_{As a fan of Million Dollar Reload for many years, I was delighted to get the opportunity to talk to singer Phil Conalane in The Empire, Belfast on 15th August just a few hours before he went on stage to play the last gig as Million Dollar Reload and first as Blackwater Conspiracy. So the interview is effectively the last with Million Dollar Reload and first with Blackwater Conspiracy.}

_{Million Dollar Reload released two successful studio albums and a live album, toured across Europe and the USA and played Download on three occasions. They had been signed to Classic Rock’s Powerage record label and later to Frontiers Records at various times. Last year they started to move in a new direction and those plans came to fruition on 15th August when the band announced their new name mid-set and released a new four track EP as Blackwater Conspiracy.}

_{Three tracks from that EP and the interview with Phil were broadcast on the Friday NI Rocks Show on 21st August. That Show is available now from the MixCloud site -}

Interview with Blackwater Conspiracy on the Friday NI Rocks Show 21st August 2015 by Nirocks on Mixcloud

_{The interview has been transcribed and published below.}

_{I recorded and broadcast an interview with George Lynch in March following the release of his album with Stryper’s Michael Sweet - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1831-ni-rocks-interview-with-george-lynch.html . On the day I spoke to him, he and vocalist Oni Logan were due to start their final sessions to finish off the new Lynch Mob album. That album entitled “Rebel” is released through Frontiers Records on 21st August. During the interview George jokingly said that the album was going to be awesome, and he may just be right!}