Opinion

A cold Friday at the end of November finds me back in the Cathouse in Glasgow for the UK leg of Michael Monroe’s Horn’s and Halo’s world tour, but the temperature doesn’t matter when for my money you have one of the best front men in the rock scene at …

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 …

After what can only be described as an absolutely cracking set on the last day at this year’s Hard Rock Hell, I caught up with Pete Spiby from Black Spiders.  Having just finished around six weeks of touring it was good to hear their set being described as one of his …

Currently in the midst of their fourth European tour Canadian band Striker have finally made their way to the UK for the first time and Hard Rock Hell 7 was their penultimate show before heading off to mainland Europe.  Being new to our shores Planetmosh took the opportunity to find …

Tonight’s gig was supposed to be headlined by Bristolian gore merchants Amputated, but unfortunately the brakes on their hired tour bus failed as they travelled to meet the ferry, and therefore the band were forced to cancel a gig for the first time in their 11 year history.  Nevertheless, promoter …

Arrived at Sound Control for a promising night of metal mayhem. Doors supposedly at 7pm, hence arrival time 7:10pm to find the shutters down. After a couple of walks round the block and about 30 minutes stood trying to shelter from the rain, someone finally got round to telling the …

Despite having arrived at Hard Rock Hell just a few hours earlier, Cage The Gods were off on their interview path and Planetmosh caught up with them early on. Only forming a year ago their set on Stage 2 later that day was superb, with more confidence and finish than …

PlanetMosh recently caught up with Michael Monroe on the UK leg of his Horns and Halos world tour for a chat with the high energy front-man of the band. We talked about how the tour was going, shopping and what he likes to do when he isn’t working plus other …

One of the first bands on the Planetmosh interview sheet at this year’s Hard Rock Hell was the always fun Attica Rage. Some of you may already have their latest album 88MPH.  Some of you may already know about their new single Long Ride Home, but do you know about …

Opening the bill for two bands of the quality of tonight’s ‘co-headliners’ was never going to be an easy task, but LA veteran newcomers Venrez did their task with aplomb and confidence – perhaps buoyed by vocalist Stephen Berez’s earlier sampling of the finest whiskey ever distilled, Black Bush. Despite …

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 …

Todays gig was slightly unusual for me.  No it’s not the fact it was held in a small venue in Holland so required a long journey to get there – no, the strange part was the time.  Instead of a 7pm start and late finish, this was billed as a …

Tonight was my second time in a week seeing Beth Hart and support act Martin Harley.  Once again the night kicked off with Martin Harley, a singer/songwriter who performs solo.  He sits and plays a lap guitar while singing.  He’s got a very good voice and his guitar playing is …

Tonight’s gig was one I’d been really looking forward to since I first listened to the band’s single “Boo hoo hoo”.  More recently I’ve been listening to their forthcoming album (also called Boo Hoo Hoo) which has just been released in Germany and comes out in the UK in January.  …

  Planetmosh took a road trip up the A55 to Colwyn Bay to meet up with the boys from I.C.O.N. where they were playing (finally) the last gig of the tour promoting debut album ’New Born Lie’, a tour which has seen them play the length and breadth of the …

The night opened with Solemn Promise, a local hardcore band.  Most of the band are fairly static as they play, but Dan Hodgkins on vocals never stands still for more than a second or two.  The band tell the crowd that the songs they’re playing tonight are all from their …

Tonight’s gig at the historic Roundhouse was to be a true music legend – Peter Frampton. The former Humble Pie singer/guitarist has had a long successful solo career, but somehow I’ve never quite got round to seeing him in concert until tonight. Tonight there’s no support act just Peter Frampton …

The night kicked off with Martin Harley, a singer/songwriter who performs solo.  He sits and plays a lap guitar while singing.  He’s supported beth Hart in the past, and listening to his set tonight, it’s clear why she’s invited him back to play on some of the dates on her …