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Am I dreaming or is this year’s Download finally harking back to its true Monsters ...
Legendary US rockers Great White will release new record Rising on March 16 after completing work ...
@ Newcastle The Cluny, August 11 2010 The Cluny is a swarm of activity as skinheads, ...
It's 12 years since LA's hard rocking version of The Pogues first hit the headlines ...
NWOBHM monsters Saxon team up with Lemmy's Motorhead this week for what promises to be ...
rushonrock tip for 2010 Marya Roxx impressed the masses on the Hard Rock Hell main ...
rushonrock writer and self-confessed Journey fan Andy Spoors just won't stop believin' where his favourite ...
One of the live highlights of 2010 should be fast-rising 80s-style rock crew The Crave ...
Founder member of emo kids turned modern rockers INME, singer songwriter Dave McPherson is a ...
@ Northumbria University, November 21 2009 Pop rock buzz band Elliot Minor took to the stage ...

Rock Solid

Posted by simon On January - 31 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

After a slow start to 2010 we review no fewer than nine new releases this week and there’s something for everyone to bring January to a suitably raucous close.

Whether you want to check out vintage Saxon (pictured) in the shape of expanded editions of three of the band’s often overlooked 80s standards or US Saxon-alikes Keel we slate and rate ‘em right here.

There’s the brilliant Bruce Kulick and his start-studded BK3 album plus a thrilling hair metal throwback as Wig Wam return to take on allcomers.

Frontiers standard-bearers Murder Of My Sweet bid for your listening pelasure and Kerrang! tour headliners All Time Low show their softer side with an acoustic mini album. Enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »

rushonrock Rider – Biff Byford

Posted by simon On October - 30 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

biff_saxon_103He’s a Barnsley boy boasting the true Yorkshire grit which took his band Saxon to the very summit of the NWOBHM movement.

And 30 years after the UK spawned metal for the masses, Biff Byford is still fronting one of the nation’s best-loved acts as Saxon go from strength to strength.

Out on tour with fellow metal monsters Anvil, it’s time we took a look behind the scenes with one of rock’s finest frontmen. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Solid

Posted by simon On August - 30 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

stryper sweetMichael Sweet (pictured) makes a stunning return to form with Christian rockers Stryper this week and it’s ironic his band goes up against The Used – whose frontman Bert McCracken has owned up to urinating in holy water in the past.

In a bumper week for new releases we also check out the newie from trad metal stars 3 Inches Of Blood, bizarre label mates iwrestledabearonce and Chuck Ragan‘s impressive solo offering. Plus there’s the new records by Cain’s Offering and Outloud. Now, what to spend that spare tenner on…

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EXCLUSIVE – In This Moment Interview

Posted by simon On April - 22 - 2009 1 COMMENT

inthismoment2Fresh from storming Give It A Name 2009, hot US band In This Moment are heading to Japan and expect sales of new album The Dream to soar.

With lead singer Maria Brink showing her softer side and melodic twists mixed with the band’s early metalcore there has never been a better time to catch up with one of this year’s buzz bands.

They’ll be back to play Download in the summer but rushonrock put drummer Jeff Fabb and guitar god Blake Bunzell on the spot before they headed out of Britain. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock O’ The North…Pt36

Posted by simon On April - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

rock-o-the-northCan women rock? Does a band actually benefit from being fronted by a female or are they more likely to suffer? And how many acts have gained instant exposure due to the sex of their singer only to sink without trace so much quicker than their peers?

All these questions and more popped into my head during an intense 30-minute set by US metallers In This Moment in front of a sparse Newcastle crowd this week. On a four band bill they were the only act I was interested in and that was due, in no small part, to the fact that vocalist Maria Brink looks as good as she sounds. Read the rest of this entry »

Rock Solid

Posted by simon On April - 12 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

inthismoment1This week it’s all about one woman and one woman only – the delightful Maria Brink. With her band In This Moment releasing a new record tomorrow and Tyneside playing host to the US metal crew on Tuesday it’s all systems go for one of the hottest new acts on the planet. 

We take a look at the music behind the image and give you the lowdown on what could be the rock and metal compilation of the year – Crobar Volume One.

But if that’s not enough then how about introducing some Italian glam metal into your life? If you always had a soft spot for bands like Poison, Ratt, Faster Pussycat and the ilk then you could just learn to love the Romans of KnyghtRead the rest of this entry »

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