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NI ROCKS interview with JEFF SCOTT SOTO

Published: Friday, 05 April 2013 00:00 | Written by NI ROCKS | Print | Hits: 8549

Jeff Scott Soto kicked off the “Damage Control” European tour in Belfast on Thursday 4^th April. Jeff is a prolific recording artist and over the past 30 years has been lead singer for many bands including Talisman, Journey and W.E.T. “Damage Control” is Jeff’s fifth solo studio album and was released by Frontiers Records in 2012. The second W.E.T. album “Rise Up” has just been released in February 2013. Jeff took about 15 minutes to talk to me just before heading on stage at the Limelight.

Anachronistic yet relevant - one fat dude who knows how to entertain

Published: Friday, 05 April 2013 15:34 | Written by Jonny | Print | Hits: 4022

FIRST some facts - when the Sex Pistols were scandalising the British press an overweight American and his composer partner were sitting atop the album charts with an overwrought platter filled with psalms to smalltown Americana.

Rocking out for redemption with Audrey Horne

Published: Friday, 29 March 2013 07:43 | Written by Jonny | Print | Hits: 4224

SMALL towns - much the staple of American fiction; so much so that the introverted, eccentric nature of small towns was immortalised in the surrealistic drama Twin Peaks. And it is from a small town in Norway that a band named after a Twin Peaks character are preparing to descend on the UK and Ireland - including a stop in Belfast.
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NI ROCKS recommends “Devil’s Dance” by SPITFIRE

Published: Thursday, 28 March 2013 00:00 | Written by NI ROCKS | Print | Hits: 5493

_{Thirteen tracks of no nonsense, hard hitting rock music is what you get from German band SpitFire on their debut album “Devil’s Dance” which is released on SPV’s Rookies & Kings label on 29th April. Instantly likable, fast paced tunes with great vocals and a healthy number of soaring guitar solos ensure that this album was going to make it into the “NI Rocks Recommends” section. You gotta love it when young bands can deliver that “classic” sound so effectively.}

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