FEBRUARY 22, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  
ANNAMARiA PiNNA OF VAJRA AND CUTS FROM THEiR DEBUT ALBUM "PLEROMA"

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  
JOSH JONES OF BEiTTHEMEANS AND CUTS FROM THEiR ALBUM "MARBLE CiTY SECRETS ARE OFF iN THE BLACK"

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  
STEF WiTH AN F OF CiTY OF THE WEAK AND CUTS FROM THEiR LATEST EP "DiSCLOSURE"

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH  
CLAiRE LONDON AND CUTS FROM HER NEW EP "HiT THE SWiTCH"

FEBRUARY 11, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - CRAWL
FROM THE JANUARY 2015 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

The band's EP ANTICIPATE THE FALL has been out of ra few months now and it's looking like you guys are getting a good deal of traction formt he recording. Now that it's been out there for all this time how do you feel about the finished work?
We're really happy with it. The band in this incarnation got together about two years ago. We got together to do this one off fundraiser gig for Cancer Awareness. Our drummer's mom passed away from cancer and we thought it wouuld be a great tribute to do something for her. So we pulled the old band together minus the singer simply because we couldn't find the old singer. We ended up tracking down a guy named MIKE WOLF so the songs that you hear on the EP are the result of a few months in the rehearsal studio just jamming and pulling things together. Given all of that and the circumstances and how quickly everything came together and not knowing MIKE from the day we met him we are pretty happy with the recording. You tell me what you think.

FEBRUARY 11, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - BLUE MOViE
FROM THE JANUARY 2015 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

The release of your EP is two days away. Talk about everythng that is going through your collective heads at the moment.
TONY: How does the word 'fuck' sound to you? How does that work?

LISA: It has been so much work. It's like an onion. There are so many layers with everything that has been going on up to this release that personally I am super excited. It's like we're breaking free out of our shackles or something and finally being able to share with everyone what we had been working so hard on.

TONY: 'Breaking free form the shackles' is exactly right! I'll actually be able to sleep for once in my freaking life. It' s been non-stop, you know?

FEBRUARY 6, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - A LiGHT DiViDED
FROM THE JANUARY 2015 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY JEREMY GiLLEY
A LIGHT DIVIDED, how did you come up with the bands name?
JAYCEE: Ok so, our story sucks. One day I'm gonna come up with a bad ass answer about how we got it but until then, the truth is, we needed a name, JAMES rattled it off, we didn't hate it and BAM! Here we are. Patience isn't exactly our strong point.

JAMES: I wrote a bunch of name ideas on a piece of paper, and A Light Divided was number 3. we couldn't decide right away, but after a couple of days it just seemed right. It doesn't really have a meaning, just came from the back corner of my incredibly distracted mind.

FEBRUARY 6, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - GHOSTS OF EDEN
FROM THE JANUARY 2015 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
The new single HAPPY is fantastic but how soon can people expect the full release from you guys?
TOM: The album offically comes out on February 10th. It's taken us along time to wrap up a lot of things with it. We've put  a lot of time and effort into it between artwork and doing press and promotion for it. We feel that February gives us enought time.

And you guys took to crowdfunding to get this album made. How did the funds go? Was it able to cover everything?
TOM: We put every cent that we made from the campaign into it.  Music is not a cheap passion to have.  We raised over ten thousand dollars and we gave ten perscent of the proceeds to an anti-bullying charity.  So ninety percent of it went to the album.

FEBRUARY 5, 2015
A ROCKWiRED MEDiA ANNOUNCEMENT:
This April  BRIAN LUSH'S ROCKWIRED giving it up for the women of independent rock.  We are living in times when women in music are  all either way too chirpy songbirds or dace diva's swinging on wrecking balls. Where the hell are all fo the women doing rock n roll? ROCKWIRED is making it our mission to find these hellcats  and giving them some recognition. This ain't ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE's first time  executing an undertaking like this. In April of 2013, ROCKWIRED issued our first ever special edition suitably titled A  FEW GOOD WOMEN and that issue became one of the publication's biggest hits.  Now we are all too excited to bring that special issue back.

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

JANUARY 28, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH THE FELLOWS FROM   PiQUED JACKS AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW LP "CLiMB LiKE iVY DOES"

JANUARY 27, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH RYAN BRYANT  OF JUMPSHiP ASTRONAUT AND THEiR NEW EP "HUMANS"

Who would've thought that one of the finer electro indie bands out there would be coming out of FLAMING LIPS country? I sure as hell didn't but the Oklahoma City-based band JUMPSHIP ASTRONAUT have issued a winner with their new EP HUMANS - a recording that combines the warmth of  analog with the computerized chill of electronica  and  the muted lyrics and impassioned delivery of front man RYAN BRYANT. The stand out tracks on this glorious recording include ALIVE, the pulsating CHANGE and the electrifying FASCINATION. Sure the brevity of the EP release leaves you wanting more but there is enough here to keep listeners eager for whatever these chaps want to release next.

JANUARY 25, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - BLiNDSiDE THUNDER
FROM THE DECEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

How soon can people expect the release of the new album 100 PROOF?
Right now we're going to go into the studio on December 5th. We've got all of the pre-production out of the way. We have the album scheduled for President's Day February 15th 2015. We're ready to go! We're jacked up and stoked about it.

And how do you think it's going to be different from the previous album THE STORM?
I think the songwriting is a little more mature. It's the same premise as the last album which was all about partying and having a good time and good looking girls and rock n roll. But this time around I think the songs are structured a little bit better. We spent more time in the pre-production. So this new album 100 PROOF will be right on target and be something fresh and new. With this album we're trying to set a different tone in rock music right now. You've the metal side of things and you have the pop side of things but there isn't any rock. Right now we are focused on making music that everybody can listen to and get something out of. They may not like all of the songs but it's a very wide variety of music that we are really hitting on.

JANUARY 23, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH AARON ROBiNSON  OF FORESHADOW AND THEiR NEW ALBUM "STRANGER END OF DEATH"

JANUARY 22, 2015

SOMETHING CLEVER gave me the honour of reviewing their new release SEASON OF DARKNESS which will be released on MARCH 17th and fans of SOMETHING CLEVER, you're in for a treat and even if you hate it, buy it for the fucking cover. It would make for an amazing poster or vinyl record cover. So SOMETHING CLEVER, there's 2 merchandise ideas for you. Anyway in regards to the album, I found it to be absolutely splendid. It's one that you have to sit and listen to from beginning through to the end. The guitar work on the intro is fantastic and I don't know why but it reminds me of BATTERY by METALLICA and I was anticipating, "LASHING OUT WITH ACTION RETURNING THE REACTION" but it keeps on a mellow level but despite that it's very powerful, especially as it leads into the title track "SEASONS OF DARKNESS". SEASONS OF DARKNESS is a pretty hard hitting track and ADAM NELSONS voice hits hard as it usually does.

JANUARY 18, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - OCTOBER RAGE
FROM THE DECEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

The new album FALLOUT, DUST AND GUNS is a great album. Now that it's out there for people to listen to how do you feel about the finished work?
I am much happier with this current release than I thought that I was going to be. It's absolutely amazing. We've had such great feedback. It's kicking ass and the songs are fun to play live which is an important thing as well.

And who all helped you guys behind the mixing board. Who all helped put this together for you?
We had ADRIAN HANNAN who worked on our last album. He was actually involved with the production and we recorded it in his studio in Melbourne Australia and then we did a lot of the mastering in Georgia with a guy named STAN MARTELL. We had done a little bit of work with him before but this is the first release of ours that he has actually worked on. We love his work. He's a brilliant guy.

JANUARY 18, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - BEYOND AMENDS
FROM THE DECEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY JEREMY GiLLEY

BEYOND AMENDS, what brought you past amends?
That name was brought about before I joined the band due to the previous lineup changes caused by alcoholic and pillhead members. Basically stemming from situations like "Hey dude, you're too fucked up to play"  escalating to "Fuck you dude, I own this band!" and ending with one or two less members.

JANUARY 16, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH FRANCK POTViN  OF ONE WAY MiRROR AND THEiR NEW ALBUM "CAPTURE"

JANUARY 13, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - RED SKY MARY
FROM THE DECEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

RED SKY MARY's new album is due out until early next year but since the production of it is behind you what your thoughts on what the band is about to put out?
I feel really excited about it. We certainly put a lot of work into this one and we think if nothing else that this album was a personal best. The production level on it is of a higher level and we also put a lot more into the songwriting end of things. We're pretty excited about the whole thing.

And when you talk about production who all helped you out with this album?
That would be JOHNNY K out of Chicago. He produced it and then MATT DOUGHERTY helped to engineer then thing. He also did some production as well. He was totally in the trenches with us. It was great.

JANUARY 13, 2015
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - CRASH MiDNiGHT
FROM THE DECEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH

How do you feel about the album LOST IN THE CITY now that all that has gone into making it is behind you?
What a lot of people don't know about this album is that it was recorded two and a half times. When we first got signed it was right after a couple of our members ended up having to move back home. They were twin brothers. They were our lead guitarist and our drummer. They had to move back home because there was some family stuff that they had to go back there for and we were down to half a band. We reached out for session musicians and recorded the entire album. We expected to go out on tour with them and the whole touring thing was just not for them. Here we are with an album with guys who aren't in the band any more. By the time all of the dust had settled with recording this album. ALEX was in a place where he felt that he could come back to the band and that ended up adding a whole other year onto the life cycle of this thing. So we ended up recording the album a second time and there were a whole bunch of other things that the label wanted to change. We ended up dropping a coupe of songs and changing some drum production values. This album really ended up being the longest process ever. But in the end we're really proud of what this album is and we'd better be because this album took long enough.

JANUARY 3, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH TOM PiNO AND BENNY ROSE OF GHOSTS OF EDEN AND A SPiN OF THEiR NEW SiNGLE HAPPY

JANUARY 3, 2015

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH BOBBY AND WALLY WALDEN OF THE HELLBiLLY BANDiTS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR FORTHCOMiNG CD

DECEMBER 22, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH SiNGER SONGWRiTER
JOSEPH EiD AND CUTS FROM HiS ALBUM
HUMAN

DECEMBER 19, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
LAURA COLE AND CUTS FROM HER NEW EP 
DiRTY CHEAT

In a digital download world where artist photos and clever packaging are often overlooked, LAURA COLE makes us pay attention. On the front cover of her raw, gritty and wildly infectious debut full length album DIRTY CHEAT, the quickly emerging, raspy voiced Ontario based singer-songwriter smiles playfully, relaxed in a wicker chair. The back cover finds her in a sexy black dress in the remote woods of Upstate New York, aiming and shooting a friend's licensed .45 - a wild episode that had neighbors calling out the SWAT team, thinking something sinister was amiss before the situation was defused as a big misunderstanding. That's the perfect metaphor for LAURA and her deep, complex artistry: the adorable badass. A compromise free, colorfully blunt songwriter, LAURA brings her edgy, soulful and distinctively bluesy musical vision to life with the help of two GRAMMY winning producers - STEVE BIGAS, who won his GRAMMY for engineering blues legend TAJ MAHAL, and the legendary DANIEL LANOIS, an artist in his own right whose vast resume includes GRAMMY winning albums by BOB DYLAN (TIME OUT OF MIND) and U2 (THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, THE JOSHUA TREE) and others by WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG, EMMYLOU HARRIS and THE NEVILLE BROTHERS. 

DECEMBER 17, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
SCARLET AND TREVOR OF THE SCARLET AND THE HARLOTS AND THEiR NEW EP WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH

The darling of college kids, classic and alt rock fans and excitable drag queens alike, the high energy, horn fired progressive blues rockers SCARLET AND THE HARLOTS carry on and blaze a path beyond the sacred rock and roll traditions of their home region of Northeast Ohio. Hailing from the Akron and Cleveland areas which gave us everyone from DEVO and CHRISSIE HYNDE to NINE INCH NAILS and THE BLACK KEYS, the eight piece powerhouse - led by the edgy, searing vocals of SCARLET, which have been compared to those of JANIS JOPLIN - harkens back to an amazing era in rock history (characterized by events like Woodstock and legends like JIM MORRISON) where artists were brash, no holds were barred, everyone was fun loving and the music made people feel alive. In an age where rock n roll is supposed to be dead as a door nail SCARLET AND THE HARLOTS prove that it is very much alive, kicking and (more often than not) screaming for mercy on the group's explosive new six track EP whose title echoes what their fans are feeling: WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH.

DECEMBER 16, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
GUITARiST STUART GREEN OF THE CANADiAN ROCK BAND CRAWL AND THEiR NEW EP ANTiCiPATE THE FALL

DECEMBER 13, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
TONY PARiS AND LiSA FOERDERER OF BLUE MOVIE (OR iS iT
BLACK FiLM?)
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW E.P.
SYNTHETiC III

Guitarist TONY PARIS and drummer LISA FOERDERER have been the only constants since the inception of the New York-based rock band BLUE  MOVIE.  Earlier this year we got a taste of the latest evolution of the band's sound which has them embracing electronics with complete abandon as evidenced by the EP's first single ELECTRIC WATER. Now the band's new EP SYNTHETIC III is here and now we get to hear the band's new lead singer ANTHONY NOTO take charge over the band's adventurous new material which includes an electrifying cover of two FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD songs PLEASURE DOME and TWO TRIBES. 

DECEMBER 11, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - ALOGiA
FROM THE NOVEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
Congratulations on the new album ELEGIA BALCANICA. You guys released this album in September so tell me what the reaction has been like so far?
Reactions have been very good  and very satisfying. I've been very surprised by the reactions.  I understand it for some reason because this is a return to ALOGIA's roots.  Our previous album was a lot more hard rock oriented  and this new album is a return to our progressive metal sound. It's the sound that we were doing back when we recorded our first album.  Reactions have been great but I expect more reactions.  September is very recent and I expect more reviews and more responses form fans  who have heard the album.

Who all helped you in the studio for this album? Who produced this album? Actually I was the producer. I have a home studio and other than ALOGIA I produce quite a few Serbian and Balkan bands. I've actually produced all of ALOGIA's albums to date. I just want to mention one more thing because I'm afraid that I'm going to forget it later. I just want to say that this album was released on MINER RECORDINGS. This is a great recording label. It's a Serbian label and they really support bands and they've really helped us out a lot with promoting the songs  and recording the videos.  They were the greatest support for us.

DECEMBER 11, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - HENRY ROLLiNS
FROM THE NOVEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY JEREMY GiLLEY
First off HENRY I would like to say that you are an absolute inspiration, role model, and someone that I highly look up to which I feel more people in my age range should take the time to listen to but aside from that, for the readers who may have no idea who you are, can you list out the outstanding achievements of your extensive career?
I've done a lot of work in a lot of areas in the entertainment business, I guess. A lot of albums, books, films, stuff like that. I can't say that any of it could be classified as outstanding at all.

Of all of your achievements, which of them do you hold the most dear as well what would you say has been the lowest point in your career?
 Not trying to get out of answering the question but none of it is dear to me. It's work. I take on a task, do it and then take on something else. That's all it is to me. Full involvement and commitment, then achievement. The achievement is the means to new tasks. I allow myself a momentary breath of satisfaction, like when a new book of mine comes back from the printer. I look at it for a minute, can usually find a typo, make note of that and put the book down. The book being printed doesn't make me feel anything but relief that there is now more room on the desktop to work on something else. Low points, there have been, however. I think one of them was after my friend JOE COLE was shot and killed next to me. I had to go on tour days later, it was a lot to handle with shows, press and people every night.

DECEMBER 8, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
JOWANNA LEWiS OF RADiO KSCR
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR CHRiSTMAS COMPiLATION ALBUM SCREW THE HOLiDAYS VOLUME ONE

The holidays are here and so is that dreadful Christmas music that gets played at every supermarket, drugstore, bank and dentist's office. Despite the wide array of artists who have covered these songs they all sound the same and the exude that same saccharine sweetness  that comes off as prescribed rather than truly joyous. For those of us that don't get caught up in all of this yuletide nonsense JOWANNA LEWIS and RADIO KSCR  have put together the Christmas CD for you. SCREW THE  HOLIDAYS VOLUME ONE doesn't waste time with reindeer with red noses, jingling bells  and three wise men but instead shines a light on everything that can be alienating, isolating and just plain fucking maudlin about the holidays. 

RETRACTION: In the December edition of BRIAN LUSH'S ROCKWIRED we provided the wrong photo for teh band CANARIES IN THE COAL MINES. The correct image is below. Their song  FALLING LIKE SNOW  is included in this podcast.

TO LiSTEN TO THE SHOW CLiCK HERE!!!

DECEMBER 8, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
AUSSiE ROCKER
RHETT MAY
 AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW E.P.
iNSATiABLE 

DECEMBER 3, 2014
 

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
SiNGER-SONGWRiTER
KAREN REED
 AND CUTS FROM HER NEW ALBUM
TRUE NORTH

KAREN REED burst onto the LA music scene with a fresh blend of folk-rock and blues performed with a unique guitar/ukulele-inspired flair. Playing to sold out audiences at local venues, she has cultivated an avid following of listeners who enjoy a night of fun, friends and live music with a message all can relate to. Her songs run the gamut from heartfelt to hilarious, taking audiences on a spirited lyrical journey through the technicolor landscape of life and love. Artistically, KAREN's sound is reminiscent of the warm earthiness of SUZANNE VEGA, the pop-island groove of JACK JOHNSON and the tell-it-like-it-is authenticity of MARY GAUTHIER or PATTI GRIFFIN. Her debut record, TRUE NORTH produced by singer-songwriter and guitarist JANET ROBIN (LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, MEREDITH BROOKS, AIR SUPPLY) features 10 original songs as well as an instrumental cover of the DON MCLEAN classic, VINCENT (STARRY, STARRY NIGHT) on ukulele.

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
SiNGER-SONGWRiTER
TYLER GiLBERT
 AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW ALBUM
OK MURPHY

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
BAXTER ROBERTSON
OF THE TiGER CLUB
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
MEPHiSTO iSLAND

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
RANDOM DANDER
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
THE SECOND CUMiNG

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
BRiAN JOHANNSEN
OF HEART & SOUL RADiO
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
THiEVES

In the mid-to-late 2000s, when SCHUYLER ANKELE (vocals/bass), JIMMY BLAIR (drums/vocals) and BRIAN JOHANNSEN (guitar/vocals) were tearing things up in their native Denver in their previous incarnation as part of a popular punk band, they had the privilege of touring with New Jersey pop/punkers BOUNCING SOULS. That group's lead singer gave their fellow indie rockers some simple but timeless advice: "Don't be so obsessed with the end game, enjoy the journey, not the goal." What started out as clever lyrics to pay tribute to Bouncing has transformed into the motto of the new alt rock power trio the three formed from the ashes of their old band in 2009. Truly embodying the DIY Spirit, HEART & SOUL RADIO does everything themselves - from producing and recording to building their own web page, doing their own photography with a timer, photoshopping and shooting and editing their videos. The dynamic clip they created for AINT NO LIFE LIKE THE LOW LIFE was shot with a single camera, a tripod and no cameraman - and then edited by the band. THIEVES is filled with single after single (12 tracks) of catchy, powerful, well thought out, vocal harmony laden rock tunes that blend inward looking serious themes (what JOHANNSEN calls "our own version of therapy") with clever lyrics and crafty titles. These include THE WALKING DEAD (NOT THE AWARD WINNING TV SERIES) - about those who live their life without passion - ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES, FU GUYS, I LOVE YOU, STARVED BY STARLIGHT and I SLEPT WITH JUSTIN BIEBER AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID SONG - written defiantly after a radio station told them they needed more sonic effects to be commercially viable. The subtitle of the track the album title derives from, THIEVES OF THE NIGHT (TRUE SCARS) refers to all the negative things and struggles indie bands like theirs have to put up with as they work towards their goals.

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
JOHN E. WILDE
OF BLiNDSiDE THUNDER
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR FORTHCOMiNG ALBUM
100 PROOF

BLINDSIDE THUNDER is changing the game in the genre of heavy and hard rock music. Incarnated from the ashes of past classic rock, blues and metal, BLINDSIDE THUNDER has created and established a patent on their unique style called "REBEL ROCK". Their creative hook driven songs that include heavy guitars and bombastic drums, creates stripper music for the imaginative house wife and that "smash the dashboard feeling" driving down the highway. With the core of the band arranged around a party atmosphere, BLINDSIDE THUNDER is known by their enormous fan base to be tongue-in- cheek about hot women, good friends and great parties! Even though the music may invoke a relaxed good time, the guys in BLINDSIDE THUNDER are focused and intense about ensuring their ever-growing fan base receives 110% at every show, performance and interview. Never forgetting where they have come from and always happy to help out a good cause in any way they can, the down to earth members of BLINDSIDE THUNDER, some of the most personable guys you will ever meet, go out of their way to support philanthropic endeavors. As three of the members have served in the armed forces, BLINDSIDE THUNDER feels a strong kinship with the everyday, hard-working beating heart of America, which elevates every BLINDSIDE THUNDER show to a higher level than those of their peers.

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
JOHN MORGAN REiLLY
OF RXGF
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
ANY OTHER WAY

In an indie world where most bands find their sound and stick to it without much imagination, one that can open our ears to some inspired sonic evolution is a beautiful thing. In the case of Seattle bred, internationally bound RxGF - a revamping of the group's original crafty moniker RADIOACTIVE X GIRLFRIEND, reflective of their new sound - producers and multi-instrumentalists JOHN MORGAN REILLY and JONATHAN PLUM chiseled the rock vibe out of their system on their first two popular albums. REILLY then made the discovery of a lifetime in young, multi-talented vocalist ANGELINE SCHAAF, whose mix of ethereal beauty and raw emotion (which REILLY compares to a young JIM MORRISON) adds depth and dimension to the group's new hybrid sound. Their latest project, the ambitious and texturally rich ANY OTHER WAY, blends Dark Wave with crossover elements of industrial techno, trip hop and what they dub "various transcendental impulses of the sublime."

NOVEMBER 17, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - THORNES
FROM THE OCTOBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
You've got this single out and the video for it is excellent. Tell me how you feel about the finished. work?
The fact of the matter is that the single that you are listening to - MARY- is not finished yet. It still needs to be mastered which we will probably be doing in the next couple of weeks. It's really just an mp3.

So once it's mastered is it going to be a standalone release or will it be a part of a n EP or LP?
You know it's funny that you mention that because I was in the studio last night working on putting together two new singles for our next show. We were thinking about making the song a  standalone but by the time that we release our new album I'm pretty sure that all of these songs will be on there.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - MAXXXWELL CARLiSLE
FROM THE OCTOBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
Right now you've got a new EP and a new single so how do you feel about the work that you've put out there for people to hear?
I feel really good about. My EP which was my last album release came out toward the end of last year and I've been doing a lot of promotion for it and I feel really good about it. The response has been good when I've done live shows in support of that material. It's been received really well by the crowd. I feel that it gives a very clear statement about what I want to do musically. It comes across the way I want it to

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH GUiTARiST
TOM BOiSSE OF RED SKY MARY
 AND SPiNS OF THEiR NEW SINGLE HOWL OFF OF THEiR UPCOMiNG CD RiVER CHiLD

RED SKY MARYis a Rock 'N' Roll machine. Over the last five years the band has been relentless in its quest to establish itself as a New England musical powerhouse. RED SKY MARY's fire-driven brand of Rock 'N' Roll combines early 1970's high voltage swagger with grunge influenced sludgy brutality. In the last year the band has performed all throughout New England, Boston, New York City, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Recently RED SKY MARY opened for BUCKCHERRY at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach. Other big name acts RED SKY MARY has supported include LYNYRD SKYNYRD and BAD COMPANY, QUEENSRYCHE, LEOGUN, EVE TO ADAM, JONATHAN TYLER AND THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, and PARANOID SOCIAL CLUB. A heavy gigging schedule coupled with radio performances, feature articles in SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE, and SEACOAST SPOTLIGHT awards including; Best new Act, Best Rock Act and two PEOPLE'S CHOICE awards, have propelled RED SKY MARY toward being one of the area's most exciting new groups!

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
LEAD SiNGER
SHAUN SOHO
OF CRASH MiDNiGHT
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR FORTHCOMiNG ALBUM
LOST iN THE CiTY

The band CRASH MIDNIGHT has a curious dilemma. They happen to be an anomaly in the Boston music scene which is currently some kind of hipster-haven with all of it's indie rock bullshit. To counteract this CRASH MIDNIGHT boasts some fat ass 70's styled heavy arena rock guitar swagger and you get it by the truckload on their forthcoming album LOST IN THE CITY which is due to drop on November 18, 2014. While the odds may be stacked against them in terms of what their immediate surroundings have to offer, that certainly wasn't a reason for them to not hit the road and hit the road they did. They've shared stages with the likes of THE PRETTY WRECKLESS and ADELITA'S WAY. Audience reaction from throughout the country has been enthusiastic. Maybe GENE SIMMONS was wrong. Maybe rock n roll wasn't murdered because the shit certainly ain't dead.

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

NOVEMBER 6, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - THE HOLY GHOSTS
FROM THE NOVEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
iNTERViEWED BY JEREMY GiLLEY
THE HOLY GHOSTS, how did you come up with the bands name? Do you view yourselves as holy ghosts or is that up the fans to view you in such a manner?
It's taken from a song by WILLIAM DOUGLAS and THE WHEEL called 'TOUCHED BY A SPIRIT' - this of course should be taken metaphorically and not literally. That of course would be wrong. 

Where is the band from and what brought all of you together? How long has the band been together?
We are from all over the UK but our base is in EDINBURGH. The truth is that the spirit of rock n roll talked to brother MACKENZIE, I found myself jamming in a blues maelstrom of biblical proportions at College. Shit got crazy, we are still paying the bill for the damage.

Recently you released your first full album RIDE THEM DOWN, how has the reception to the album been?
Biblical. 

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
 GUiTARiST
SRDJAN BRANKOViC
OF ALOGiA
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW ALBUM
ELEGiA BALCANiCA

ALOGIA is a group that was born from an idea of brothers MIROSLAV and SRDJAN BRANKOVIC.  The first album was released in 2002 (TALES OF TIME), and the second in 2004 (STORIES OF LIFE). Both albums were sold in the circulation of 40,000 copies, and the band for a short time made ​​a milestone in the former Serbian "heavy metal" scene and launched an avalanche of new and upcoming bands who started working under the influence of ALOGIA. Still, ALOGIA remains as the highest selling Serbian metal band. ALOGIA was featured as a show bandhas performed at many major festivals (EXIT BEER FEST, HENDRIX FEST, GITARIJADA ZAJEČAR ). They have also shared stages with NINE INCH NAILS, WHITESNAKE, APOCALYPTICA and SAVATAGE. In 2014 they released a single for the their latest album ELEGIA BALCANICA featuring the title track and VREME JE as signles.  "Elegia Balcanica" has been  released under the label MINER RECORDS.

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
BRiAN GOLDEN AND JESS NOVAK OF THE GOLDEN NOVAK BAND
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR SELF-TiTLED DEBUT ALBUM

OCTOBER 30, 2014

OCTOBER 28, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - MONGREL
FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED
What are you thoughts about REVOLUTION now that the work is behind you?
I'm psyched about it. I couldn't be happier with how it came out.  Today is the one year anniversary for our KICKSTARTER campaign for this album  so the release is kind of appropriate timing.  Thankfully people came through and helped us to pay for what we needed.  We got to work with DAVE FORTMAN who has produced some amazing records for GODSMACK. SLIPKNOT and EVANESCENCE. For this album we committed to working with him. One day I was listening to the  new AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE disc and I was wondering who mastered it. I knew that FORTMAN had mixed it and it was awesome.  So on a lark I asked him who mastered it. It was HOWIE WEINBERG. I looked up his name and the guy has mastered like eighty-five percent of my record collection. It was amazing.  It was everything from METALLICA to NIRVANA, SOUNGDGARDEN. the soundtrack for SINGLES and PUBLIC ENEMY.  I was like "holy shit"! I figured if we were working with FORTMAN already may be could email WEINBERG and get him on board and he wrote back and said that he would love to do it. I was like "What?" Even though these guys have worked with really big people there wasn't any ego with them and I had the common sense and the humility to know that these guys didn't need us.  By that time the funds from our KICKSTARTER had come through and we were able to make this thing happen. We had this amazing pairing of people working on this thing for us. The guys that we tracked with just did the new video for GODSMACK.  We have some legit players that we worked with on this. I think the results show as far moving things up to the  next tier for this band in terms of our sound.  I'm really proud of this new record.

OCTOBER 28, 2014
BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED HiGHLiGHTS - WAYLAND
FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2014 EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED

WAYLAND has this new single GET A LITTLE. Is this preceding a new release her for is this a stand alone kind of thing?
We're going to have a full album release int he Fall.  This is just the first single off of that album. We think that RENO is going to be on the album as well and that was released before GET A LITTLE. When RENO came out we weren't really sure if it was going to be a part of an album or just be a stand alone single.  As we started to put the material for this album together and RENO just happened to fit in with everything. When we print it up we want to make sure that RENO is on that album. GET LITTLE is our new single and it's on iTUNES right now. It's kind of the first glimpse of the new album.

And who all did you work with on this new album? Is it the same team that was behind the first one? 
It's not that we're not working with JUDE COLE anymore. It's just that we're not working with him as much on this record.  For this album it has been mainly the band our producer MIKE GURLEY and our engineer.  These were the guys that actually worked on our first two albums.

Is there a title for the new album?
Right now there isn't one.   Right now we've got about eighteen songs that are possibly gonna be on there and we want to whittle it down to twelve. Once we get that list more narrowed down I think we'll have a better idea of for what we want to call the record.

OCTOBER 23, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
ANTOiNETTE THORNES OF THORNES
 AND SPiNS THEiR NEW SiNGLE MARY

OCTOBER 22, 2014

ANNIE LENNOX goes for the familiar tranquility of the American Songbook on her latest album NOSTALGIA. Why is the ex-EURYTHMIC so determined to succumb to the fate typical of many an aging English rocker?

To buy or not to buy was the question. Two months ago there were rumblings about Scottish diva ANNIE LENNOX being on the verge of releasing a brand new solo album titled NOSTALGIA. Having been a fan of EURYTHMICS and an album here and there of her solo work I thought "Hey! Anything new from Ms. LENNOX is good news." The cryptic announcement came right after the release of BLONDIE's brilliant and overlooked album GHOSTS OF DOWNLOAD and CHRISSIE HYNDE's first solo album STOCKHOLM. It's been great to see my favorite women in rock release new albums in the same year. I honestly expected nothing from Ms LENNOX given her activism of late so  news of an album was exciting but what was it that she was she going to get all "nostalgic" about on her new release? Her previous effort was a Christmas album (A CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA in 2010) and while her take on yuletide hymns was indeed  a bit left of center this wasn't the same LENNOX I came to know - a post-modern beauty with an icy gaze and disillusioned perspective on romance that made for some of the most inspired, twisted pop lyrics of the REAGAN-era. Of course this prickly sense of songcraft was given extra sheen thanks to DAVID STEWART's musical backing and LENNOX's chilling contralto which could go from robotic to soulful in a moments notice. Given the sonic scope of EURYTHMICS' epic catalog (from the synth heavy bluesy romp of SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS to the orchestral HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN to the all out soul rock of WOULD I LIE TO YOU?) I wouldn't have blamed LENNOX for getting 'nostalgic' and revisiting her own pop past with that grandly understated interpretive sense of hers. I would've bought it.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
NiCK ROBERTS OF OCTOBER RAGE
 AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW EP FALL OUT, DUST AND GUNS

You always hear about America being the land of opportunity but in the case of Aussie rockers OCTOBER RAGE this country is more than that. For the past few years since the release of their 2012 album OUTRAGE the band has honed their sound on stages throughout this great land of ours and have built a tremendous following. They've even managed to share the bill with such acts as BON JOVI and SALIVA. Now OCTOBER RAGE has released their brand new EP FALL OUT, DUST AND GUNS with the stomping new single VALKYRIE and are currently on tour with bands ROYAL BLISS and BOBAFLEX in support of this rather fine new effort from the band featuring brothers NICK and WILLIAM ROBERTS (vocals and bass respectively) and newcomers KAI CHAMBERS (drums) and JOHN MCMULLEN (guitars). With cuts such as SIGNAL FIRE and END OF DAYS we've finally got a rockin little excursion from these chaotic times marred by ebola panic and ISIS.

OCTOBER 20, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
SiNGER-SONGWRiTER
SARANTOS
 AND CUTS FROM HiS NEW ALBUM NOT WHERE i WANNA BE

SARANTOS is finally releasing his long-awaited and eagerly anticipated 1st solo artist music album in 2014. SARANTOS' music has received rave reviews so far and he relishes this chance to pursue his life long dream. SARANTOS unique sound has been best described by industry insiders as "an emotionally poweful vocal style masterfully united with music that is a fusion of classic 80s rock blended with modern soft rock and pop music!" SARANTOS will offer a wide variety of music including soft rock, pop, country, dance along with some some international flavor.  SARANTOS has been writing lyrics since 4th grade and is passionate about the words he puts to the music. Music was always in his blood. Music was always a passion and much more than a hobby. Having undergone several personal challenges with SARANTOS' father passing away two years ago after a long hard-fought battle with lung cancer, dealing with personal health issues like asthma and allergies which affected his singing style, going thru life's ups & downs, the timing is finally right. SARANTOS main motivation, however, is to raise money for charity. 33% of any music related sales are going straight to charity! "This music will have a diverse style that will delight everyone's taste but will probably appeal to a core group of people in the 18-55 year old age range," says SARANTOS. "I personally believe that music is important to all people across the world and age is never a factor. It's finally time to pursue my life long dream! I realized that I can raise a lot more money for charity with my music than with any other business I currently own and run."

OCTOBER 20, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
ALViN HARRiSON
REGARDiNG HiS EXCiTiNG NEW PROJECT THE 99 AND CUTS FROM THE
NEW EP

We're all feeling it. The news tells us America is in a recovery phase, but it doesn't feel that way for millions who are still out of work, displaced from their homes, in poverty and facing the reality that the government we entrust to help us is self centered and feeds us lies every chance it gets. We're not alone in our creeping despair - and with the arrival onto the indie music scene of songwriter ALVIN HARRISON's musical collective THE 99 and its self titled EP, we have a dedicated advocate: with over 19,000 social media followers/fans and growing by the hour! You'll never see HARRISON's face (or that of his featured singer, ROCKY WHITAKER) on any album cover or in any of THE 99's popular, soul-searing YOUTUBE videos. That's because it's the message that's important, not the messengers. THE 99 creates infectious, incisive anthems for these troubled times, but the music serves as a trigger for heightened awareness and an instigator of a social movement. As THE 99 see it, Americans must unite. Our fellow citizens are not the enemy, but valuable allies. HARRISON, an ex advertising executive who played music in high school and college and toured professionally for many years, set music aside for a while. Now he's back, making music that matters - not for his own glory but as a call to action because, as he says, "It hurts me to see what's going on." If you're as fed up as he is, you can do something to help fix these ROUGH TIMES IN AMERICA - the name of the EP's opening track - and create a more hopeful era in the years to come, by supporting his unique approach. The lightning bolt moment of inspiration for ROUGH TIMES IN AMERICA, the gospel flavored song that launched the concept of THE 99 hit Harrison when he was in bed one night, trying out some new ideas on the GARAGEBAND APP on his iPad. "A news report came on TV detailing how the government would shut down and no one would get paid except the Congressmen and women who were the cause of the shutdown by their inability to compromise. I just got angry at this partisan crap that Congress is engaged in, which keeps anything from getting done at the expense of the people's needs. I had already composed the main instrumental sections of the song, and the phrase "Rough Times in America"  popped into my head. The next morning I went into the studio and transferred the guide tracks to the studio multi-track, and began building the song. The lyrics were the easy part. There is no shortage of issues to detail. It's probably the easiest song I have ever written."

OCTOBER 3, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
JANE BADLER 
AND CUTS FROM HER NEW ALBUM OPUS

OCTOBER 1, 2014

ROCKWiRED RADiO PROFiLES
PRESENTS AN EXCLUSiVE iNTERViEW WiTH
CHRiSTY FOSTER OF CHRiSTY AND THE PROFESSORS
AND CUTS FROM THEiR NEW EP VOiCES

CHRISTY AND THE PROFESSORS started out as an argument between a husband and wife. CHRISTY  had hidden her talent for years due to extreme stage fright. Frustrated, her husband NATHAN finally told CHRISTY that it was time for her to step out and that he believed in her music so much that he would learn how to play the bass. And, so he did! They started out as CHRISTY AND THE PROFESSOR - being that NATHAN is actually a professor. Eventually they decided that they would like to have a full band. So, a group of friends got together and had fun! Much to their surprise people were interested and the buzz began. While recording their first EP, local guitarist SHANE PITMON heard and  asked if he could join which brought their sound to a whole new level. After auditioning quite a few drummers, CONNER McKILLOP blew them away & he was added. CHRISTY AND THE PROFESSORS is a rock band full of heart, powerful vocals,. thought-provoking, uplifting lyrics, unexpected bass lines, dynamic guitar hooks and most importantly memorable songs.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - SCATTER THEiR OWN
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE AUGUST  2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

So when you went into the studio to make this album did you have the songs already or were these song that came together in the studio?
SCOTTI: We had the material already. And we have been played a few of the songs live on a couple of ocassions. We played FEAR TO TREAD and ALL I HAVE off and on over the last three or four months We finished recording the album in January in Albuquerque. We had to get with our producer LOGAN NIX. He also played drums on the album so we got together with him and laid stuff down before we got into the studio which is what we did the first time when we recorded the EP. The songs that have come out of this session are very raw. There are no keyboards or heavy production of any kind. What you hear is what you get.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE HiGHLiGHTS - KiCKiN KROTCH
ORiGiNALLY FEATURED iN THE AUGUST  2014 EDiTiON OF ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE

Congratulations on your ABORIGINAL PEOPLES CHOICE MUSIC AWARD nomination! Right on man! Thank you very much!
And now you guys have this album finished and now that it's out there for people to get a listen to how do you feel about the finished work? I love it but there is still a lot of work that could've been done with it. A we go we keep adding more to it. I think we might've rushed things a little too much just because we wanted to have a CD out there and to be recognized but I think if we had taken our time we could've added a little more to it. But I'm happy with the response. I'm a perfectionist. I always want the greatest but sometimes you can't always get that and you have to wait for the right time.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

THE LATEST EDiTiON OF BRiAN LUSH'S ROCKWiRED MONDO MiXTAPE SHOW
PRESENTS AN iNTERViEW  WiTH
DR. TRACEY WiLEN REGARDiNG  HER NEW BLOG
THE CAREER SELFiE
PLUS MUSiC FROM CHARMiNG LiARS, DEGRADE THE SIGNAL AND EMPERORS AND ELEPHANTS

Dr. TRACEY WILEN is the very first Dr. that we've ever had here at ROCKWIRED. She is a prominent thought leader and speaker on the impact of technology on society, work and education. We had a great discussion regarding her latest blog THE CAREER SELFIE. It was a fantastic discussion and we sort of brought it all back to the business of music making because no other industry has been impacted more by technology than music. DR. WILEN is a frequent contributor to the HUFFINGTON POST, the author of over eleven books and has been featured prominently in FORBES, CBS NEWS, FOX NEWS, USA TODAY and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.  Her new blog focuses on new work trends that will no doubt have you taking inventory at what you have to offer in the workforce. 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

The first edition of BRIAN LUSH'S ROCKWIRED MONDO MiXTAPE SHOW features an exclusiveinterview with indie film director GEORGE PAPPY regarding his new documentary film THE GREEN GIRL- a feature-length documentary about SUSAN OLIVER, known primarily today as STAR TREK's first iconic Green Orion Slave Girl (from the original 1964 STAR TREK pilot, reused in the 2-part 1966 episode THE MENAGERIE).  She was a highly- prolific actress in the golden age of television, a record-setting female aviator, an original member of the AFI DIRECTING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN, and one of the only women directing major TV shows in the 1980's.  Tragically taken by cancer in 1990, she's been inexplicably forgotten by the industry to which she gave so much of herself.  This documentary chronicles the remarkable achievements of her all-too-short life.

When you scan through what are supposed to be rock stations on the radio , the only place you hear guitar solos is on classic rock radio. No wonder you've got guys like GENE SIMMONS thinking that rock n roll is dead. In the world of modern metal one ax man has made quite a name for himself through his work with DEATHRIDERS, HELLION and now through his own solo work. MAXXXWELL CARLISLE - the metal guitar virtuoso and bodybuilder (why wouldn't a shred metal guitarist have a pair of guns like this guy?) has released his latest EP FULL METAL THUNDER. The short yet powerful set packs a punch with such blistering tracks as the propulsive title track, THE POWER OF METAL COMPELS ME and THE CALL OF METAL. More recently he has released a single VISIONS OF  SPEED AND THUNDER which precedes a forthcoming compilation of the same name.  In the upcoming edition of BRIAN LUSH'S ROCKWIRED, MAXXXWELL will be one of the guitarists profiled in our special feature KICKING AX. 

FOR iMMEDiATE RELEASE:

The music website ROCKWIRED.COM will be ten years old come New Years Eve but that isn't stopping ROCKWIRED MEDIA LLC - the company that manages the site - from kicking the celebration off a few month early with some exciting changes to their monthly magazine and their roster of online radio programming.

The biggest change is in the name of the monthly magazine. ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE is now BRIAN LUSH's ROCKWIRED. ROCKWIRED'S founder BRIAN LUSH explains the reason for the slight change in the magazine's moniker. "I've been running this thing for a decade now. With the magazine growing in terms of all who contributes to it I think it's important to drive home the fact that there is someone in charge." says LUSH "At the end of the day ROCKWIRED is my responsibility and - in an emotional sense - it's my baby. I'm proud of the work that has been done in the past for years and I think it's about time I put my name on it."

The magazine will brandish it's new name in the September issue which will be available Thursday September 4, 2014.

It's been so long. I seem to say that every five episodes of this show but who can find the time with the magazine and everything else that has to do with ROCKWIRED. The August issue is out there for everyone to read and so far the response has been pretty good. It's the annual ABORIGINAL SOUNDS issue and the issue was sorely lacking input form our contributor JEREMY GILLEY. Fortunately things are shaping up for the upcoming September issue which will feature contributions from GILLEY and hopefully a continuation of our ROCKWIRED CONCERT WATCH series. It's been brought up over and over (by me) that ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE is the first American Indian-owned rock magazine and flipping through the pages of the August issue I feel like we short changed people by not bringing up the exploits of TED NUGENT or WAYNE COYNE of THE FLAMING LIPS. Maybe I didn't bring it up because I felt all slighted by INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY not doing a story on us and figured I'd let them take up the slack, but what kind of attitude is that? I've been a music journalist for ten years now an I feel like I should have made at least one statement about these two assholes. I tried doing it onthis show and I don't think I did it all that successfully. I have not intention of dropping the issue. Please let be known that I think that COYNE and NUGENT are douches. Aside from this we spend the show talking about our future plans for ROCKWIRED.COM and ROCKWIRED MAGAZINE. It turns out that JEREMY is the grand nephew of rock n roll legend JERRY LEE LEWIS and televangelist JIMMY SWAGGERT. As you'll see below, JEREMY is out to prove tot eh world that JERRY LEE LEWIS is the DEVIL himself. Clearly we don't JEREMY enough to do.

Brother and sister, originally from Black Mesa on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, were born into the heart of a political land dispute separating them by a fence from traditional homeland and family. They grew up protesting the environmental degradation and inhumane acts of cultural genocide against their traditional way of life.Their musical style encompasses many genres of music including rock, punk, folk, world. JENEDA and CLAYSON are at home on any stage.  SIHASIN is a Navajo word that means "Hope and Assurance" and is the basis for the duo's new sound. Bass and Drums with vocal harmonies giving way to Navajo singing and melody creates a duophonic energy that leaves you with a feeling of Get Up, Stand up, use your voice and DO! Their unique new sound continues the power and energy of resistance for environmental and social injustices.

Citing influences such as RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, BOB DYLAN, TOM WAITS, THE DARKNESS, THE BLACK KEYS  and KINGS OF LEON, GHOST TOWN ORCHESTRA create a vibrant folk-inspired sound well suited for fans of rock & roll and alternative folk fans alike. LOGAN STAATS (guitar/vocals),VICTORMARTISIUS (guitar/vocals), IAN MARTINS (Bass/vocals) and PAUL VENDETTI (Drums) steadily morphed themselves into an experimental rock-funk outfit during the the early summer of 2012 in the forgotten ghost town of Brantford Ontario. What began as a simple collaboration project between the young but scattered musicians quickly transformed into a rambunctious hybrid of swaggering indie rock and danceable Folk not bound by any specific genre. Guided by sandpaper-gritty vocals, a blend of raw unpolished boogie rock, and unvarnished guitar parts these gentlemen of the stage are set to prove that anything is possible when you put you heart and soul into it.  

This ain't active rock! This is rock n roll and WAYLAND's front man MITCH ARNOLD ain't gonna let you tell him different. Back in 2012 ROCKWIRED first became acquainted with the band  when they released their debut EP WELCOME TO MY HEAD. Since that time. the band has honed their act  on the road. With a live set that is both pyrotechnic and legendary in it's own time, WAYLAND are taking advantage of this momentum and looking to release a new album later this year. This forthcoming release is preceded by a rockin' new single GET A LITTLE - a thunderously stomping tune that kicks out the motherfucking  jams like it's nobody's effin' business. And they say that rock n roll is dead!

In the years that ROCKWIRED has been doing ABORIGINAL SOUNDS we've been  pretty desperate to find a band of Natives that aren't afraid of turning up teh volume and just letting it rip. With all of the hip hop, blues, reggae and new age that has become typical of teh sounds comingout of Indian Country  we've been shouting out into the heavens this simple question "Where is the metal music?' Obviously we had to set our sites above the U.S. Canadian border and become acquainted with the band KICKIN KROTCH. Comprised of members of the Maliseet and Mi'kmaq Nations. KICK IN KROTCH take their inspiration from lifes hard knocks and set it to music you can bang your head to. Sure, the metal appraoch has set them apart form the likes of  FRANK WALN or a A TRIBE CALLED RED but their headbanging approach is showing signs of paying off professionally. THe band is currently nominated for  the prestigious ABORIGINAL PEOPLE"S CHOICE MUSIC AWARD on the strength of  their gritty self titled album.

 

What are you looking to as a release date for this album?
We're looking at releasing it towards the end of the year. Maybe around August.

So far how do you feel that ti's different from your previous release?
It's a lot more intense as opposed to 261 and BROKEN. There's been a lot of personal stuff that has been going on since JASON left and I personally put my own touch to it. I was worried that the fans were going to react to it very differently. And they loved it. They were like "Wow! It's like new life has been brought to BACK FROM ASHES!" They loved it. The reaction has been great.

What kind of scene are you guys surrounded by?
It's a tough scene. We're surrounded by a lot of indie music. That's what is hot right now and we're kind of smack dab in the middle of a thriving indie rock scene which completely goes against the grain of what we're doing. Indie rockers are minimalists and we're a band that puts on a big rock n roll show. We've got the loud guitars, big hair and makeup.

Minimalist is a great word to describe the current indie scene. Who all comes out to see you guys when you do a show?
It's an array of people. It would surprise you. It's kids that have never seen rock n roll shows before and their parents will bring them out because their parents grew up in the eighties and can remember what rock n roll used to be. We've got kids in the audience - anyone from twenty one year old college students to forty or fifty year old parents. A whole gamut of people come out to see us.