I was lucky enough to be chatting online to Clifford Hoad, drummer with KINGS OF THE SUN and THE RICH AND FAMOUS recently. He very graciously agreed to answer a few questions I sent to him and to allow the “interview” to be posted on the ROCK RADIO NI website.
(AUGUST 2013 - UPDATE - New interview posted with Clifford following the release of the new album "Rock Til Ya Die" - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1292-ni-rocks-interview-with-clifford-hoad-of-kings-of-the-sun.html )
Read more: NI ROCKS interview with CLIFFORD HOAD from KINGS OF THE SUN
This tour was shaping up to be excellent , a great lineup covering great songs but it seems to have gone pear shaped ! (They had left Belfast out of the tour schedule for starters!) , it would seem that the originally announced line up has decided for unannounced reasons to depart from this project , the following statement was taken from Danny Vaughns facebook page
Read more: The 80s Rocked Tour , Troubled times ahead for the tour?
‘Shooting Star’ is released on iTunes on 18 November, and is the first recording to feature the band’s new vocalist Peter Ellis.<br
Now 74 years old, the great blues man, who’s influenced everyone from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix, takes the opportunity on this album to look back at his life.
“The life