I’m a huge Tesla fan and have been following guitarist Dave Rude’s solo project the Dave Rude Band for quite a few years too. In fact one of the first interviews that I posted on Rock Radio NI was with Dave back in January 2011. The Dave Rude Band released their new album “The Key” via Rat Pak Records at the start of June so it seemed like a good opportunity to do a follow up interview.

 

JAZZ and metal are not words you ever expect to see in the same sentence, let alone in the same musicscape. But Norway's Shining are, if not pioneers, the only band that have set out this as a vision.

Following on from the album's Blackjazz and Live Blackjazz Shining have released One One One, a bleak post-industrial metal jazz

The guys from Voodoo Vegas sent me a copy of their new album “The Rise of Jimmy Silver” when we were doing an interview recently (http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1243-ni-rocks-interviews-voodoo-vegas.html). The album was released back in March and it’s definitely one that I would have no hesitation about including in the “NI Rocks Recommends” section. That should come as no surprise really as I’d seen the band perform in Belfast a few years ago and had bought a copy of their previous release “Voodoo Vegas Live”.  I knew therefore that what I was going to get were some great kickass rock n roll tunes.