Swedish band Sparzanza celebrated their 20th anniversary last year with the release of “Anthology – 20 Years of Sin”. This year, they’re back with their eighth studio album “Announcing The End”, which is their first release with Despotz Records. The album is released on 13th October. I spoke to singer Fredrik Weileby via Skype on 13th September to chat about the new album. You can hear that interview, along with three tracks from the album on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 15th September. That Show also features an interview with Rick Ruhl from American band Every Mother’s Nightmare and it can be found on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interviews-with-every-mothers-nightmare-and-sparzanza-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-15th-sept-2017/
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with FREDRIK WEILEBY from SPARZANZA
Many people will remember Tennessee based band Every Mother’s Nightmare for their two albums released through Arista Records in the early 90’s. They also released another three albums in the early 00’s and I’ve featured tracks from the band on the NI Rocks Shows for many years. The band never really went away and after releasing an EP in 2015, they release their first studio album in fifteen years on 6th October. The album “Grind” is released through HighVolMusic. I spoke to singer Rick Ruhl via Skype on 12th September to chat about the new album and much more. You can hear that interview, along with four tracks from the album on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 15th Sept 2017. That Show also features an interview with Swedish band Sparzanza and it can now be found on our MixCloud page - https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/interviews-with-every-mothers-nightmare-and-sparzanza-on-the-friday-ni-rocks-show-15th-sept-2017/
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with RICK RUHL from EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE
There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of August – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by over 100 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for July were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3180-ni-rocks-playlists-for-july-2017.html
On the Friday NI Rocks Shows during August there were interviews with Kobra Paige from Kobra and the Lotus and Jymmy Tolland from Bobaflex - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews.html
Before she joined Vixen drummer Roxy Petrucci had founded the band Madam X with sister Maxine. The band has a somewhat iconic status despite only releasing one album. In 2014 Madam X reformed and they have now signed with EMP Label Group for the release of a new album called “Monstrocity” on 31st October.
I posted an interview with Roxy back in January 2013 before the decision to reform Madam X but the band was mentioned - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1155-ni-rocks-interviews-roxy-petrucci-from-vixenjsrgmadam-x.html
The press release from Rock n Growl can be read below.
Read more: NEWS UPDATE - New Album from MADAM X Due for Release in October