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Barnsley’s most famous NWOBHM band Saxon headline at The Ritz in Manchester celebrating St George’s Day. Tonight’s performance from The Quireboys was an excursion of rock and roll blues with drenching and heart throbbing riffs. Vocalist Spike has this explosive energy with so much feel and emotion of letting go …

Recently I caught up with Scottish metallers Dana O’Hara as they took part in waving goodbye to Dirty Rose (also interviewed here on Planetmosh that same night). The boys gave us a little bit of background into just what it means being in the band along with their thoughts and …

On a bitter sweet night in Bathgate near Edinburgh, I saw a band who I not only had the pleasure of sharing the stage with at times but also count as mates of mine in the metal scene up here, call time on a career that’s been on the go …

During their whistle-stop visit to Scotland at the weekend I caught up with the boys in Severenth to discuss their sound, their set, what makes them tick and just why they love doing what they do. Severenth are: Peet Bailey – Vocals Adam Sidor – Guitar Ste Ensall – Guitar …

Nine Miles South are a “hard hitting, riff heavy and melodic hard rock band.” According to their own words. ” With a softer more blues oriented side as well as an overall country vibe.”   These guy’s are the real deal.  A very new ( un-signed ) underground rock group, who …

It would seem that metal fans, blues fans and rock and roll fans alike all love a bit of The Graveltones cause these two manage to do it heavy, they do it loud and they do it proud, having seen them recently supporting Rival Sons. I caught up with the …

Following Planetmosh’s review of Karnya’s stunning album ‘Coverin’  Thoughts’, we decided to grab keyboard maestro Dario and ask him about the bands beginnings, the album and their future plans. The album is without doubt one of my personal highlights so far of 2013 and well worth checking out if you …

Voodoo Highway’s second album, Showdown, is out this month and we sat down with bassist Filippo Cavallini to get a little bit more info from them on just what makes them tick. Hi guys and thanks for taking the time to chat to us today. Before anything else, for those …

On the strength of seeing Helloween a couple of years ago dominating Hard Rock Hell 4 in Prestatyn, I jumped on a train and travelled down to London to catch them again on their Hellish Rock Part 2 with fellow countrymen Gamma Ray supporting them for another dose of power metal.

  The un-matchable guitarist Mr Michael Schenker,of UFO and Scorpions fame, also known for his solo group ( The Michael Schenker Group ), brought his powerhouse of sound the “Temple Of Rock” show to Rock City, Nottingham this weekend. On stage tonight with Michael were the ex-Scorpions star’s Herman Rarebell on …

After counting down for weeks, the moment had finally arrived. I was finally going to get to see Hypocrisy for the first time! I was probably more excited than a 5 year old at Christmas! Since the gig started at the most random time of 16:30 (what kind of time …

The second day at the HRH AOR and Prog event started early as I was interviewing Arthur Brown two hours before the first band started.  Sadly that meant two hours less sleep than I’d have liked, but the early start was well worth it to chat to such an amazing …

This weekend was to see the first HRH AOR festival and the first HRH Prog festival.  Uniquely both events were being held at the same venue on the same weekend.  This sounded like a crazy idea at first, trying to run two events side by side, but the organisers had …

Tonight was a great lineup – Serenity who once again are playing London, and with them are Visions of Atlantis, here for their first ever UK show.  Both bands have new albums released around the day of the gig, so fans are expecting to hear some new material as well …

I caught up with drummer Michael Miley from Rival Sons in the beautiful setting of the Shepherds Bush Empire in London, just before the gig proceedings that night. Michael talks about touring, time back home, future plans and more juicing! Camera operated by Planet Mosh photographer Linda Heron. A special …

Interview by Helena Rosendahl It’s always uplifting to hear about a young musician being plucked from obscurity and given the opportunity of a lifetime, especially when it’s free from the clutches of Simon Cowell and reality television. Manchester-born Luke Appleton is no exception. A hard-working musician from his early teens, …

Saturday saw the last night of Skid Row’s recent UK tour and being sold out is definitely one hell of a way to end a tour!  Ahead of the show I sat down for a chat with Rachel Bolan (bass) to talk about rock cruises, tattoos, crazy times on stage, …

I spoke to Crash Summers and Joedy Rose from British band Summers at the HRH AOR festival in Rotherham where they opened the proceedings on stage 2 on the Sunday.  Listen to what they had to say using the player below.   Summers interview http://www.officialsummers.com/    

I spoke to Mikko Von Hertzen, from Prog band Von Hertzen Brothers to talk about their latest album, Nine Lives, their tour, and more, shortly before they went on stage at the HRH Prog festival in Rotherham.  You can listen to what he had to say using the player below. …

I spoke to Sonja Kristina, singer of veteran Prog band Curved Air at the HRH Prog festival in Rotherham shortly before they played in a freezing cold venue, and talked about their upcoming shows, their next album, and more.  You can listen to what she had to say using the …