Given that Jaded Sun are a Dublin group with an average age of 24, their resemblance to Led Zeppelin et al is noteworthy, since that bottle-of-whiskey-and-40-fags-a-day vocal ain’t so easy to emulate. Certainly, their technique and execution are above reproach, and Jaded Sun’s indefatigable energy and ebullience impose on the listener. But it’s still a bloody-minded snub of the zeitgeist, and whether there’s really a need for an Irish Whitesnake remains to be seen.
Given that Jaded Sun are a Dublin group with an average age of 24, their resemblance to Led Zeppelin et al is noteworthy, since that bottle-of-whiskey-and-40-fags-a-day vocal ain’t so easy to emulate. Certainly, their technique and execution are above reproach, and Jaded Sun’s indefatigable energy and ebullience impose on the listener. But it’s still a bloody-minded snub of the zeitgeist, and whether there’s really a need for an Irish Whitesnake remains to be seen.
Portumna, Co Galway-based four-piece rock band Big Generator have been touring extensively over the past few years, particularly around Europe. They've also been busy guesting with similarly inclined acts such as Whitesnake and Joe Satriani. Following the success of the singles 'Don't Walk Away' and 'Sometimes' which were minor radio hits in Ireland, the band have now released their debut album On The Line on a Dutch-based label.
The finger lickin’ Southern fried rock band du jour, Black Stone Cherry, pay a pre-Christmas visit to the Dublin Academy on December 16. Tickets are €22.
Hot on the heels of The Darkness' blitzkrieging of The Brits – is it me or is Justin's lunchbox getting bigger? – comes this equally bulging 38-track compendium of cock rock heroes past.
Rob Thomas has got a voice that manages to transcend the limits of the material and his band are accomplished at producing a classic rock sound that is certainly preferable to the horrors of Nickelback and Creed.
It'll take more than a clapped-out tour bus to stop The Answer emulating their heroes. Ed Power hears how the Downpatrick rockers' burgeoning fan club already includes Jimmy Page and Philomena Lynott.
Julie Feeney, Ron Wood and Kazakhstan’s answer to Will Young are just some of the artists who’ve availed of Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott’s Dublin studio. He talks about life as a budding recording mogul
Monolithic Baby is all about old skool rawk and while it seems like harmless fun on first listen, you soon start to remember that this kind of pre-pubescent rifforama wasn’t exactly life-changing stuff first time around.
In accordance with the many anti-corporate codes of honour that make life in the Ed-Ved band seem akin to a ten year stretch in some post-grunge version of the Navy Seals (or worse, a spell as Rage Against The Machine’s stylist), the Jam have done the Dead thing and assembled a whole slew of official live bootlegs, each one slated for release in the very territory it was recorded in.
The Fathers of Heavy Metal? "That child is not mine!", roars JON LORD, who played keyboard through 25 years of DEEP PURPLE splits, reformations, recriminations and tears. Now he's got a new album and tour reuniting the classic "Deep Purple in Rock" formation to talk up, with side-swipes at Metallica, the David Coverdale/Jimmy Page album, and just why Coverdale's sexually explicit lyrics made the Lord "a tad embarrassed."
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Jim Corr-endorsed four-piece Karrier have wowed the Dublin indie circuit and supported Pink at Malahide Castle. Now, the band are looking to make a big impact with their debut album.
The mother of Philip Lynott has seen her home in Dublin double as a place of pilgrimage for fans of the Irish rock legend – and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Depending on your viewpoint, it was either a glorious marriage of rock and classical music, or an overblown travesty by proggers who had lost the plot. Now, Deep Purple’s fabled ‘Concerto For Group and Orchestra’ is coming to Ireland. Its creator Jon Lord talks about the piece – and the controversy it created
Radio Ulster’s Donna Legge ensures there’s no punching below the belt as she and two of the north’s other leading DJs - Maurice Jay and Johnny Hero - come together to discuss the local music scene, on-air rows with James Galway and prank calls to Sellafield.
Former Almighty man Ricky Warwick returns to the fray with the release of his second solo album, Love Many Trust A Few, which features contributions from Joe Elliott, Emm Gryner, Simon Carmody and former Whitesnake man Vivian Campbell.
Metallica have emerged as the most popular metal band in Ireland to judge by their showing in the chart of the one hundred best metal tracks of all time as chosen by the readers of Hot Press and the listeners to 2FM’s increasingly popular Metal Show.
Genital warts, cherry popping, male pattern baldness, archery and kate moss… it's access and, indeed, excess all areas as hotpress readers subject darkness mainman Justin Hawkins to a thorough probing.
For connoisseurs of indie music, the Hot Press New Band Stage will provide a weekend-long bonanza. Here, Patrick Freyne selects 10 acts who will grace the stage that are essential viewing.
Sex? Yep. Drugs? Uh-huh. Rock 'n' Roll? Yesireebob! Aerosmith were no strangers to the unholy trinity of debauchery during the '70's and early '80's but find that having cleaned up ten years ago they're now cleaning up with the punters. Not that they're beyond having fun, fun and, er, more fun as our resident boogiemeister Stuart Clark finds out.
They say he s a Man Of The World it s just that for two decades the world in question happened to be Saturn. andy darlington meets peter green, the man who created fleetwood mac, then wrote the longest suicide note in rock n roll history.
Our annual HP-7 summit brings together some of the pre-eminent movers and shakers in irish music to reflect on everything from backstage catering to the end of war, pestilence and famine. Your host: Stuart Clark.
Returning from an extended hiatus, Manic Street Preachers are in stridently upbeat form. In a revealing interview, they reflect on their enduring cultural imprint and talk about long lost Manic Richey Edwards.
It’s been a long, strange trip for David Grohl, from Nirvana drummer to Foo Fighters frontman, via Queens Of The Stone Age and Tenacious D. Now he’s back with a new Foo album, he’s buried the hatchet with Courtney Love and he’s still as rock’n’roll as ever
