David Farrell

General Manager and 'THE' competition guy at planetmosh.com. Manager of The Goddanm Electric www.thegde.co.uk, Tour manager for Serpentine, and ex-general Dogsbody at Hammerfest.co.uk. Media partner to numerous bands. Also takes photos, writes reviews and likes classic rock, with a touch of thrash to get the blood flowing.

Winger, new music video ‘Better Days Comin’

WINGER have unveiled a new music video – the title track from their Billboard chart breaking album ‘Better Days Comin’, released earlier this year via Frontiers Records. This new video follows an extensive 2014 worldwide tour, including UK / European dates in May and June. Winger’s main stage performance at …

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Tax The Heat – Release New Single And Announce Tour Dates

BRAND NEW SINGLE – SEPTEMBER 2014 UK TOUR DATES – 2014/2015 TAX THE HEAT, Bristol’s rising stars, release the brand new single: “Highway Home” this coming Monday, September 22nd the track will be available at all major online retailers. Following the success of Tax The Heat’s previous, critically acclaimed, single: “Fed to …

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Alice Cooper – Raise The Dead – Live From Wacken

Alice Cooper has been around for years, yet he never looks any older, and if this performance at Wacken is anything to go by, he will be around for a good many years yet. This DVD and CD three disc package captures Alice headlining the Wacken Festival in 2013. The …

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SLOWCOACHES announce new split EP ‘Tourists’ + UK tour next week!

Slack metallers Slowcoaches are set to release an exclusive six track split EP ‘Tourists’ with melodic drone-poppers Feature, before hitting the road on a joint UK tour on Monday (September 15th), playing Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham and Brighton. The EP features two new tracks from each band plus a Wire cover. Slowcoaches’ track are a long-awaited follow-up to …

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Mr.Big- The Stories We Could Tell cd

Hard rock supergroup Mr.Big are back with a vengeance with their eighth studio album “The Stories We Could Tell”. The original line-up of Eric Martin on vocals, Paul Gilbert on guitar, Billy Sheehan on bass and Pat Torpey on drums are back with some of their most powerful material to …

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Win DragonForce swag

To celebrate the release of the new DragonForce album out on Monday,  Planetmosh have three lots of DragonForce goodies to give away, each containing a Flag a Bottle opener and Six Beer Coasters. To win one please just answer the following question, you may be asked to click a Social …

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Win Highway to Hell 5 tickets.

Highway to Hell 5 ,HRH’s very own Rock Factor will be taking place on September 6th and 7th Classic Grand Glasgow, where 20 rock n metal finalists will battle it out for the national prize and a worldwide record deal. We’re giving away 5 pairs of tickets for the weekend …

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Robin George: History cd

If I told you guitar player, musician, producer, songwriter and solo artist Robin George has played with, produced for, or wrote with the likes of former Uriah Heep vocalist David Byron, Roy Wood ex-The Move/ Wizard /ELO. He produced Diamond Head, Quartz and Witchfinder General’s ‘Friends of Hell’ LP. Robin …

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Skam-Peacemaker cd

Opening up a rock album with a self-penned sub one minute instrumental homage to Spaghetti Westerns take some balls, fortunately Skam have plenty. And they are big. Very big. ‘Make You Pay’ is the first real track on the new album. While this is a great little number, it isn’t …

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Vargas Blues Band – Heavy City Blues

Vargas Blues Band have a strong release history, founded by Javier Vargas in 1991, they have released nearly 20 albums. Javier Vargas, who’s recorded and performed with some of the world’s heavy rock and blues hitters such as Santana, Double Trouble, Jack Bruce, Devon Allman, Larry Graham, Carmine Appice, Tim …

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Rob Zombie-The Zombie Horror Picture Show dvd

If you have ever been to a Rob Zombie concert, you will know it is more than an event, it is a spectacle, an extravaganza, and all that and more is captured in his first concert film ‘The Zombie Horror Picture Show’. This feature-length concert film, recorded live over two …

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Steve Hackett-Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

At first glance I was not entirely convinced there was a genuine reason for this release, after all the guitar legend scooped Prog Magazine’s 2013 Progressive Music Award for “Event Of The Year” following another Genesis Revisited sell out performance at London’s Hammersmith Apollo. So why the release of a …

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Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2014 Review and Winners

@planetmosh reviews @GoldenGodsLondon @MetalHammer @AlexanderMilas The Vans HMS Hammer pre-party gig boat kicked off proceedings, sailing 200 lucky competition winners and VIPs up the Thames for the 12th annual Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards held at the 02 Arena. The pre awards show kicked of in fine style, with a …

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