The Rock Show this sunday Oct 26th with Y&T, AC/DC and Atreyu

THE ROCK SHOW - SUNSHINE RADIO With Jeff Collins -- SUNDAY 7PM-til-10PM -- Oct 26th.
106.2FM in Herefordshire --- 107FM and 107.8FM in Monmouthshire

Web streaming coming soon.....

Pic 1) Presenter jeff Collins backstage with Y&T's Dave Meniketti.
2) Y&T Live in Cardiff
3) Atreyu's latest album Lead Sails Paper Anchor

The Rock Show’s Special guest this week is the founder member of San Francisco Bay rockers Y&T.
Presenter Jeff Collins talks backstage with founder member, vocalist and guitarist Dave Meniketti.

Formed in 1974 as Yesterday And Today, the band shortened their name to Y&T before becoming one of the main staples of MTV in the 80’s with hits such as Summertime Girls, Lipstick and Leather and Contagious. Dave Meniketti talks about the band’s past, their current European Tour and plans for a new album in 2009.

The Rock show will hear more from AC/DC about their new album Black Ice already number one in the UK and many other countries worldwide.
It’s the band’s first album for 8 years.

Special guests this week are Atreyu.
The Californian metal band will be live on the show as they prepare for the latest gig on their UK tour. The band are promoting their latest album Lead Sails Paper Anchor.

There’ll also be copies of the new AC/DC album to be won.
Plus new tracks from Funeral For A Friend, Metallica, Girlschool, Thunder, Paul Carrack, Black Stone Cherry, Airbourne and Gojira.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included DAVID COVERDALE (Whitesnake)SCOTT GORHAM (Thin Lizzy) DON AIREY (Deep Purple) VINNY APPICE (Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell) PAUL RODGERS (Free/Bad Company), KEITH EMERSON (ELP), GEOFF DOWNES (Yes and Asia), BILL BRUFORD (King Crimson) FISH (former Marillion) RICHIE EDWARDS (The Darkness/Stone Gods), and STUART CABLE (Stereophonics/Killing For Company)

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 FM across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.


Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD, written about the iconic rock acts who have recorded at Rockfield and Monnow Valley studios in Monmouthshire.

Jeff has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer STUART CABLE, which is due out in September 2009.

Email jeffcollins915@btinternet.com

The Rock Show - Oct 12th Sunshine FM

1 - Jeff Collins backstage with Dragonforce guitarist Herman Li
2 - Dragonforce live
3- Dragonforce live at Cardiff university

THE ROCK SHOW - SUNSHINE RADIO With Jeff Collins -- SUNDAY 7PM-til-10PM -- Oct 12th.
106.2FM in Herefordshire --- 107FM and 107.8FM in Monmouthshire
Online @ www.sunshine-radio.net




This week the Rock Show features two of the current stars of rock and metal.
DRAGONFORCE have just released their new album Ultra Beatdown to massive acclaim and have been touring the UK.
Presenter Jeff Collins goes backstage to talk to guitarist Herman Li about the bands success.
DRAGONFORCE have been labeled as ‘Bon Jovi on speed’ or ‘Journey meets Slayer’ and the Rock show will feature a number of tracks from the band’s past albums and their new CD.

Also on the show are Finnish Viking folk/metal act, TURISAS.
Named after the Finnish God Of War, TURISAS, having been winning over fans in the UK with their first two albums, Battle Metal and The Varangian Way.
Presenter Jeff Collins talks to lead singer Mathias ‘Warlord’ Nygard about the bands brand of historical metal and their rousing stage shows.

Plus NEW TRACKS from Metallica, Trivium, It Bites, Paul Weller and former Darkness singer Justin Hawkin’s new band Hotlegs.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have DAVID COVERDALE (Whitesnake)SCOTT GORHAM (Thin Lizzy) DON AIREY (Deep Purple) VINNY APPICE (Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell) PAUL RODGERS (Free/Bad Company), KEITH EMERSON (ELP), GEOFF DOWNES (Yes and Asia), BILL BRUFORD (King Crimson) FISH (former Marillion) RICHIE EDWARDS (The Darkness/Stone Gods), and STUART CABLE (Stereophonics/Killing For Company)

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 FM across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD, written about the iconic rock acts who have recorded at Rockfield and Monnow Valley studios in Monmouthshire.

Jeff has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer STUART CABLE, which is due out in September 2008.

Email jeff.collins@sunshine

The Rock Show - Sun May 4th with Reeves Gabrels of TIN MACHINE

THE ROCK SHOW 6PM SUNDA​Y MAY 4TH

PICS -
1 - TIN MACHINE - THE ALBUM
2 - Circle of One live
3 - Circle of One. Live pics by Andrew Pritchard (www.myspace.comrockhardphotography)


It’s 1988.​ Disil​lusio​ned with his solo caree​r,​ DAVID​ BOWIE​ forms​ a rock band:​ TIN MACHI​NE.​

Their​ groun​d break​ing debut​ recor​d is the Rock Show’​s album​ of the week.​

Prese​nter Jeff Colli​ns talks​ to TIN MACHI​NE guita​rist REEVE​S GABRE​LS - who went on to spent​ 13 years​ worki​ng with BOWIE​.​


Tune in from 6pm to hear REEVE​S talk about​ how he first​ met BOWIE​,​ worki​ng in a band with one of music​’s most famou​s singe​r’s,​ and the legac​y of TIN MACHI​NE.​


Also this week Jeff talks​ to South​ Wales​ rocke​rs CIRCL​E OF ONE. The band’​s songs​ are full of mesme​rizin​g riffs​,​ wonde​rful melod​ies and posse​ss a true rock swagg​er.​ At the end of 2007 they relea​sed their​ debut​ mini album​ The Loud Minor​ity.​ They have a new relea​se plann​ed for later​ this year.​ They are the Rock Show’​s Band to Watch​ this week.​


All that plus track​s from the forth​comin​g new DEF LEPPA​RD album​ and forme​r HAWKW​IND bassi​st ALAN DAVEY​’s group​ GUNSL​INGER​!​
Plus three​ hours​ of the best class​ic rock tunes​ aroun​d.​


Jeff’​s previ​ous guest​s on the Rock Show have DAVID​ COVER​DALE (​White​snake​)​ DON AIREY​ (​Deep Purpl​e)​ VINNY​ APPIC​E (​Black​ Sabba​th/​Heave​n and Hell)​ PAUL RODGE​RS (​Free/​Bad Compa​ny)​,​ KEITH​ EMERS​ON (​ELP)​,​ GEOFF​ DOWNE​S (Yes and Asia)​,​ BILL BRUFO​RD (​King Crims​on)​ FISH (​forme​r Maril​lion)​ RICHI​E EDWAR​DS (The Darkn​ess/​Stone​ Gods)​,​ and STUAR​T CABLE​ (​Stere​ophon​ics/​Killi​ng For Compa​ny)​

The Rock Show on Sunsh​ine Radio​:​ 106.​2 FM acros​s Heref​ordsh​ire and 107FM​ and 107.​8FM acros​s Monmo​uthsh​ire.​


Liste​n Onlin​e at www. sunsh​ine-​radio​.​ net.


Jeff Colli​ns is also the autho​r of the best selli​ng ROCK LEGEN​DS AT ROCKF​IELD,​ writt​en about​ the iconi​c rock acts who have recor​ded at Rockf​ield and Monno​w Valle​y studi​os in Monmo​uthsh​ire.​


Jeff has just finis​hed his lates​t book about​ forme​r Stere​ophon​ic’s drumm​er STUAR​T CABLE​,​ which​ is due out in Septe​mber 2008.​


Email​ jeff.​colli​ns@​sunsh​ine-radio.net

The Rock Show with David Coverdale...this Sunday April 20th

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO - with DAVID COVERDALE OF WHITESNAKE!!

-- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- April 20th.


He’s one of the most iconic figures in Rock.
Overnight DAVID COVERDALE went from working in a clothes shop in a small English town to fronting one of the biggest bands in the world: DEEP PURPLE.
Now he’s is celebrating 30 years at the helm of his band Whitesnake, with the band are about to release their first studio album in a decade.
DAVID COVERDALE is the Rock Show’s special guest this Sunday.
He tells presenter Jeff Collins about leaving DEEP PURPLE, the creation of WHITESNAKE and the making of their latest album Good To be Bad...including how three giant black bears invaded his home recording studio during those sessions!!!


Also Jeff will be talking to Blues rockers P-A-U-L and THE HARPER WOODS HEROES. Paul Andrew Ulysses Lamb was born in Detroit and raised on the streets of an east side community known as Harper Woods. At age three, his father bought him a Jimi Hendrix album for his birthday. It changed his life forever. He talks to Jeff about that experience, life growing up in Detroit, his heroes Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen and his new album, Hanging On For Dear Life.
They are the the Rock Show’s band To Watch this week.

All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers (from Free/Bad Company), Richie Edwards from The Darkness, ELP’s Keith Emerson, Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes (from Yes and Asia), Yes/King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford and Deep Purple keyboard player Don Airey.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 FM across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.
Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD, written about the iconic rock acts who have recorded at Rockfield and Monnow Valley studios in Monmouthshire.

Jeff has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.

Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net


THE ROCK SHOW - SUNSHINE Radio -- Sunday April 6th

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- April 6th.

“The next great rock band to come out of Ireland!!” That’s the verdict of none other than the mother of the late, great THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott.
Philomena Lynott was talking about the band, GLYDER.
The group’s second album Playground For Life is the Rock Show’s Featured Album Of The Week.
GLYDER'S singer and bass player, Tony Cullen, talks to presenter Jeff Collins about the making of their second record, life on the road, and being hailed as the natural successors to THIN LIZZY.
Tune in from 6pm to hear the interview and tracks from both GLYDER'S new CD and their critically acclaimed debut album.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is the highly rated BLANCO DIABLO. The North Carolina rockers are in the UK to record their second album --- following their exciting debut LP, Paper Poison Revolution. Tune in to hear Jeff talk to the band and play some BLANCO DIABLO style rock!
All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia), Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford and Deep Purple keyboard player Don Airey.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.
Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

THE ROCK SHOW - SUNSHINE Radio -- Sunday April 6th

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- April 6th.

“The next great rock band to come out of Ireland!!” That’s the verdict of none other than the mother of the late, great THIN LIZZY frontman Phil Lynott.
Philomena Lynott was talking about the band, GLYDER.
The group’s second album Playground For Life is the Rock Show’s Featured Album Of The Week.
GLYDER'S singer and bass player, Tony Cullen, talks to presenter Jeff Collins about the making of their second record, life on the road, and being hailed as the natural successors to THIN LIZZY.
Tune in from 6pm to hear the interview and tracks from both GLYDER'S new CD and their critically acclaimed debut album.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is the highly rated BLANCO DIABLO. The North Carolina rockers are in the UK to record their second album --- following their exciting debut LP, Paper Poison Revolution. Tune in to hear Jeff talk to the band and play some BLANCO DIABLO style rock!
All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia), Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford and Deep Purple keyboard player Don Airey.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.
Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

The Rock SHOW - Sunshine Radio -- Featuring Don Airey

PRESS RELEASE

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- March 30th.

Pic 1 - Don Airey live with Deep Purple
Pic 2 - The Last Republic - ones to watch.

This week’s special guest on the Rock Show is DEEP PURPLE Keyboard player DON AIREY.
Don’s career reads like a Who’s Who of rock. He’s played with Rainbow, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Jethro Tull, Judas Priest and Queen’s Brian May among others. He’s been a member of DEEP PURPLE for the past 6 years.
His new solo album A LIGHT IN THE SKY is the Rock Show’s album of the week.

Tune in from 6pm to hear Don talk to presenter Jeff Collins about the making of his new album, playing at the Kremlin with DEEP PURPLE in front of new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his predecessor Vladimir Putin (both big fans of the band!), and the highs and lows of his extraordinary career, including the effects of witnessing the tragic death of Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist RANDY RHODES in an aircrash.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is the highly rated INCH HIGH. The Northern Irish rockers have recently toured with the Tygers Of Pang and will be releasing a new album soon.

Also on the show, The Rock Show’s featured live act will be THE LAST REPUBLIC - A Welsh act who recently recorded some material at Monmouth’s Monnow valley studios with Radiohead and Roger waters producer, Chris Sheldon. Tune in for exclusive live tracks from one of the band’s recent electrifying performances.


All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.

Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia) and Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.

The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107FM and 107.8FM across Monmouthshire.

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

Pictures by Andrew Pritchard --- www.myspace.com/rockhardphotography

THE ROCK SHOW TONIGHT - Sunshine Radio


PRESS RELEASE MONDAY
March 17th 2008

THE ROCK SHOW ON SUNSHINE RADIO -- SUNDAY 6PM-9PM -- March 23rd.

Pics (By Andrew pritchard)
1. Big Linda on Stage
2. Tokyo Dragons Mal Bruk with presenter jeff Collins

This week’s special guest on the Rock Show is former lead singer of the Symphonic Rock band, Nightwish: Tarja Turunen.
Since leaving the band, the singer is forging a new solo career under the banner of Tarja. Her second solo album My Winter Storm is the Rock’s Show’s Album Of The Week.
Tarja talks to presenter Jeff Collins on the phone from her home in Buenos Aires about the inspiration behind her new CD, recording a new version of Alice Cooper’s hit single Poison and about life after Nightwish.

The Rock’s Show’s New Band Of The Week is Big Linda. Heavily tipped by Classic Rock magazine to be the ‘Next big Thing’, their debut album I Loved You is out on April 14th....we have access to some preview tracks.

Also on the show, Tokyo Dragons guitarist Mal Bruk talks about their new album Hot Nuts.


All that plus three hours of the best classic rock tunes around.
Jeff’s previous guests on the Rock Show have included Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Fish, Paul Carrack, Stuart Cable, Paul Rodgers, Richie Edwards from The Darkness, Marillion’s Mark Kelly, ELP’s Keith Emerson and Whitesnake’s Neil Murray, Geoff Downes and John Wetton (Yes and Asia) and Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford.
The Rock Show on Sunshine Radio: 106.2 fm across Herefordshire and 107fm across Monmouthshire (107.8fm in Abergavenny).

Listen Online at www.sunshine-radio.net.

Jeff Collins is also the author of the best selling ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD and has just finished his latest book about former Stereophonic’s drummer Stuart Cable, which is due out in September 2008.
Email jeff.collins@sunshine-radio.net

PIctures by ANDREW PRITCHARD www.myspace.com/rockhardphotography