Despite its remote location – in the crook of north Wales’ Llŷn Peninsula, between Snowdonia and the Irish Sea – Hard Rock Hell is undoubtedly one of the UK’s favourite festivals, often booking out a year in advance… and even before a single band is announced! That was evinced yet …
Read More »Hard Rock Hell IX – Highlights Review
This weekend, Wales played home to the heavily anticipated ninth cycle of Hard Rock Hell Festival, delivering yet another extraordinary event filled with die-hard fans, a copious level of booze, and over fifty bands from across the globe ready and willing to perform to thousands of rockers, all confined to …
Read More »Kelly Keagy – Night Ranger – HRH AOR 14/03/2015
US superstars Night Ranger made a triumphant return to the UK this past weekend, with a sell out show in London followed by a sensational headline appearance at the HRH AOR festival in Pwllheli – the first time the band had played more than one gig on British soil on the same …
Read More »Saxon to headline Hard Rock Hell 9
Saxon are to headline the ninth annual Hard Rock Hell, which takes place at Pwhelli in north Wales from November 12 – 15. The NWOBHM legends return to HRH after five years to play a mammoth two hour set covering their entire back catalogue. Other acts to be confirmed today include …
Read More »Hard Rock Hell VIII – Pwllheli, Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, 15/11/2014
Kicking off the final day of Hard Rock Hell VIII is More (6), who make a solid stand on the second stage and close with ‘Atomic Rock’ to a positive reception. Black State Highway (8) take the bull by the horns and give it a good kicking, breathing life into the …
Read More »Hard Rock Hell VIII – Pwllheli, Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, 14/11/2014
It’s sunny in Wales this morning. Yeah, you read that right, sunny. Not that it particularly matches the disposition of your PM team, as they battle against non-existent mobile signals in vain attempts to track down the extremely long list of artists we’re supposed to interview… But, whilst there are …
Read More »Blues Pills – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/14
I had a chat with Blues Pills at Hard Rock Hell this year. We discuss their UK tour, going off on tangents during songs and their continuing rise to prominence.
Read More »Black State Highway – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/14
I was lucky enough to speak to all five of Black State Highway at Hard Rock Hell this year after their set, discussing large audiences, touring with other bands that have B and S as their initials and what you wouldn’t expect on their iPods…
Read More »Massive – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/14
I talked to Jared from Massive at Hard Rock Hell this year about late night gigs, the best Australian lager (it’s not Fosters) and everything else in between.
Read More »Spiders – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/14
I had a chat with Ann-Sofie from Spiders at Hard Rock Hell this year about a number of different things and then let my geographical knowledge slip quite brilliantly…
Read More »BlackWolf – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/2014
It’s been a busy year for Bristol’s BlackWolf, culminating in a tour with Blues Pills and The Vintage Caravan, which included a stop at this past weekend’s Hard Rock Hell VIII. PM took the opportunity to hook up with the band to talk about what 2014 has meant for them, …
Read More »The Broken Chords – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/2014
This year’s Hard Rock Hell could possibly have been defined by the number three, given the amount of trios which featured on the bill… among them were The Broken Chords, who brought proceedings to a close on the second stage on the Saturday night. Before that, however, PM tracked the …
Read More »Theia – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/2014
Midlands trio Theia were one of a number of exciting young bands to grace the second stage at Hard Rock Hell VIII this past weekend. PlanetMosh took the opportunity to find out a bit more about the band… but, first, we got a lesson in pronunciation before going on to …
Read More »The Black Marbles – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/2014
The Black Marbles were one of a number of Scandinavian bands who made the trip to north Wales to play Hard Rock Hell VIII this past weekend. PlanetMosh took the opportunity to sit down with bassist Krister Selander and drummer Tobbe Bövik from the Gothenberg-based quartet to find out a …
Read More »Electric Mary – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/2014
PlanetMosh grabbed a chat with Electric Mary bassist Alex Raunjak shortly after their set at last weekend’s Hard Rock Hell, to talk about music and beer… well, what else would we talk about? Electric Mary’s new EP, ‘The Last Great Hope’ is out now. Read our review at http://planetmosh.com/electric-mary-the-last-great-hope/. Keep …
Read More »The Amorettes – Hard Rock Hell, 15/11/2014
It’s always a pleasure to chat to Scotland’s fiestiest female rockers, The Amorettes, and we at PM didn’t really need an excuse to sit down for a good old-fashioned chinwag following another raucous performance at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, and discuss progress on their debut album and their forthcoming …
Read More »Carousel Vertigo – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/2014
PlanetMosh caught up with French hard rockers Carousel Vertigo following their debut UK festival appearance at Hard Rock Hell this past weekend, to chat about touring with Status Quo, their debut album, ‘Mighty’, their first ever UK headlining tour and their plans for 2015: Keep up with developments in the …
Read More »The Texas Flood – Hard Rock Hell, 14/11/2014
Having won this year’s Highway To Hell competition, Welsh blues rockers The Texas Flood had the honour of opening the second stage on the first full day of Hard Rock Hell. Afterwards, your intrepid PM correspondent tracked down the trio for a chat about the experience, their recent album ‘Young …
Read More »Hellion Rising – Hard Rock Hell, 13/11/2014
Following their appearance on the opening evening of this year’s Hard Rock Hell, PM sat down with the guys from up-and-coming North East metallians Hellion Rising to talk about their experience, the debut album, ‘Eight Of Swords’ (reviewed at http://planetmosh.com/hellion-rising-eight-of-swords/) and their plans for 2015: Keep up with developments from …
Read More »Hard Rock Hell VIII – Pwllheli, Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, 13/11/2014
As the HRH masses once more descended upon a remote corner of north Wales for this year’s eighth instalment, the PlanetMosh team also assembled from several corners of the UK to brave the early winter weather, hard-as-concrete camp beds, dodgy heating and copious amounts of alcohol to report from the …
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