New South Wales and established Loud as a print zine in Sydney in 1996. His rock writing has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, On the Street, In Your Face, Rebel Razor, Loudmouth, Hysteria and more and he presented a weekly metal/hard rock radio show on community radio from 1995 until 2019. His reference tome 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal' and novel 'Aftermath' were both published during 2015.
Brian is a writer and broadcaster from Katoomba, New South Wales and established Loud as a print zine in Sydney in 1996. His rock writing has appeared in publications such as Rolling Stone, On the Street, In Your Face, Rebel Razor, Loudmouth, Hysteria and more and he presented a weekly metal/hard rock radio show on community radio from 1995 until 2019. His reference tome 'The Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal' and novel 'Aftermath' were both published during 2015.
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Features All Shall Perish: Bringing on the End "There are certain parts of the music business that are just completely corrupt and terrible" -
Features The Living End: Back to the Beginning "We still just try to write sets that hopefully please everyone." -
Album Reviews Assaulter: Boundless! "Savage, unrelenting, violent and furious -
Album Reviews Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu The art-rock album the world could have done without -
Features The Mark of Cain: Call in Anger "It does tie in with the iconography we like" -
News Melody Black: Love Your Demons Pure rocking from go to whoa -
Features Children of Bodom: Recklessly Relentless "It’s a fun song but Eddie Murphy isn’t really known as a singer! We just thought it would be funny" -
Features Mortal Sin: Down in the Pit "Playing live and performing is just the dog's balls" -
Features Wednesday 13: Something Wicked This Way Comes "As long as I have my microphone and my band and my little props here and there, I can pull off the experience" -
Features Parkway Drive: The Road Goes Ever On "I think the Big Day Out had a problem with us being too heavy" -
Features Frenzal Rhomb: Indolence and Avian Assault "The laziness of Frenzal Rhomb extends to hitherto unknown standards of laziness for a rock n roll band" - Live Reviews Alcest + Heirs Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Leichhardt NSW
October 21, 2011