That Rock Guy is a fairly intriguing and cool name for an artist and it came as no surprise to find out he was Australian! The initial PR material didn’t identify who ‘That Rock Guy’ actually was; but a little bit of digging identifies Australian Adam Barclay as the ‘Guy’ behind the vocals and guitars. His debut album “Nothin’ To Lose” was released through the AOR Heaven label on 30th June and the classic 80’s rock influences are clearly evident. I played the track "Can't Get Enough of You" on the Friday NI Rocks Show uploaded on 6th July.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Nothin' To Lose" by THAT ROCK GUY
Riverdogs formed in California back in 1989 and 28 years later, they’ve just released their fifth album; coincidentally entitled “California”. The album was released through Frontiers Records on 7th July. Belfast born guitarist Vivian Campbell is no doubt the highest profile member of the band – he played on the self-titled debut in 1990 before going on to play in Shadow King and then of course Def Leppard. The single “Welcome to the New Disaster” featured on the NI Rocks A-Z Show uploaded on 26th June and “American Dream” will be included on the Friday NI Rocks Show this week.
“Lies, Hopes & Other Stories” is the second album from Italian band Starsick System and it was released on 23rd June 2017 through Pride & Joy Music. It is over two years since the release of the debut album “Daydreamin” - which also earned a NI Rocks recommendation. With this latest album the band continues to impress and it is well worth checking out. The track “I Am The Hurricane” was featured on the Friday NI Rocks Show that was uploaded on 28th June.
Read more: NI ROCKS Recommends "Lies, Hopes & Other Stories" by STARSICK SYSTEM
There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for those shows for the month of June – all of which are still available from the On Demand Player. There are tracks by over 100 different artists on the Shows this month. Playlists for May were published previously and these Shows are also available via the On Demand Player – http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/3137-ni-rocks-playlists-for-may-2017.html
On the Friday NI Rocks Shows in June there were interviews with New Zealand rockers Devilskin, Ryan O’Keeffe from Airbourne, Tyler Bryant and Brittney Slayes from Canadian band Unleash the Archers - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews.html