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If 2010′s already shaping up as a vintage year for unexpected aural pleasures then one release has got everyone at rushonrock HQ more excited than most.

Our sneak preview copy of Zodiac Mindwarp’s first new studio album for five years has been enjoying constant rotation ahead of its September release.

And the original Tattooed Beat Messiah looks like he’s warming up nicely for back-to-back supports with old buddy Alice Cooper around Halloween. Read the rest of this entry »

The freakiest folk from across the UK are lining up in their thousands to take part in two special Alice Cooper shows inked in for Halloween. And the demand has caused alicecooper.com to crash time and time again this week!

The shock rocker has invited weirdo hopefuls to audition for his groundbreaking Halloween Night Of Fear shows – already featuring the Jim Rose Circus and old pal Zodiac Mindwarp.

But the Coopster is keen to see as many crazy folk as possible bid for the chance to join him at London’s Roundhouse in October – with auditions taking place at the London Dungeon on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Day Two at Knebworth’s rock and metal fest is underway but we can thank our man in the know Adam S for a blinding round-up of the opening day’s action.

He catches up with the king of shock rock Alice Cooper and brings us the backstage gossip money can’t buy – or we can’t afford.

Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

The decision to announce AC/DC as the first headline act for Download 2010 has given the UK’s premier rock and metal festival a huge shot in the arm.

A band synonymous with the Monsters Of Rock event of years gone by – and an act still riding high on the back of their best album for more than 20 years – is the perfect tool to inspire a tickets rush. Read the rest of this entry »

Alice Cooper – Poison (Cooper/Child/McCurry) b/w Trash (Cooper/Frazier/Sever/Child) Ballad Of Dwight Fry (live) (Cooper/Bruce)

1989

When 70s shock rocker Alice needed to bring his sound bang up to date and compete with the new kids on the hair metal block he knew exactly who to turn to.

Enlisting the help of super producer and songwriter Desmond Child had worked for so many fellow rockers before and it worked again for the Coop.

Poison is still the most loved and instantly recognisable Alice tune for anyone under the age of 35 and more than two decades after it stormed the charts it still commands a key slot in his live show. Read the rest of this entry »

They released an almighty return to form in the shape of the cracking Revolve last year and 2010 is set to see the Danger Danger revival gather pace.

Long regarded as titans of the hair metal scene, the US band is back for good and looking to tour extensively in 2010.

We caught up with king of the pipes and D2 frontman Ted Poley for a slice of early 90s nostalgia. Read the rest of this entry »

Live music returns this week in the shape of new-look Aussie rockers Wolfmother and metal maidens Kittie. Needless to say we’ll be keeping tabs on both.

There’s an exclusive interview with Danger Danger‘s Ted Poley as we build up to a very special week for lovers of all things hair metal.

And we feature Finntroll‘s (pictured) Vreth in the ever-popular rushonrock Rider. There’s an all-time classic from Alice Cooper as we feature more big-size vinyl on the 12@12. And there’s more! Read the rest of this entry »

Sonisphere may have stolen a march on its rivals in the race to become crowned the summer festival of 2010 – naming Iron Maiden, Rammstein and Alice Cooper among its confirmed acts – but next year’s new kid on the block has hit back in some style.

The Classic Rock conceived High Voltage two-dayer had already named ELP and ZZ Top as co-headliners and now Foreigner, Focus, Black Label Society and Clutch have been added to the bill.

And all of this at a time when the likes of Kiss and Europe are being touted to deliver main stage sets at Download! Read the rest of this entry »

@ Newcastle City Hall, November 27 2009

As a youth Alice Cooper was considered talented enough to win a college scholarship on the back of his long distance running. That natural level of endurance has served him well.

Who could have imagined Alice, at the height of his late 70s excess, would still be walking, let alone running, well into his seventh decade on this brutal planet? And yet, like a rampaging can of human Red Bull, he possesses energy enough to fuel one of rock’s theatrical triumphs night after night after night. Read the rest of this entry »

Man Raze (pictured) have been bubbling under for a few years now but the British rock trio featuring Def Leppard axe hero Phil Collen are finally poised to make a breakthrough.

Special guests on Alice Cooper’s sell-out Theatre Of Death tour, the band is gearing up for an assault on the rock senses in 2010 – with Leppard sidelined throughout next year.

Not for the first time this year Collen caught up with rushonrock – and as usual we were all ears…  Read the rest of this entry »