Tag Archives: Hard Rock Hell 7 – Cirque Du Rock

Massive Wagons opened up Hard Rock Hell this year, playing the first set on stage 2 on Thursday evening, which was followed the next day by an acoustic set.  As this was the second year in a row that had played this festival, I was interested to hear how they …

Screaming Eagles formed just over a year ago and it’s been quite some year; from being this year’s winners at Highway To Hell in Glasgow to opening up Stage One on Friday 29th at Hard Rock Hell.  If you saw their set on the Friday you would not for one minute …

Having only arrived at Hard Rock Hell about an hour previously, Sister were thrown into music question time in the press room, and I took the opportunity to have chat with Rikki (bass) and Tim (guitar) about how 2013 has been for them. Fresh of their tour with Wednesday 13, …

Beginning Hard Rock Hell’s final day for 2013 on the Jagermeister Stage are The Jokers (8), who like Wildside Riot take the bull by both horns and give it a right good kicking, songs Radio and the title track from latest album Rock and Roll is Alive impressing the punters who are once again emerging …

Ow. That’s probably the thoughts of many punters this morning, but this is a festival so one bravely soldiers on and has their hangover on away by whoever’s on first. Luckily for everyone in attendance, that turned out to be Wildside Riot (8), back for a second year running and opening …

So Hard Rock Hell has come and gone again. The seventh year of the festival, now in its second year at Hafan y Mor Haven Holiday Park in Pwllhelli, Wales was this year under the banner of Cirque du Rock, creating a nightmarish circus freak show that saw ringmasters, clowns and …

As last shows of the year go, playing Stage One at Hard Rock Hell is not a bad way to end the year.  Following their set I managed to grab a few minutes with Crucified Barbara to see what the biggest highlight has been for them in 2013, writing their …

Just a couple of hours after their set on Stage Two I caught up with Alunah in the press room to find out what makes them stand out as a band, how they all met, any pre-gig rituals and what other band they would choose to be in.  Alunah are …

Before their evening set on Friday at Hard Rock Hell, I grabbed some time with the lads from States of Panic to find out more about their highlights for 2013, what’s next for them in 2014 and their upcoming album No World Order as well as their first impressions of …

Being a fan of Thin Lizzy I was very happy to be able to sit down with Damon Johnson from Black Star Riders to talk about the new band and how they chose their name as well as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose. If you haven’t yet bought …

Arriving for their third time at Hard Rock Hell, Logan were due to play Stage One at 4pm, but before then I sat them down for a little chat.  Their new album is due out in 2014 and is currently in the final stages of production.  I was interested to …

Just the second night of their ten date UK tour, Skarlett Riot played Stage 2 at Hard Rock Hell in the early evening…but before they got to do that it was down to the press area for interrogation by the waiting media.  Here Planetmosh caught up with Skarlett (vocals, guitar) …

Arriving at Hard Rock Hell 7 and heading straight into a day of interviews, Planetmosh managed to grab some of that interview time with Alx (bass) and Philty (drums) from Fatal Smile before their set on Stage 2 later that evening.   This was the penultimate show for the UK …

Early afternoon on Friday before their  set on Stage One I spoke to Benji Webbe (Vocals) and Arya Goggin (Drums) to hear more about their new album Kill The Power, how they met and what their highlight was for 2013. Their new album is due for release on 27 January …

Regular visitors to the Hard Rock Hell stages, Spit Like This were back again this year.  Their second album Normalityville Horror was released in May 2012 and I was interested to hear how the song writing process goes for the band and their highlight for 2013.  For those of you …

Mia Klose’s acoustic set on Friday at Hard Rock Hell 7 went down a storm even with a bit of a power cut at the end.  After a full day of interviews I dragged them back to the media center on Saturday for another interview to find out what has …

After two and a half days of hard rocking music, Lawnmower Deth were charged with closing this year’s Hard Rock Hell with their set on Stage 2.  Given that their stage time was not until 1.45am they had a little time free for interviews beforehand and I hope you’re sitting …

Possibly one of the nicest people in this industry I was happy to be able to speak to Pat McManus after the band’s set on Saturday.  Kicking off their current tour at Hard Rock Hell 7 in Wales, The Pat McManus Band packed out Stage One; starting their tour with …

Opening up the second stage at Hard Rock Hell on Saturday were The Jokers who recently finished their Spanish headlining tour.  We caught up with Paul Hurst (Guitar) and Wane Parry (vocals) later in the day to talk about their musical influences, song writing, first impressions and their very first gig, …

The last band to play Stage One at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, The Answer were at the end of a 40 date tour; wrapping things up in Wales for the Hard Rock Hellions….and what a last show it was.  I managed to catch the last 50 minutes of their …