We couldn't do this alone! Meet the Stereoboard.com team.
These are the people that help make Stereoboard.com the number one live music website in the UK. If you are interested in joining our team, or contributing news and reviews to the site, then please get in touch with the editor -
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Nigel Sachdev -
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Managing Director & Business Development
I've been running this site for longer than he can actually remember, starting off as the official Stereophonics website in 1997 - Stereoboard came into existence in 2002 and relaunched in 2009. With a varied taste in music you'd often hear me listening to anything from the likes of TV on the Radio, Arcade Fire, Hot Chip, The Polyphonic Spree, Band of Horses to some older stuff such as Marvin Gaye, Fleetwood Mac, Talking Heads, The Rolling Stones, Dire Straits and Pink Floyd.
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Jon Stickler -
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Editor & News Co-ordinator
I'm the Editor of Stereoboard.com and I like anything LOUD, which you can bang your head and air guitar to. Favourite bands would be Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Moltley Crue, Kiss, right through to Motorhead, Metallica and Maiden. All - of course - turned right up to '11'!
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Elliott Batte -
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Music News Editor
I am a 19 year-old Cardiff-born and bred ginger ninja who loves music and loves to write. I work as a music and tour news editor for the site, and for me, it’s a total dream job! My musical tastes began with a love for rock and metal as a greasy-haired 14 year-old (I even got as far as to listening to Norwegian black metal like Burzum \m/) but now you can catch me either getting my rave on or DJing at Aperture, a drum and bass night in Clwb Ifor Bach. Vinyl only, of course.
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Craig Thomas -
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Live Photographer - oppositeimagesmusic.co.uk
Newport based photographer, l have been into photography since I was a kid, last couple of years have seen it develop on a professional level. I shot numerous weddings and portraits, until I found my true photography passion with live gigs. Got a lucky break with my first gig at the Stereophonics last June, baptism of fire or what! Loved it and don't seem to have stopped since - also the band photographer for local welsh band 4th Street Traffic.
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James Ball -
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Reviews Writer
I grew up mostly listening to my fathers CD collection, which is just as well since that was filled with Clapton, Meatloaf, Queen, Dire Straits and other legends. It could have been worse and been my mothers which had UB40 and New Kids on the Block. Eww. I've always been about discovering new music, in such a way that I attended some of Biffy Clyro, Snow Patrol and The Killers earliest gigs. This is why writing reviews for Stereoboard appealed so much.
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Dave Ball -
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Reviews & News Writer
I live in Cardiff and writing for Stereoboard is one third of my trilogy of musical side projects alongside playing drums and DJing for local hospital radio. I would consider my tastes to be pretty varied with my favourite artists including The Who, Oasis, AC/DC, Daft Punk, The Jam, Candle Thieves and Tom McRae.
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Ben Bland -
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Reviews Writer
I’m Stereoboard’s resident posh-accented prog rock fan although I also have a strange penchant for extreme metal, something that most of my friends find extremely worrying. I credit Radiohead and Biffy Clyro with getting me into real music and alongside bands such as Oceansize and Opeth, they're still my favourites. I love going to gigs and attempting to get everyone else to listen to the latest awesome band I've discovered.
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Jonathan Rimmer -
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Reviews Writer
I am an 18 year old music enthusiast from western Scotland, (although I've been about a fair bit!), and I will be studying English at Stirling University from next September. Slightly pretentious, but always right of course, I love music that is atmospheric, interesting or that actually goes somewhere. I'm one of those sensitive wee belters who enjoys listening to Sigur Rós in the winter, and finds crescendos are more exciting than hooks. Oh, and I love going to gigs.
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Daniel Lynch -
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Live Reviews & Features Writer
I'm a 20 year old History Student at Queens University Belfast. My musical cornerstones are Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, supplemented by more modern artists such as The Raconteurs. I'm also a huge supporter of unsigned bands, especially here in Ireland and listen to local acts just as much as globally known artists.
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Heather McDaid -
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Reviews, Interviews & Features Writer
Lover of rock and metal, writing and touring, I love to smash all of them together. Give me some classic rock or something obnoxiously loud and I'll probably be happy. Favourites would be Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot... It varies through all music, but smack on a good riff and I'm more than likely sold. For all I love writing, I hate writing about myself...
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Katie Territt -
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Reviews & Interviews Writer
I'm a music obsessive from the concrete town of Milton Keynes. My taste is slightly eclectic although I'm definitely a classic indie girl at heart. A lot of my favourites tend to be the "M's" at the moment - The Maccabees, Muse, Mystery Jets. Not that I'm that exclusive with the bands that frequent my iPod and gig back catalogue! If I'm not listening to music or going to gigs, then I'm writing about it all for Stereoboard!
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Ryan Crittenden -
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Reviews Writer
I’m a 21 year-old Cardiff University graduate born and bred in the garden of England, Kent. I love music and can be found listening to anything from Lionel Richie to Led Zeppelin but it is my unhealthy obsession with The Smiths that has shaped me. I am a reviews writer for the site and there is nothing I enjoy more than writing about who I think is going to be the next big thing. I think I spread words of wisdom but many people disagree!
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Alec Chillingworth -
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Reviews & Features Writer
Right, I'm a small man-child with big hair and an obscene love for heavy metal. Iron Maiden, Cradle of Filth, Strapping Young Lad, Pantera, Slayer... It's good for you. I live in the heart of nowhere, therefore take great pleasure in going to gigs and getting sweaty with a bunch of hairy strangers. I spend most of my spare time listening to music and being afraid of cows.
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Owen Sheppard -
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Reviews Writer
All round music nerd, wannabe journalist studying at The University of Glamorgan (Cardiff uni’s irritating neighbor) born and bred in Surrey (London’s nearby middle class cultural sink hole). I’ll write about anything from hardcore punk to house and hip hop. Loves a gig, loves a festival even more.
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Anna Ghislena -
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Reviews Writer
I may have started my musical journey with Abba and Lloyd Webber, but things change. My passions these days are good old fist pumping, head banging, hip swaying rock and roll. My current love affairs are a mixed bag of Airbourne, Black Spiders, Enter Shikari, Gentlemans Pistols, The Darkness and many more along those lines. I love writing about music for Stereoboard; my style is chatty and honest. Watching and hearing a band play live is awesome beyond compare.
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Additional review & features contributors (current):
Jaspreet Kaur Takhi, Adam Holden, Elin Sutton, Chloe Scannapieco, Emma Dodds, Emma Newlyn, Tom Bevan, Graeme Marsh, Helen Marie Grant, Josh Adams, James Ball, Lara Rainsforth, Luke Bailey, V O'Hagan, Simon Ramsay, Sally Atlass.
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Official gig photography is provided by Craig Thomas of Opposite Images
Based in Cardiff, Opposite Images provide photographic services throughout the UK and on overseas assignments. http://www.oppositeimagesmusic.co.uk
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