INTERVIEW (audio): Matt and Dhani of The Treatment

If there was ever a band that mixed youthful exuberance with kiss-ass rock ‘n’ roll riffage, then The Treatment have certainly nailed it. With two albums well and truly under their belts, numerous tours, including big name support slots such as Aerosmith, Kiss, Thin Lizzy, Steel Panther, Alice Cooper and Motley Crue, they’ve watched, listened and learned from the very best…and boy, have they picked up on it all!

treatmentThe ‘Second Bite’ tour – promoting their stunning 2014 ‘Running With The Dogs’ album – is now drawing to a close. It’s been a tour which has seen this young band draw upon all their experiences; delivering unquestionably their most polished performances to date.

We sat down with Matt Jones (vocals) and Dhani Mansworth (drums) backstage at The Waterfront Studios in Norwich and talked about the album, their new ‘look’ and their latest video release ‘The Outlaw’.

You can listen to our interview here:

 

The Treatment’s ‘Second Bite’ tour continues tonight (Monday, 20th October) at The Joiners in Southampton, Tuesday, 21st October at Exeter’s Cavern and on Thursday, 23rd October on Brighton’s seafront at the Audio.

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Hear the thoughts of King 810’s David Gunn ahead of their debut headline UK tour

The most controversial band in the world, King 810, unleashed ‘War Outside’ ahead of their debut headline UK tour! Check out the stunning live video from the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour filmed this summer here:

Hailing from Flint, Michigan, dubbed America’s most dangerous city due to high murder rates and violent crime – seven times the national average, vocalist David Gunn’s lyrics will tell you stories and paint pictures in your head depicting the quartet’s troubled lives.

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After perfecting their ferocious live show across America on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival with A7X, Korn and Trivium, King810 will lay waste to UK venues in September before joining Slipknot at Knotfest in October.

Tue 23rd Sep – BRISTOL Thekla
Wed 24th Sep – GLASGOW Classic Grand
Thu 25th Sep – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy 2
Fri 26th Sep – LONDON Islington Academy
Sat 27th Sep – MANCHESTER Academy 3

The ‘live’ set will include songs taken from their album ‘Memoirs of a Murder’ which is out now on Roadrunner Records. Get it on iTunes here.

The thoughts of King 810’s David Gunn ahead of their debut headline UK tour can be heard here:

Get with King 810 via these links:

king810.comwww.facebook.com/KING810FLINT@KING810FLINT

Thanks for listening.

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Here’s our interview with Delain’s Charlotte Wessels ahead of their tour of North America and UK

Busily packing for Delain’s next foray into North America, Charlotte Wessels took time out to chat with The Classic Rock Show about ‘The Human Contradiction’ album, released earlier this year.

Delain are on the eve of celebrating Charlotte’s tenth year with the group – something which is not lost on Charlotte and she makes comment on in the interview – and since signing with Napalm Records they have been able to make and stand by their own decisions. The independence that they have been offered by the label has reaped rewards as ‘The Human Contradiction’ is their most rounded and polished album to date; the songwriting and musicianship is there for all to see and hear.

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Charlotte also shared her thoughts on this freedom that Delain now have over their songwriting, as well as her feelings towards the work that the Sophie Lancaster Foundation continue to do in raising awareness of prejudice and intolerance.

This, together with hearing how much Delain are looking forward to returning to North America and later to the UK in November, makes for an interesting interview with one of the most recognised voices in rock, let alone the genre of Symphonic Metal.

Listen to our interview with Charlotte Wessels:

Links: Website www.delain.nl Facebook www.facebook.com/delainmusic Twitter @delainmusic

Delain’s album ‘The Human Contradiction’ is out on Napalm Records – buy it here.

Thanks for listening.

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Fist swinging, riot-starting, girlfriend-stealing, punch-in-the-face rock n’ roll! Big up the Aussie Massive

MassiveFullThrottleHi-octane rockers Massive stake their claim for greatness with their debut album “Full Throttle”.

Displaying a work ethic worthy of any of their Aussie compatriots, Massive think nothing of regularly traveling a thousand miles across Australia for a single show, and often return home battered and bruised. Their war stories are littered with live shows abruptly pulled by frightened security, or venues cutting the power mid-set. A self-funded trip to tour the West Coast of America involved avoiding arrest for bringing back most of the crowd from one of the shows to their hotel for an after-hours party.

“Full Throttle” is a breakneck all killer, no filler record which is brimming with attitude. Tracks like “One By One” fuse aggressive and anthemic choruses with fun-filled solos whilst the bass-heavy, testosterone-soaked “Dancefloor” is more sweaty circle pit than glitzy ballroom. The menace and grit of the band comes out in tracks like “Big Trend Setter”, which is an egotistical explosion of pure rock ‘n’ roll arrogance. “Now or Never” is a white-knuckle joyride with enough G-force to make your head spin, and the middle-finger-to-the-man numbers like “Hollywood” will whip up any crowd into an anarchic frenzy.

Musically, the band keep it simple and direct, with high-energy tunes set around infectious, rabble-rousing choruses that bring out the rabid rock ‘n’ rollers in the most sterile of crowds.

Massive have already been featured on the front of Classic Rock Magazine and they recently stepped into the studio to record 4 more songs to add to “Full Throttle”, including two new tunes and covers of AC/DC’s “If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)” and Aerosmith’s “Rats in the Cellar”.

The band have also confirmed their first visit to Europe, beginning with a slot at the Hard Rock Hell festival in November.

Massive are, Brad Marr – Vocals/Guitar, Ben Laguda – Vocals/Lead Guitar, Aidan McGarrigle – Backing Vocals/Bass Guitar and Jarrod Medwin – Backing Vocals/Drums.

“Full Throttle” is released on Earache Records on July 21st.

Go show ’em some love:

Web: http://www.massiveoz.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/massiveoz
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/massiveoz

We’ll be playing the track ‘Hollywood’ on Thursday’s show – click here for details – and will be running a competition to win a copy of Massive’s ‘Full Throttle’ courtesy of Earache Records!

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A little bit of this, that and the other on The Classic Rock Show

This coming Thursday on The Classic Rock Show, we’ll have a little bit of this, that and the other.

What do we mean by that? Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Prog Rock, Southern Rock, Blues Rock, a little stick of Blackpool rock (we’re joking). How does that sound to you?

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Oh yes…and we’ll have your requests to play too. The ‘Request-line’ opens at Midday today – look out for it!

Facebook event details are here.

Speak again soon!

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Here’s what we rocked out to Thursday night. #ClassicRock

It was great to see new faces joining us and rockin’ out along to ‘The Classic Rock Show’ last Thursday.

Bex is back next week – Thursday, July 3rd at 7pm – and she’ll make sure you get your fix with some LOUD tunes.

Here’s what we played on the show.

The Classic Rock Show playlist 26th June 2014

The Classic Rock Show playlist 26th June 2014

See you soon!

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Last week’s playlist is now available. #classicrock

Had a number of messages sent in via Twitter and Facebook pretty much as soon as the show finished, asking about the playlist from last week and when we would be posting it up. Well, here it is.

The Classic Rock Show playlist June 12th 2014

The Classic Rock Show playlist June 12th 2014

Looking forward to tomorrow night’s show. Some cracking requests to play for you and a couple of prime cuts from yours truly.

See you at 7pm (UK time). (click here for more details).

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