Song
The Jokes On You
Artist
High Fade
High Fade backstory
Eight years after founder Harry Valentino unleashed High Fade on the streets of Edinb... Read More...
Venom — Into Oblivion (Noise/BMG)
Truth be told, Tyneside’s black metal pioneers Venom are no longer the terrifying trio that tore through the met... Read More...
Heaven and Hell shone all too briefly but new box set Breaking Out Of Heaven 2007-2009 celebrates the triumphant return of the Ronnie James Dio-fronted Black S... Read More...
Song
White Knuckle Riding
Artist
Virginmarys
Virginmarys backstory
When Virginmarys first burst onto the scene in the mid noughties, the edgy tr... Read More...
Jackson Dean — Magnolia Sage (Blue Highway Records)
Jackson Dean boasts one of those 'soaked in Bourbon, mellowed by life experience and cut loose... Read More...
Tyketto are back in the UK slaying audiences with one of the most powerful, passionate and polished shows on the melodic rock circuit. Here’s why there’s never... Read More...
The Power Station’s much-loved album Power Mad: Live At The Spectrum, Philadelphia makes its vinyl debut for Record Store Day 2026. Simon Rushworth s... Read More...
Song
Mexico
Artist
Sweet Electric
Sweet Electric backstory
When — in the summer of 2022 — Rushonrock received news that an Aussie-fronted, ... Read More...
Black Oak County — Misprint (Mighty Music)
Think Black Stone Cherry at their most bullish.
Or Shinedown’s boundary-pushing best fused with visc... Read More...
Melodic rock royalty Tyketto are riding high on the back of chart-topping Closer To The Sun — the bands’s first album drop in a decade. Simon Rushworth caught ... Read More...
Simon's love affair with guitar bands began the day he saw Def Leppard performing Animal for the first time. The founder of Rushonrock has contributed to Classic Rock Magazine, Classic Rock Blues, Classic Rock AOR, HRH Mag and Country Music Magazine and is a familiar face on the North East's rock and metal scene.