Barrie Gledden | en

Barrie started his career as a guitarist, working in theatre music performing with numerous companies including ‘Impact’ & ‘Hull Truck’. Still in his teens, he formed the rock band ‘Brazil’ & was featured in session for BBC Radio 1 in England. Barrie was hailed as “one of the best guitarists to come out of England in years”, by Mike Varney of the US ‘Guitar Player’ magazine & soon after, he joined the alternative rock band ‘Old Man Stone’ with whom he co-wrote & recorded three albums. In 1999 Barrie formed his own music production company ‘b-music’, & built his current...

Barrier are a deathcore/metalcore band from Chicago, IL. Their new EP "Dark Days" is out now and free for download at http://barriermetal.bandcamp.com/ or http://www.mediafire.com/?nboi7e48ulud780. They also have a single titled "Victim" that can be downloaded at http://www.mediafire.com/?12fnb7fmq4c35f3. Their debut self-titled EP is available for free at http://www.mediafire.com/?xaayp794z39j5ba. .

Influenced by Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, among others, Sound Barrier was among the many heavy metal bands active in Los Angeles in the 1980s. The thing that set Sound Barrier apart from other metal bands was the fact that all four of its original members -- lead singer Bernie K., guitarist Spacey T., bassist/singer Stanley E., and drummer Dave "Skavido" Brown -- are black. Rock journalists were intrigued by the fact that four African Americans were playing heavy metal and Sound Barrier enjoyed a fair amount of press in the beginning. But the band never broke through commercially and...