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Bruno Ravel & Steve West - Danger Danger - Uber Rock Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Rob Lane   
Sunday, 27 January 2013 04:00

dangerdangerint86There's a definite Hair Metal bent (no pun intended) around URHQ today. The headlining act on this hairy holy day is no other than Danger Danger. Cock Rock lover Rob Lane caught up with the band's bassist Bruno Ravel and drummer Steve West at last year's Firefest and the results of this most entertaining of chats are available to you at the click of a melodic rock mouse - enjoy!

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George Lynch and Jeff Pilson - T&N - Uber Rock Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Mark Ashby   
Sunday, 27 January 2013 03:30

TAN band thmbWith their new album ‘Slave To The Empire’ hitting record store racks worldwide Mark Ashby couldn’t wait to get a piece of T&N interview action when the band called URHQ a few weeks back. Well it’s not everyday of the week you get to talk to two bonafide legends of the US rock scene now is it? So who exactly are T&N? And what is their rock ‘n’ roll mission in life? Well let’s ask guitarist George Lynch and singer/bassist Jeff Pilson shall we?

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Alex Cannon - The Vegabonds - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Dom Daley   
Sunday, 15 January 2012 06:00

Southern_SoulsWhen Dom Daley reviewed The Vegabonds' debut album 'Dear Revolution' back in October of last year he described the six piece from Auburn, AL as "beardy men wearing waistcoats standing in a field" playing music that "would no doubt go down a storm in Middle America". Alex Cannon the band's guitarist couldn't wait to discuss this and more with our man out west...Wales...as the transatlantic telephone line crackled to the tune of another Uber Rock interview exclusive. 

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Bonafide - HRH V Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Saturday, 07 January 2012 05:00
Bonafide_thmb_HRHSwedish rockers Bonafide finally made it over to the UK for a series of 10 shows at the tail end of 2011, filling the heads of every gig-goer with as much rock as they could without turning them into metal mekons in the process. Our very own shiny domed inquisitor Johnny H met up with the band at Hard Rock Hell V to find out what 2012 might have in store for the band and their workaholic frontman Pontus Snibb. Click the link to find out more...
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Ginger - HRH V Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Dom Daley   
Tuesday, 03 January 2012 05:00

gingerhrh86Just a few short hours before Ginger was due to take to the stage at last month's Hard Rock Hell V festival Dom Daley cornered the man himself in a swanky holiday camp chalet to ask him everything from his new triple album project to the future of The Wildhearts, taking in the problematic Singles Club and his departure from Michael Monroe's band along the way. Click that link for an interview that, strangely, our intrepid reporter managed to find all his own questions for.......

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Erik Tasa - The Rockford Mules - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Craggy   
Sunday, 01 January 2012 05:00

eriktasa86Always on the lookout to point all uber-peeps in the direction of bands that they might not yet have discovered, today we offer up an exclusive interview with Erik Tasa, frontman of Southern rockers The Rockford Mules whose 'Ma They Broke Me' album impressed all at URHQ late last year. Craggy pulls on his leather chaps and quizzes the leader of a band famed for their blue collar, salt of the earth, grooving and heavy Seventies riffing......

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Sascha Gerstner - Helloween - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Ian Bell   
Saturday, 08 January 2011 05:00
Sascha_Profile_thmbBack in the country promoting two albums in their 25th anniversary year, German power metal pioneers Helloween were about to hit the stage at the UK's annual Hard Rock Hell Festival when Ian Bell grabbed some time with Sascha Gerstner to get some larger than life confessions from the larger than life guitarist, Room 101 style.
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Dumpy Dunnell – Dumpy’s Rusty Nuts Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Monday, 25 January 2010 19:26

Dumpy_Classic_thmbIt's the week before Christmas, and Hard Rock Hell 3 was but a distant memory in most people's gig going calendars, but we at Uber Rock still had one outstanding interview from that weekend left to do.  Step forward Mr Dumpy Dunnell of the legendary Dumpy's Rusty Nuts for a chinwag 'Just for Kicks'......

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The Glitterati - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Friday, 15 January 2010 17:36

Glitterati_thmbUber Rock recently caught up with The Glitterati midway through their UK tour with US rockers W.A.S.P. The lads from Leeds, Liverpool and London were certainly in good humour having arrived at Hard Rock Hell a day early to catch up with the unfolding mayhem. We seized upon the chance to talk about all things rock and, ummm, Satanism.

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Miss Guy - Toilet Boys/GoonSquad Print E-mail
Written by Raquel F   
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 21:04

1amissthmWhat better way for hot new Über-scribe Raquel F to introduce herself to the Über Röck Söldiers than by offering up an awesome interview with Miss Guy from the legendary Toilet Boys? Wanna know Guy's thoughts on GoonSquad, Debbie Harry, Taime Downe, Marilyn Monroe and....err...The Blob? Then what are you waiting for, hit that mouse!!!!

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Pontus Snibb - Bonafide Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Monday, 11 January 2010 19:31

Pontus_thmbIt was something of a pleasant surprise when we received a communication direct from Pontus Snibb of Bonafide thanking us for our recent positive review of 'Something's Dripping' and offering to spend some time answering any questions we might have.  So who better to answer the call than the man who wrote that review, Johnny H gets ready to 'Fill Our Heads With Rock' 

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Marc Angel - Wrathchild - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Johnny H   
Sunday, 15 January 2012 06:00
angel_thmbThe album 'Stakk Attakk' might not mean a lot to your average Uber Rocker here in 2012, but back in the early eighties, this seminal album from UK glam titans Wrathchild pretty much sound tracked our teenage (revolution) years.  Johnny H caught up with the band's bassist Marc Angel recently to find out all about their new album 'Stakkattakktwo' and why in their eyes the band has never really been away.
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Johnny Bennett - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Jamie Richards   
Sunday, 08 January 2012 05:00

johnnyint86The name Johnny Bennett might not be familiar to you but, with a new record deal and an album compiling the best tunes from his two self released records in the bag, that could be about to change. Jamie Richards was so impressed when he reviewed Johnny's last platter that mattered that he had to catch up with the US rocker while he hung out in Nashville to find out about his future plans. Read on for another great Uber Rock interview exclusive....

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Guy Griffin - The Quireboys - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Dom Daley   
Thursday, 05 January 2012 05:00

griffthumbAs The Quireboys headed to Cardiff for a pre-Xmas show, Dom Daley headed into the inner sanctum of The Globe venue for a chat with vocalist Spike, only to find that the frontman was under the weather and his place on the couch had been taken by guitarist Guy Griffin. Luckily, our intrepid reporter had a slew of Griff facts in his locker and, perhaps unluckily for the substitute six-stringer, the photographs to prove it......

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Michael Monroe & Dregen - HRH V Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Dom Daley   
Sunday, 01 January 2012 05:00

monroehrh86'Sensory Overdrive' ran away (or should that be 'climbed the lighting rig') with the Uber Rock Album Of The Year award that we announced yesterday, so what better time to let you read Dom Daley's exclusive interview with Michael Monroe and his band's newest member, Dregen, than right now?! Click that link to discover how the Backyard Babies guitarist has fitted in to the band, about the plans for the next album and all sorts of other cool shit about everyone from Ginger to Lemmy.

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Sy Keeler - Onslaught - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Mark Taylor   
Wednesday, 12 January 2011 05:00
Sy_Keeler_ThmbIn the lead up to the release of 'Sounds Of Violence', the long awaited new studio album from UK metal titans Onslaught, we asked Mark Taylor to pop along to a London watering hole to sample some of the finest thrash known to humanity whilst also catching up with the band's frontman Sy Keeler.
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Michael Monroe - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Tazz Stander   
Monday, 03 January 2011 05:00
M_Monroe_thmb_2What better way to start our 2011 interviews than with the proud winner of our Uber Rock gig of the year award Mr Michael Monroe? Captured deep in the heart of a freezing cold London venue towards the end of his recent Motorhead support tour, Tazz Stander gets Mike to discuss the release of his upcoming studio solo album whilst casting a cautionary glance over his shoulder to matters Hanoi, and lots more....
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Sarah Firebrand - Tigertailz Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Thursday, 21 January 2010 14:28

1asarahthmLegendary UK rockers Tigertailz last night announced the recruitment of a new bass player and, with finger on the pulse and horns in the air as usual, Über Röck brings you a World Exclusive interview with the 'New Flesh' as Gaz E. talks to Sarah Firebrand.

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Paul Crook - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Matt Phelps   
Thursday, 14 January 2010 22:24

1acrookthmIf you have played with the likes of Anthrax, Sebastian Bach, Meat Loaf and Brian May then I'd guess that you'd have a few choice tales to tell. Marya Roxx guitarist Paul Crook talks to Matt Phelps in yet another incredible Über Röck interview exclusive...

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Marya Roxx - Interview Exclusive Print E-mail
Written by Gaz E   
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 20:08

maryathumbThe journey to Hard Rock Hell has been an interesting one for Marya Roxx. Über Röck caught up with Marya as she prepared for her main stage appearance at the festival for yet another awesome interview exclusive.....

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Rob 'Blasko' Nicholson - Ozzy Osbourne's Band Print E-mail
Written by Kim Thore   
Saturday, 02 January 2010 13:30

blasko-thmbWhether it has been with Cryptic Slaughter, Prong, Danzig, Rob Zombie or Ozzy Osbourne, Blasko's distinction as one of heavy metal's most prolific bassists is firmly established and unquestionable. Read on for Kim Thore's great interview with the man himself.......

 

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