KOBRA AND THE LOTUS are a band from Canada who released their self-titled album on Spinefarm Records in the UK back in August 2012, toured with Buckcherry recently and played Hard Rock Hell in Wales. The album is highly recommended and we were very impressed when we saw them playing in Glasgow recently. We did our best to encourage them to come over to N Ireland when they tour again, but in the meantime lead singer Kobra Paige agreed to do a quick interview for Rock Radio NI.
Renowned MR BIG frontman ERIC MARTIN embarks on a solo acoustic tour of Europe during March. This includes just two UK dates, one of which is in Auntie Annies in Belfast on Sunday 3rd March.
Eric very graciously agreed to answer a few questions for Rock Radio NI by e-mail. Trying to cover such a wide ranging career in a few questions was quite difficult but Eric has taken the time to give us some great responses covering everything from Mr Big to other future projects, and talking about "supergroups", his meeting with Bon Scott and his “band that got away” amongst other things . He even found time to tell a joke.
Read more: NI ROCKS interview with MR BIG frontman ERIC MARTIN
NI Rocks Recommends SHAKRA – “POWERPLAY”
This was an album I was really looking forward to hearing and the anticipation has been well rewarded. I’ve been a big fan of Swiss rockers Shakra for a few years and I have to admit I was a bit concerned when original singer Mark Fox left after the 2009 album “Everest”. But replacement John Prakesh has now delivered two absolutely fantastic albums and in my very humble opinion Shakra are simply getting better and better!!
