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.

Bad Touch-Down and Out cd

Bad Touch are an hard rock band from Dereham in Norfolk , who formed in 2009, the band consist off Stevie Sparrows on Vocals, Rob G on Lead Guitar, Daniel Seekings on Guitar, Michael Bailey on Bass and George Drewry on Drums. Bad Touch’s first recordings at Leeders Farm in …

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Boston. Life, Love & Hope cd

Tom Scholz has made no secret that this sixth release was intended to emulate the classic Boston sound, even using the same amps, instruments, and analog equipment he’s worked with for the past 35 years. The easily recognizable Boston sound is best remembered in tracks like “More Than a Feeling”, …

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Pixies, Manchester Apollo, November 21st 2013

Pixies, Manchester Apollo, November 21st 2013

Pixies have always been a niche band, despite several major artists claiming them as influential to their music (Nirvana and Radiohead to name but two.) Having been a fan since an NME flexidisc in 1987, throughout the years I have been following Black Francis et al I have never come …

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Def Leppard “Viva! Hysteria” DVD/CD box set

In 1993 Def Leppard released a Four track live E.P, Live: In the Clubs, in Your Face; and that was that. We had to wait another 28 years before anything official surfaced from the Leppard camp, that appeared in 2011 and was off course ‘Mirrorball’. Now only two years later, …

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Absolva – Beyond Live [DVD, CD]

Absolva have unleashed a “Fan Pack” containing a live cd and dvd, ( though these can be ordered separately ) recorded at the band’s sell-out headline show at Wizzfest, Belgium earlier this year. On the strength of this dvd alone, this british metal trio comprising of Chris Appleton – lead vocals & lead guitar, …

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Win tickets to Blast Unit Moscow/Art Brut london gig.

Win tickets to Blast Unit Moscow/Art Brut london gig.

Planetmosh have two tickets to give away in a very easy to win competition for the great double header on Nov 5th – Blast Unit Moscow and the legendary Art Brut at the Village Underground London. To win just answer this Question:   [sociallocker id=”123515″] Thank you everybody who entered, …

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Sideburn-Electrify cd

Switzerland based rockers ‘Sideburn’ have just released “Electrify”, their first since the lineup change way back in 2012, three young guns in the form of Lawrence Lina with Mike Riffart on Guitars and Bass player Nick Thornton joined the old pro’s Roland Pierrehumbert on Vocals, and Lionel Blanc on Drums to bring …

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David Reece Compromise.

David Reece really shouldn’t need any introduction, but for those of you who haven’t heard that name before, he is one very talented singer. He has sang with Accept on their 80’s album, “Eat the Heat” and then with Bangalore Choir featuring on their album “On Target”. You can also …

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Win a Steve Hackett 3 Cd and 2 DVDs Box set

To celebrate the release of the new Steve Hackett box set, which can be found in our news section HERE Planetmosh have a box set to give away to one very lucky reader. To win, just answer this simple question. [FBLL] Name the famous prog-rock group Steve Hackett used to …

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NIVA-Magnitude cd

NIVA’s debut album “No Capitulation” was released back in 1994, but despite an eager fan base wanting more, we had to wait another seventeen years until the band hit us with their second album “Gold From The Future” in 2011. So finally after a mere two years, the bands third …

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Jesse Damon-Temptation In The Garden Of Eve

Jesse Damon is a renowned artist as a solo singer, songwriter, and guitarist foremost, but has also been the front man for the hugely popular melodic hard rock act Silent Rage since the band’s inception back in the mid 80’s. Silent Rage had four critically acclaimed albums released, including the …

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