This week sees the old stagers take on the young bucks as rushonrock brings you the latest and greatest releases in our regular Sunday reviews slot.
Brit behemoths UFO are back with the record which marks their 40th anniversary and veteran German axe hero Axel Rudi Pell reminds us of his considerable talents with a Best Of retrospective.
But rock is still spawning new children of the devil and Watford-based metal heroes None The Less are causing quite a stir with their edgy mini album. Throw in the debut by Brighton noiseniks The Telegraphs and it’s tough to know where to spend your money tomorrow morning. Read the rest of this entry »
Kingdom Come – What Love Can Be (Wolf/Gowdy) b/w The Shuffle (Wolf/Gowdy/Wolff) 1988
Unfairly labelled Kingdom Clone by some sections of the rock music press, due to their uncanny resemblance to Led Zepp, this slick blues rock outfit deserved their place at the forefront of the MTV-fuelled hair metal scene.
This is the second single from the band’s brilliant self-titled debut and one of the best ballads you’ll hear this side of your fave FM rock radio station should have been a massive hit. Following on from the equally impressive Get It On, there’s no doubt singer Lenny Wolf wants to live out all of his Robert Plant fantasies on What Love Can Be but then don’t we all? Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (News) by simon on 29-05-2009
He could have recounted the tale of his chance meeting with Alice Cooper in Barcelona but no – Self Made Man pulls another rabbit out of the hat as he recounts bumping into AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for the first time!
They’ll be back together again in Glasgow next month but for now sit back and enjoy a tale of a summer love-in and a brand new Harley. Click on the Self Made Man page link above for more.
Filed Under (Interviews) by simon on 29-05-2009
This summer sees UFO back in business in a big way with a brand new studio album, The Visitor, and a UK headline tour spanning the nation.
As a consequence resident rushonrock columnist Self Made Man decided it was time he swung into action and caught up with legendary stixman Andy Parker. Those of you who enjoyed part one of another exclusive chat will love part two as the drummer talks Way, Mogg and all things UFO. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (The 'Load Down) by simon on 28-05-2009
They walked off with the biggest prize in music in 2008 - rushonrock’s coveted Album Of The Year gong for their superb Forever More record – and now Tesla are hitting the UK festival stage for the first time in ages!
We can’t wait to see and hear one of the seminal acts to emerge from the US in the 1980s. And if they never quite conformed to the hair metal trend then their music was as good as anything released during that glorious era.
Tours with David Lee Roth, Def Leppard and Poison should have been the springboard for even greater success but after selling in excess of 16m records Frank, Keith and the boys haven’t had a bad career. And they were even namechecked on super cool basketball-themed US show One Tree Hill. You can’t get better than that. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (Rock O The North) by simon on 28-05-2009
Rock is recession proof. Or so we keep hearing. Well try telling that to German label SPV after the legendary rock and metal specialists today announced they were insolvent.
There are high hopes the Hanover-based company will survive – with a number of interested parties considering a swift purchase – but the European home of bands like Alice Cooper, Whitesnake, Saxon, Iced Earth, Sepultura and Motorhead is clearly struggling. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (News) by simon on 27-05-2009
The ultimate shock rocker returns to live action this autumn when Alice Cooper’s Theatre Of Death tour hits 10 cities across the UK.
Newcastle’s City Hall will be treated to the best in performance metal on November 27 but as an added bonus our favourite Planet Rock DJ is bringing one of our favourite new bands along for the ride.
Phil Collen’s Man Raze should finally make waves this year with the relaunch of their debut album and a slot at Download 2009. Then they’ll follow it up as special guests on a tour the Coop promises will combine the best of his four decades in rock. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (Interviews) by simon on 27-05-2009
They’re 40 years old and still producing top notch classic rock – no wonder rushonrock’s resident columnist Self Made Man can’t get enough of UFO.
In the first part of an exclusive chat with drummer Andy Parker, our man talks Strangers In The Night, setlists and the changing demographic of an audience sure to flock to Newcastle’s Academy next month. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (rushonrock Rider) by simon on 26-05-2009
2.5m people can’t be wrong and when you’ve shifted that many records you fully deserve to feature on the most talked about backstage pass in rock.
Another week and another rushonrock Rider sees our old buddy Larry Hibbitt from Hundred Reasons under the spotlight.
Don’t forget you can get the re-release of the band’s stunning Quick The Word, Sharp The Action in all good record stores right now. In fact read this later and go out and get it right now… Read the rest of this entry »
Filed Under (Reviews) by simon on 25-05-2009
@ Newcastle Arena, May 25 2009
Tonight was the night Nickelback set new standards for stage shows at the North East’s biggest music venue. And their music wasn’t bad either. Yep, you heard it right. Their music was, in actual fact, pretty damn perfect and us sceptics were promptly blown away by the self-styled Rockstars.
Of course huge light shows, high definition screens, purpose-shot film and fireworks packaged by Pantera’s former pyro man all prove what Chad and the boys are so desperate to remind us – that they are one of the world’s most commercially successful hard rock acts. Big shows come with the territory when you sell as many records as the Canadians have shifted over the years but then this wasn’t all about glorying in a fortune hewn from rock. Some serious thought and meticulous planning (and clearly a huge amount of cash) has gone into the band’s current show and Tyneside was treated to a visual masterclass and an audio explosion. Read the rest of this entry »