Joe Lynn Turner (JLT), the former Rainbow and Deep Purple vocalist is back with a new band called Rated X. The band also features Carmine Appice on drums, Tony Franklin on bass and Karl Cochran on guitar. Their self titled debut album was released on 7th November through Frontiers Records. (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1711-ni-rocks-recommends-qrated-xq-by-rated-x.html )
JLT was good enough to answer a few questions that we e-mailed through to him, talking about Rated X and earlier projects such as Mother’s Army, the Hughes Turner Project, Sunstorm and Over The Rainbow.
WHEN Skálmöld finished their soundcheck ahead of their Friday, November 14th gig (review here) we grabbed the Icelandic Viking metal men for a chat about the serious stuff, slaves, DNA and the price of a pint.
Read more: INTERVIEW: Skálmöld chat about the price of a pint in Iceland... and their tour so far.
WHEN Audrey Horne played Belfast as part of the Youngblood tour it is fair to say that the crowd was sparse - yet such was the strength of the performance that word of mouth has been such that nearly 10 times the actual crowd are now claiming to be present.
We, have the photographic evidence showing that several members
Read more: INTERVIEW: Audrey Horne's Arve reveals the secret to becoming an overnight success....
"DON'T go changing my favourite songs" croons Spike on 'C'mon' from the 2001 releaser of 'This Is Rock N Roll' and that is exactly what The Quireboys have avoided in their 30 year career.
Even with the release earlier in the year of 'Black Eyed Sons' this was going to be a stormer of year for the gypsy