Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons — Kings Of The Asylum (Nuclear Blast)
The phoenix-like rise of Phil Campbell is a fantastic tale of canny reinvention a... Read More...
Song
Nobody’s Fool
Artist
This House We Built
This House We Built backstory
Earlier this summer we described This House We Built’s punchy Call O... Read More...
Mike Tramp @Newcastle Trillians, August 24 2023
Tramp by name, swaggering lord of rock by nature.
White Lion’s mane man might be the wrong side of 60 but... Read More...
Vandenberg — Sin (Mascot Label Group)
Is it really three years since the soaring 2020 returned Vandenberg to the top of the rock and roll tree?
The ‘foll... Read More...
Song
Crosshairs
Artist
She Burns Red
She Burns Red backstory
It’s not been an easy road for bullish Scots rockers She Burns Red.
But with deb... Read More...
Baby Rattlesnakes @Gateshead Downcast Studios, August 12 2023
Are Baby Rattlesnakes all grown up? Maybe.
But ‘mature’ might be stretching the point.
S... Read More...
Song
Seen It All Before
Artist
When Rivers Meet
When Rivers Meet backstory
Husband-and-wife duo Grace Bond (vocals, mandolin, violin) and ... Read More...
Robert Jon & The Wreck — Ride Into The Light (Journeyman Records)
What is roots rock?
If it’s rock that digs deep into the past without eve... Read More...
In an era before streaming, social media and iPhones, Baby Rattlesnakes created a buzz by writing great rock songs and playing riotous gigs. Twenty years later... Read More...
Song
Constellations
Artist
Jack J Hutchinson
Jack J Hutchinson backstory
A little over 12 months ago Jack J Hutchinson’s What Doesn’t Kill... 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.