Mad About Rock

  British rock band Bush formed in 1992 and released their debut album 'Sixteen Stone' in 1994. Now, in 2025, they have just recently released their tenth album, 'I Beat Loneliness', via earMusic. We spoke to the frontman of the band, Gavin Rossdale, to find out all about the new electrifying release, which is one of their most personal and honest records to date. The day I spoke to Gavin was Wednesday Evening UK time on the 30th July, the day of Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession in Birmingham and Gavin briefly touched on the power of Ozzy in the beginning of our conversation as we exchanged pleasantries, commenting "There is a lot about Ozzy in the air and debt that we owe him."  I also caught Gavin on a day off from the Shinedown American tour, in which Bush is supporting. Gavin was excited and eager to share his tour experience. "It has been really amazing to play this new record live and integrate it with the other songs. It's a bit more expe...

  TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe) hails from the seaside town of Newquay, Cornwall. TOOTH GORE sprang to life in late 2021, but it wasn’t until last year that Kobi started turning heads and making waves. TOOTH GORE dropped his debut album, 'Halloween', last Spring, and tracks from the record picked up widespread global radio airplay. Kobi is now ready to step up further and is loaded with his best work in the shape of his new album, 'For Losers, By Losers'. We exclusively checked in with and interviewed UK solo Punk artist TOOTH GORE (aka Kobi Joe). He is set to release his brand new album, 'For Losers, By Losers', on Friday, June 6th. TOOTH GORE is also poised to release the deeply engulfing single and video, 'I Hate My Collarbones', which lands everywhere on Friday, May 30th. Read on to find out about TOOTH GORE! How and when did the project form? Growing up, I was obsessed with the punk music of bands like PUP and Jeff Rosenstock, as well as the hectic sur...

  The unstoppable Welsh alternative crew, Revolution Rabbit Deluxe charge on with their thunderous new single and video, 'Parabellum' -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9lHLMpse4 .  The alt crew recently signed a deal with the indie imprint Bad Monkey Records. Loaded with a new single and with the promise of their sixth album on the way, with the band on the rise, we caught up with the guys to find out more... What is the full band line-up, and who sings and plays which instrument? The line-up is Rev Rabbit (Guitar, Synths, Vox); Max Perera (Guitar, Vox); Lee Titters (Drums) and Tim Lawley (Bass). How and when did the band form? Also, can you tell us anything interesting about your hometown? Rev Rabbit: The band originated as a solo project by Rev Rabbit, but it expanded with members from an autism group that I was attending. Those members have long since departed, but that musical journey led me to Max, our amazing lead guitarist and an awesome drummer, Lee. Sad...

  Manchester-based Art-Rock/Post Hardcore outfit Pleiades have been making waves since their critically acclaimed second EP ‘All At Your Mercy’ and now they are gearing up to release their highly anticipated debut album and are ones to watch in the rock/metal scene with their diverse sound and interesting topics they address on their debut which is titled 'Affinity With' which is released 29th September 2023. 'Affinity With’ is inspired by stories of empathy and human nature. We discuss the band's upcoming debut with vocalist Andrew Calderbank and bassist Josh Edmondson. I have to ask the obvious question before going into the album. How did you come up with your band name PLEIADES? Josh: So it was actually our old drummer who came up with it because we did initially set out to be a 3-piece with no vocalist as at the beginning we wanted to be a post-rock band so we were toying with that idea for the better part of six months and jamming and trying to make the whole thi...

  Japanese rockers MAN WITH A MISSION is one of the most successful rock bands in Asia. The half-man, half-wolf collective consist of Tokyo Tanaka (vocals), Jean-Ken Johnny (guitar, vocals, rap), Kamikaze Boy (bass), DJ Santa Monica (DJ), Spear Rib (drums). They have been a part of major cultural moments in Japan and beyond. Their songs have soundtracked numerous films, TV shows, video games, sporting events and TV commercials (as you will find out below). They have recently released two new tracks, which are the opening and closing theme songs for the massively popular anime series Demon Slayer. They will bring their new songs to audiences across the globe with The Wolves On Parade tour, which kicks off in the US on May (14th), and they will hit the UK and Europe for a string of June dates. We caught up with Jean-Ken Johnny to learn more about their new singles, their tour and more! So firstly, let’s get the obvious questions out the way – how did you arrive at your band name and ...

  Irish rockers Pale Blue Moon have just unleashed a new single, ‘Rise Up’ taken from their debut album ‘The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out’. Their debut has been topping the Irish Album Charts, and the lead single ‘Supernatural’ entered the iTunes Charts at #2, and its follow-up ‘It’s Not Real’ topped the chart and premiered on Kerrang! Radio before storming the mainstream Irish radio stations. With their debut album going down a storm Mad About Rock caught up with vocalist Shane to find out more about the band and their anticipated follow-up to their successful debut. Firstly, let's go back to the beginning. What are your earliest memories of music and the moment you decided you wanted to be a musician?  My earliest memory is playing a two-hundred-year-old antique piano my parents bought when I was about four years old. Most of the keys did not work, so I had to get creative to play songs on it, skipping the broken keys and finding alternative patterns to play. Can you tell ...

New rock outfit UMBILICUS is made up of CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer/lyricist Paul Mazurkiewicz, guitarist Taylor Nordberg (DEICIDE, INHUMAN CONDITION), bassist Vernon Blake (ANARCHUS, NAPALM DEATH-live), and vocalist Brian Stephenson (FORE, OLD JAMES). Though they are well known in the metal community, this new group is nothing like their primary bands but sees the band show their love of 60's and 70's rock. Their debut album title has been revealed as "Path Of 1000 Suns" but with no set release date yet. I caught up with guitarist Taylor Nordberg to get the lowdown on this new hard rock group. First things first, how did you arrive at the band name of UMBILICUS and what does it mean for you as a band? Well, I think I was reading the book “It” by Stephen King, and there is a library in the book where one building is the adult side, and one side is the children’s side, and it was connected by an umbilicus, or section connecting the two. Around the same time, I was watchin...

Brighton rock trio have just unleashed their sophomore album 'DeaDHeaD' which is going down a storm with rock fans and press alike and they have quickly established themselves as a rising rock band to look out for and as a result, they have secured festival appearances this summer at  Ramblin’Man Fair, Wildfire Festival and more. The band are currently on their UK tour supporting the album so I caught up with vocalist/guitarist Nikki Smash to discuss this, the  new album and more... Can you tell us about your formation? We all met in college and all shared the same drive, passion about being in a Riff/Grunge Band outfit and when we formed Indie was huge and we hated it and almost wanted to get rid of it, haha! We were all session musicians and weren’t enjoying that so we decided to make the plunge and started the band! How did you come up with your band name? I was watching MTV2 or MTV rocks really late at night one of those I’m not going to sleep tonight, nights....