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Framework Recording Studios – The Art of Grassroots Music Making in Birmingham

15 September 2026Mark Sampson

Iron Man Records works with Simon Reeves at Framework Recording Studios, a purpose built recording studio based in Hockley, Birmingham, just outside the clean air zone. Simon specialises in recording, mixing and mastering. Framework Recording Studios has worked with Napalm Death, Carcass, Cathedral, Meathook Seed, PJ Harvey, Ride, Family Cat, Lock-Up, Charger, Harpies, Narcosis, Ambervoid, Sist, Damn Dirty Apes, Last Under The Sun, I.O.D, Godsize, Long Time Dead, Locus of Control, Piss On Authority, Police Bastard, Spirit Bomb, Selfless, Cerebral Fix, Drongos For Europe, Ted Chippington, Academy Morticians, Rainbow Grave, John Sinclair, Robert Anton Wilson, Steve Fly, Deathfiend, Church Of Elvis and many more. Framework Recording Studios UNIT 8A, City Industrial…

All Power To The People – Join Iron Man Records on Patreon – Support the Underground

19 August 2026Mark

For more than 30 years, Iron Man Records has been working with Musicians and Artists, across the UK and Europe, from a base within Birmingham’s music scene. Sometimes disguised as a Music Promoter, sometimes a Rehearsal Space or Recording Studio, sometimes a Record Label, sometimes providing Tour Management, and wherever possible a supporter of the cause. Iron Man Records works to provide a grassroots engine for experimental, alternative, and authentic artworks from musicians, poets, performers, and travellers in the arts. From rock, punk, metal and jazz to folk, blues, dance and electronic. Iron Man Records seeks to champion ideas and the artists who dare to operate outside the safe space of…

All Power To The People – Support the Underground – Join Iron Man Records on Patreon

1 April 2026Mark

For years, Iron Man Records has been working with Musicians and Artists, across the UK and Europe, from a base within Birmingham’s independent music scene. Sometimes disguised as a Music Promoter, sometimes a Rehearsal Space or Recording Studio, sometimes a Record Label, sometimes providing Tour Management, and wherever possible a supporter of the cause. Iron Man Records works to provide a grassroots engine for experimental, alternative, and authentic artworks from musicians, poets, performers, and travellers in the arts. From rock, punk, metal and jazz to folk, blues, dance and electronic. Iron Man Records seeks to champion ideas and the artists who dare to operate outside the safe space of funded projects,…

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3 January 2025Mark

Survival in the Independent Music Scene is not easy. Iron Man Records has had to cultivate a variety of survival skills in the challenging landscape of independent music. Changing habits post-COVID, the cost of living crisis, Brexit, the cost of touring, fuel prices, and the impact of streaming services have significantly affected the environment in which musicians operate. In an era where listeners are bombarded with music choices, pursuing a career in music has become unsustainable for many. Simply earning enough to cover basic operating expenses feels like a mad dream for most artists. “Get in on the hustle or be a bum” - Charles Bukowski I would like to extend…