THE BELFAST DADS ABOUT TO ROCK
The former members of 'No Hot Ashes' spent the last 24 years holding down jobs and bringing up children, firmly believing that their rock and roll days in the sun were well and truly behind them... until one gig in 2013 changed their lives forever.
In a few weeks time they'll be playing the Welsh festival Hard Rock Hell and then supporting Foreigner and FM in Dublin and Belfast, with more gigs on the horizon!
Read more: NO HOT ASHES - Press Release for Upcoming Gigs (Feb 2014)
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Most people will know Ryan Roxie as one of the guitarists in the Alice Cooper Band, but that is only one of many musical outlets for the talented Californian who now lives in Sweden. His band Casablanca have recently released their second album “Riding a Black Swan” and there are plans for further releases from Roxie 77 (R77). Ryan graciously agreed to answer a few questions for us just after completing a tour of Spain with Casablanca and a series of Gibson Guitar workshops in France.
Read more: NI ROCKS Interview with RYAN ROXIE of CASABLANCA/ROXIE 77/ALICE COOPER BAND
FM return to Belfast on 1st April as support to Foreigner in The Waterfront Hall. Local support comes from the recently reformed No Hot Ashes. I spoke to FM lead singer Steve Overland on the 10th February to ask him a few questions about the gig, future plans for FM, the release of his new Overland album “Epic” and a few other things.
The interview was broadcast on the Friday NI Rocks Show on Friday 14th February and again on 28th March. The show from 28th March which includes the interview can be heard at https://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/ni-rocks-interview-with-steve-overland-of-fm/
The full interview can be read below.