The ET Rock Blog

 Sunday. For most normal people this is usually a day of rest with a nice roast dinner in preparation for Monday. As you’ve probably gathered by now, the ET crew are far from normal so what are we doing? Preparing for Heilung at Camdens roundhouse! The crew met at Paddington and then it was onto the bus towards Euston and the ET crews’ lodgings for the night. Check in completed and with 4 hours until stage time, it was down the road to the Euston Flyer for a few pints of Fullers London Pride before heading round the corner to the wonderfully named Mabel’s Tavern, a lovely Shepherd Neame pub. It was packed, so the ET crew ended up sitting outside on the street but fortunately heaters were available. This is a lovely little pub and thoroughly recommended if you’re ever in the Euston Area. With the stomachs starting to growl it was onto another bus for the short journey up the Hampstead Road to Camden. With the ET crews normal pre gig eatery permanently gone, it was into the decen...

 Metallica. Few bands in the metal world evoke such excitement when they announce a gig, so when the ET crew learned they’d be playing at Twickenham it was no questions asked, we’re going. With tickets bought, fast forward to June 2019 and the ET crew are disembarking their train at Twickenham station and making the short walk to the George pub on Twickenham’s queen street. For this outing, the ET crew were joined by two honorary members, T and D. With a table secured, it was time for the warm up to begin. Several pints of various beverages were sunk, with the ET crew getting into discussion with some fellow Download goers from the week before. Suitably Hydrated Soon, it was time for the pre gig feed (with hindsight we should have done this before going to the pub) so over the road to KFC it was. Two sharing buckets ordered between the 4 of us, perfect pre gig food. Unfortunately, the poor staff somehow got the orders all mixed up and the ET crew were soon provided with a bag conta...

 Friday afternoon in deepest darkest Berkshire and for us two metal heads, this would normally mean the end of the week in our respective jobs, a few after work beers and then home. But not this week for the ET crew had a gig to get to! For E it was a half day in the office and then home and out of the suit waiting for T to arrive. T arrived at E’s shortly after 3 and following a quick cup of tea it was into the taxi to make our way to Wembley (bizarrely a taxi is cheaper than the train for the ET crew!). Leaving suitably early to avoid the traffic on the north circular, the ET crew were soon in Wembley. Time for the lining of the stomachs in the wonderful yet rather unfortunately named Fatburger on Wembley High Road. Trust us, the food is better than the name implies! With the stomachs suitably lined and with 3 hours still to stage time it was over the road to one of the ET crews favourite pubs ever. A proper Irish boozer, The Corner House! This being a pub E used to frequent ...

Afternoon on Saturday 30 th November 2019. A time before covid and the ET crew find themselves on a bus from Clapham Junction towards the Badlands of Wandsworth. Why you ask? Well, it might have something to do with the amazing Amon Amarth playing at Brixton that evening! But first, it was time for the ET crew to check into their accommodation for the evening before fuelling up for the evening ahead in the lovely Wandsworth branch of GBK. With our stomachs suitably filled and 4 hours till stage time, it was over the road into the Ram Inn. The Ram, as it turned out was right up the ET crew’s street with a wood fire, old beams and plenty of seats. Result! T enjoyed a nice couple of pints of Youngs bitter, with E sticking to form and having a few pints of angry orchard. After warming up nicely, it was back onto the bus towards Clapham Junction. This was on E’s suggestion that this pub once had the longest bar in the world! On entering, it turned out the pub was packed, but as you’d e...

Following on from their amazing set at download, the ET rock crew decided it was high time we saw Slipknot in their own gig. For T, this would be a first trip to the o2 arena and what a band to make his o2 debut for! T arrived at E’s ready and prepped for the journey to London and soon the ET crew were heading east towards the capital in E’s motor. During this journey several odd looks were given towards us, largely due to the fact we were blasting several bands music rather loudly. I hope the inhabitants of Wandsworth and Greenwich like Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Amon Amarth! Arriving into Greenwich and with the car safely parked, it was off to the hotel to drop the bags and freshen up prior to the night ahead. People say eating is cheating, but not for the ET crew! Before sampling some of Greenwich’s licensed premises a lining of the stomach was required. Thankfully, both E and T are big fans of Mediterranean food so what better place to fill the stomachs than the amazing Zeytin’s...

 Hello. You might find it odd that the two of us have decided to set something like this up during such uncertain times around the music industry, but you'd be wrong! Until we're allowed to go back to gigs the two of us will be sharing stories from a time before COVID during which we went to many a good gig and had many an amazing night out to follow! So, without further ado let me introduce the two of us.  We are two metal heads from the Royal Country of Berkshire who have been attending gigs (and some festivals!) with each other for many years. Both of us love a good night out post gigs even on a school night (hence why we always take the following day off!). Most of the gigs we attend are either in London or around the Berkshire area (Sub 89 in Reading being a particular favourite of ours), although we have been known to travel further afield. We're often found in the pubs surrounding a venue several hours before a gig and often found in various clubs and bars afterwards...