_{I posted a recommendation for “Rock Savage” the debut album from Lawless back in July 2013. The band are back with an equally commendable second album entitled “R.I.S.E.” that is released through Escape Music on 21st November. In fact, if anything this album is even more worthy of checking out that their debut. Lawless are most definitely purveyors of that classic rock sound that has its roots in the late 70s and 80s. When band members list their influences as Dio, Y&T, Black Sabbath, Scorpions and Saxon that maybe gives you a feel for what you might expect from “R.I.S.E.”}

_{Y & T returned to Belfast on Wednesday 12th November 2014 playing an almost sold-out show in Limelight 1. Celebrating their 40th anniversary, the band played a fantastic two and a half hour show. I don’t write reviews but you can check out one written by Jonny from Belfast Metalheads - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/blogs/belfast-metalheads-reunited/1717-live-review-40-and-going-strong-y-t-keep-on-rockin-hard.html}

_{I do however take a few videos and took 5 of Y&T and 1 of support band Maverick.}

_{Check out the interview with Dave Meniketti - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1605-ni-rocks-interview-with-dave-meniketti-of-yat.html}

_{Joe Lynn Turner (JLT), the former Rainbow and Deep Purple vocalist is back with a new band called Rated X. The band also features Carmine Appice on drums, Tony Franklin on bass and Karl Cochran on guitar. Their self titled debut album was released on 7th November through Frontiers Records. (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1711-ni-rocks-recommends-qrated-xq-by-rated-x.html )}

_{JLT was good enough to answer a few questions that we e-mailed through to him, talking about Rated X and earlier projects such as Mother’s Army, the Hughes Turner Project, Sunstorm and Over The Rainbow.}