Category: Features

Taylor Hanson of Hanson

Taylor Hanson of Hanson

“To me Rock and Roll is where it starts, and it’s being able to think what is good and not sitting around asking what everyone else approves of, so I guess hopefully more people that don’t necessarily get what Hanson’s about get a chance to dig in a little.” Twenty years as a band and fifteen years since the song […]

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William Rees of Mystery Jets

William Rees of Mystery Jets

UK indie popsters Mystery Jets are set to return to Australia in a couple of weeks for what will be now their third visit.  Whilst they may have been here before, this will be the first time they’ve played the Fat As Butter Festival, not to mention had the opportunity to play a bunch of songs off their latest album, […]

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Pete Robertson of The Vaccines

Pete Robertson of The Vaccines

“I’d like to think it’s because we’ve got good songs, we play hard and we work hard, but I think for me, the bands that connect the most with me are the ones where there’s undeniable heart behind what they’re doing, and we do play that way.” ‘The Vaccines’ from London have only been a band for the best part […]

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Col Hatchman of Nat Col & The Kings

Col Hatchman of Nat Col & The Kings

Nat Col & The Kings are no strangers to the pages of May The Rock Be With You, having first featured an interview with them back in February 2011, which you can incidentally check out right here…  On that occasion we chatted with the bands guitarist and vocalist, Nathan Cavaleri, however last week we thought we would mix it up […]

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Austin Thornton of Woe, Is Me

Austin Thornton of Woe, Is Me

“This album is a whole new side of us.  It’s a lot more positive, the music is definitely giving off a strong message, we want to show people there’s other ways to handle things as opposed to violence or dwelling on things, instead be strong and stand up for what you believe in, that’s definitely what we are pushing for.  […]

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Magnus Henriksson of Eclipse

Magnus Henriksson of Eclipse

Swedish hard rockers Eclipse are set to unleash upon the world this week their highly anticipated new album Bleed and Scream, which follows on from their killer 2008 release Are You Ready To Rock.  Bleed & Scream sees the band build upon the bombastic’ness of Are You Ready To Rock to deliver an even more in your face and gargantuan […]

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Kobra Paige of Kobra and The Lotus

Kobra Paige of Kobra and The Lotus

“We’ve been excited to put out as we’ve worked on it for such a long time and we believe it finally encompasses the signature sound that we are going to start as and evolve from, so we were happy to introduce ourselves in this way.” Having recently stormed their way through the UK and Europe, with appearances at the likes […]

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Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica

Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica

“It’s a high energy intense kick ass heavy metal show with a lot of fun, with a lot of very entertaining stuff, we are not too serious you know, we are serious but there will be so many moments where we are not serious at all which is why it is so entertaining.” From Bio: Since they formed in 1993, […]

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Phil Knight of Shihad

Phil Knight of Shihad

In a career now spanning nearly 25 years and having made a huge impact on the rock scenes both in their native New Zealand and current home Australia, Shihad are set to recognise this in pretty much the best way possible, with the release of a 38 song double disc titled The Meanest Hits.  Combined with this release, has been […]

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Adam Brand

Adam Brand

“Any art form whether it’s music or acting or anything, it has to grow, it has to change, it has to evolve and I think Country music is probably restricted a lot by things not wanting to change or people not wanting to change and actually the stigma of country music probably is something we fight against, when you say […]

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Mike Davenport of Versus The World

Mike Davenport of Versus The World

“It’s crazy because we’re seven years in between records and that’s ridiculous, but it’s not that long to us, because we toured for two years on the last record and then we took three years off, completely off, then we started writing this record three years ago.  Seven years when you put it on paper it just looks so crazy, […]

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Alex Skolnick of Testament

Alex Skolnick of Testament

“Sometimes Chuck gets inspired really fast, other times there can be a song that we think is really great and he’s not hearing anything and we try to help the process along.  Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes it just comes together really quick.  Most of the time it’s the same thinking process.” Testament have been giving us Thrash metal for […]

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Jason Null of Saving Abel

Jason Null of Saving Abel

“Music is more than just something you hear, it’s a feeling, and I’ve always said this and hopefully that I can be the one that’s quoted as saying this if it ever goes down in the books anywhere, but to me ‘Music is the only true time travel we as humans will ever know’.” Rockers Saving Abel after two successful […]

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Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D.

Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D.

“When we get together and start jamming we have no more outside influences, it’s just us four and that’s the way it started twenty years ago in a garage we were just kids jamming and I think that’s just how we wanted this record to be and we just started to write music.” Four years since their last release, P.O.D. […]

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Brendan Benson

Brendan Benson

“I never set out to be a solo artist, I didn’t, and I never wanted to be.  I always wanted to be part of a group and I think this record felt like that, it felt like a group.” You may know Brendan Benson from his work along Jack White in The Raconteurs aka The Saboteurs, but be aware that […]

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Chad Gray of HELLYEAH

Chad Gray of HELLYEAH

“It’s like fuckin’ militant, it’s like going in to battle, there’s only five of you facing the world, there’s only one way you’re going to win that war.  That’s the fight, that’s the first wave, the second wave is you’re gonna have each other’s backs no matter what you know what I mean?” Hellyeah is a band we’ve featured a […]

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Jeff Martin & Stuart Chatwood of The Tea Party

Jeff Martin & Stuart Chatwood of The Tea Party

“So I think even more so now than ever, The Tea Party’s music is more relevant, and there is no band like us in Rock and Roll.” From Tour Release: After fifteen years together, with eight albums under their belts and countless tours through Canada, the United States, Europe & Australia, The Tea Party went their separate ways in 2005. […]

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Jaded Heart

Jaded Heart

For over 20 years, Jaded Heart have been one of Germany’s most successful ever rock bands and new album Common Destiny will only strengthen their reputation worldwide.  On this their 11th studio album, Jaded Heart combine the power metal’esque riffs of previous album Perfect Insanity, with more stadium rock sized chorus’s that hark back to the bands earlier days. We […]

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Spencer Sotelo of Periphery

Spencer Sotelo of Periphery

“I would say that it’s an album that still has that true Periphery sound, but it’s got more than that now, it’s not just one person writing the music anymore, it’s everybody as a whole, there are so many different aspects of input going in to this album.” With their debut album in 2010 and EP already under their belt […]

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Aaron Brooks of The Ghost Inside

Aaron Brooks of The Ghost Inside

Get What You Give that’s the title of the brand new record from California hardcore band The Ghost Inside, the bands third album and their first to be released through the legendary Epitaph Records.  Produced by Jeremy Mckinnon of A Day To Remember, The Ghost Inside fans are likely to find this to be the bands heaviest album to date, […]

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Luke Yeoward of King Cannons

Luke Yeoward of King Cannons

“We’ve been busting our ass the whole time, but when you want to do something properly and there’s a bunch of other people, like a major record label involved, they’ve got things they have to work around as well in order for it to be timed right, so there you go, long story short, well as short as I can […]

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Joe Turtur of HEAVEN

Joe Turtur of HEAVEN

  Heaven – so who out there reading this thought they would be seeing a reformation of these Aussie rock legends in 2012?  Well as many of you are well aware, it’s happening and it’s happening in less than two weeks from today with the Heaven Twenty Twelve Tour!  Whilst 2001 saw a lineup of Heaven support Judas Priest, significantly […]

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James Morley – Raise The Flag

James Morley – Raise The Flag

Press release: Australian rockers Raise The Flag, return on their ‘Bon But Not Forgotten’ Celebration to the No. 1 rocker in the world Bon Scott. On what would have been Bon’s 66th Birthday they pay homage to the legend singer. On the rhythm section, Izzy Osmanovic, (Screaming Jets), and Rogue Shark Mick Adkins splitting the twin Marshall stacks and taking […]

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Chuck Comeau & Sébastien Lefebvre of Simple Plan

Chuck Comeau & Sébastien Lefebvre of Simple Plan

“I think for me it’s the reaction and hearing the kids sing every night, it kind of makes everything we do worthwhile, and it gives you a lot of cool emotions when you’re on the road for so long and you’re in the studio for so long and when you actually see the result in some ways.” Back in Australia […]

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Eric Rivers of H.E.A.T

Eric Rivers of H.E.A.T

“It’s not a very cool thing today to really have saxophone on an album and we were like is it “legal” to have a saxophone on the album, but me and Dave love stuff like Michael Bolton so we were like we have to have saxophone on this song.” When I first discovered Swedish melodic rockers H.E.A.T back in 2008 […]

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Nic Maeder of Gotthard

Nic Maeder of Gotthard

“I was just welcomed amazingly by the fans, you just do your best and put it out there and hope that people get it, hopefully things will happen like it did for the first song.  That’s all we can hope for you know.” The sudden and unfortunate passing of original Gotthard vocalist Steve Lee in 2010 left a void in […]

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Erik Ohlsson of Millencolin

Erik Ohlsson of Millencolin

“When we started this band we could barely play our instruments, we were kids so I think we reached a time when we became much better musicians, and you can really tell that.” Renowned Swedish punk outfit, Millencolin, are celebrating twenty years with the release of The Melancholy Connection on June 1. This assemblage of B-sides, a follow up to […]

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Fiona Horne of Def FX

Fiona Horne of Def FX

  Tour press release: “This week, one of Australia’s most extraordinary electro-rock groups will begin their highly anticipated national Reunion tour. DEF FX will be bringing their electronic beats and samples, rock/metal instrumentation and grunge vocals first taking over Australia in the early 90’s to the stage to bring back a killer live show. DEF FX draws comparisons with artists […]

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Ryan Roxie of Casablanca

Ryan Roxie of Casablanca

If you are familiar with the name Ryan Roxie, then you probably fall into one of two categories.  Category one, you are familiar with his involvement as a guitarist with the likes of Slash’s Snakepit, or more prominently, spending a decade between the years 1996 and 2006 and now once again in 2012 as guitarist with Alice Cooper.  Category two, […]

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Tuomas Saukkonen of Before The Dawn

Tuomas Saukkonen of Before The Dawn

“The core of the whole music business should always be a band that writes music that they love without thinking the reactions of media, fans or labels.  Honest and true music will always gather fans and listeners.” Whatever you previously knew of Finnish melodic death metal band Before The Dawn over their 13 year and 6 album history, well you […]

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