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HomeAuthorsGrant Ottley

Articles by Grant Ottley

About Grant Ottley
Reviewer based in Sydney. Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biggs_gigs Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/biggsgigs
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LIVE REVIEW: ORANGE GOBLIN With Special Guests Dr. Colossus & Astrodeath

14 April 2024 Grant Ottley

Its Friday night, its been a rough week, the weather’s starting to turn cold…. What better tonic than getting your teeth rattled by Orange Goblin & Co at the Crowbar?! Astrodeath are up first… “Are […]

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LIVE REVIEW: Skid Row with Wicked Smile – Manning Bar, Sydney – Friday 19th May 2023

21 May 2023 Grant Ottley

  After the original tour dates were postponed back in November, expectations were sky-high for these Skid Row Dates! With the new album a spectacular return to form, and footage of shows from the tour […]

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LIVE REVIEW: Steel Panther and Airbourne at the Hordern Pavillion Sydney

24 October 2022 Grant Ottley

There’s nothing like a big Rock show on a Friday night to blow out the stresses of the working week and the Hordern was certainly buzzing with anticipation by the time we arrived for the […]

Temtris - Sydney June 18th 2021 | Photo: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Temtris w/ Taliesin & Thraxas – Sydney, June 18th 2021

20 June 2021 Grant Ottley

  It’s a cold, wet June Friday night in Sydney. With rumblings of new COVID cases in the Eastern Suburbs, what better reason to get the Rock on while we still can?!  …And who better […]

Potion - Sydney, May 20th 2021 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Potion w/ Astrodeath, Mountain Wizard Death Cult, Kvll – Sydney, May 20th 2021

22 May 2021 Grant Ottley

  The ‘Sold Out’ sign was up at the Crowbar on a chilly Thursday night! This is a compliment, not only to Potion & their rabid following, but also to the rest of the bill […]

Dark Order - Crowbar, Sydney April 15th 2021 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Foreverfest – Crowbar, Sydney, April 15th 2021

17 April 2021 Grant Ottley

  Metal in Sydney has always thrived out of the spotlight. From the suburban fringes, to the shadows of the city, in venues like Lewisham’s late, lamented ‘Haunted Castle’, or the pub formerly known as […]

Reckless Love - Sydney 2020 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Reckless Love – Sydney, March 14th 2020

15 March 2020 Grant Ottley

  As I walked down to the CrowBar, I saw an Uber Eats delivery guy leave food on the doorstep of a terrace before scurrying back to his scooter & zooming away. This seemed like […]

Enuff Z'Nuff - Sydney 2020 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewirght
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LIVE REVIEW: Enuff Z’Nuff, Ron Keel, Janet Gardner, Crosson – Sydney, February 29th 2020

2 March 2020 Grant Ottley

  As a Fan of some of these acts for 30 years, I was super keen for this gig. And  although the turnout didn’t exactly fill the crowbar, those that were there obviously felt the […]

Danny Worsnop - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Danny Worsnop – Sydney, December 20th 2019

21 December 2019 Grant Ottley

  It’s a fairly sparse crowd that greets Blake Cateris from Molly & the Krells, but that certainly doesn’t bother him! Good, upbeat songs with a chatty, singer songwritery vibe, and melodies catchier than fleas. […]

Crowbar - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Crowbar – Sydney, December 6th 2019

7 December 2019 Grant Ottley

  The city is covered in smoke, colouring the moon a vivid orange, and with the humidity coating everything like a wet blanket, New Orleans’ heavyweight champions of sludge should be in their element tonight… […]

Michael Sweet - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Michael Sweet – Sydney, November 14th 2019

16 November 2019 Grant Ottley

  I was really looking forward to tonight’s show for a number of reasons. I’d never been in the downstairs room at the Factory, it’s a cool room that, given the right show, will have […]

Soilwork - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Soilwork – Sydney, November 1st 2019

3 November 2019 Grant Ottley

  Soilwork returned to Australia this past week in support of their latest album “Verkligheten”. It’s been a few years since we last saw them but Sydney came in droves to catch the Swedish metal […]

Metal Church - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Metal Church – Sydney, August 30th 2019

31 August 2019 Grant Ottley

  Given that it was Metal Church’s first Australian tour in their almost 30 year career, it was hardly surprising that the Crowbar was heartily full tonight.. The queue snaked well down Parramatta road, and […]

Graveyard - Sydney 2019 | Photo Credit: Adam Sivewright
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LIVE REVIEW: Graveyard – Sydney, August 24th 2019

25 August 2019 Grant Ottley

  Graveyard and Devil Electric was one of the more well attended shows that I’ve seen at Crowbar in recent times, and going by the amount of Devil Electric T-Shirts I saw roaming about beforehand, […]

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