Focus on Metal

This week Richie checks in with Thunder vocalist Danny Bowes about their new live album “Stage”. Given that Thunder has always had a huge fanbase in Europe unlike here in the States it’s only fitting that we let the Irishman in the house do this one.

Wanna know about Thunder? Head to thunderonline.com

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

A double header of metal goodness this week as we bring you chats with vocalists John Bush and John Corabi. Armored Saint will be celebrating the metal classic, “Symbol of Salvation” by embarking on a tour where they’ll play the album in its entirety.

John Bush is making his first appearance on FoM and will be giving us the update on that.

On April 6th The Dead Daisies will be releasing their latest one “Burn It Down” and John Corabi stops by once again, this time to talk about that and everything else he’s got going at the moment.

Head to ArmoredSaint.com for tour dates and updates on Armored Saint.

Click over to IndieMerch.com/MetalBladeRecords to get your preorder in for the rerelease of Symbol of Salvation

Point your browser to TheDeadDaisies.com for your latest Dead Daisies news or head to JohnCorabiMusic.com to keep up with John Corabi.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

This week we talk with Mark Ruffneck founder and drummer of Finnish metal powerhouse OZ. Back in the fall they released “Transition State” via AFM records and after months of trying to square away schedules we finally got him on the show.

It’s an awesome album and we want to really help get the word out.

Track of the week is off the latest from Voodoo Circle. Yep, Alex and the boys just released “Raised on Rock”. Another fine album for these guys.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

This week we sit down with former Sounds writer Garry Bushell. He’s always been a guy we wanted to have on the show but the publishing of his book “Sounds of Glory Volume 1 Rocking All Over The World” was the icing on the metal cake.

His Ozzy stories alone more than pay for the price of admission but this week you’re even getting some for free.

Find out more about Garry and possibly order a book or two head over to: garry-bushell.co.uk

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Back for his third appearance on FoM we once again bring you guitarist Michael Schenker. Besides being out touring and bringing the Michael Schenker Fest to his fans Michael has also teamed up with his musical compatriots to bring you “Michael Schenker Fest Resurrection”

an all new studio album featuring the vocals of Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet, Doogie White and Robin McAuley.

Also this week we bring you a talk with bassist Chuck Garric as we delve into his latest release with Beasto Blanco, “Live From Berlin”.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Back on episode 321 we talked with David Reece about the debut album from Sainted Sinners.

Here we are almost a year later and Sainted Sinners has released their second album “Back With A Vengeance” via El Puerto Records and we are happy to have David back on Focus on Metal.

David gave us the rundown on the latest release as well as give us some back story on Accept, Bonfire and the genius of producer Dieter Dierks.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Yep, you guessed it we have yet another returning guest this week. This time we welcome back bassist Mike LePond. Most of you may know Mike from Symphony X but he also heads up a little metal outfit called Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins.

They just put out their second release “Pawn and Prophecy” and we’ll hear all about it. Also this week we’ll bring you a chat with Rob Evan.

Rob has been a big part of TSO and now he’s bringing his voice to Broadway as a creator and performer with Rocktopia. Rob will give us the scoop on the upcoming show due to open on March 20th at the Broadway Theater.

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

Another returning guest this week as we once again sit down with guitarist Ty Tabor. Ty just released a double disc solo extravaganza entitled “Alien Beans”.

Disc 1 contains new tracks while disc 2 has rerecordings of older solo material.

Also this week we discuss the impending demise of Slayer.

Pick up a great bundle package for Ty’s new release at: RatPakRecordsamerica.com/ty-tabor

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

As promised we are back and this week we bring you another chat with guitarist Adrian Vandenberg. Vandenberg’s MoonKings just released their sophomore effort MKII and this week Richie talks with him about it.

Also we couldn’t come back without a little discussion on the whole reappearance of Vinnie Vincent deal.

Track of the week is from upcoming guest Mike Lepond’s other band Silent Assassins off their latest “Pawn and Prophecy”

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.

We’re ending 2017 with a double header. First up we bring you Jeff Scott Soto discussing “Psychotic Symphony” the debut release from Sons of Apollo a killer new band featuring former Focus on Metal guests Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy, and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal as well as Dream Theater alum Derek Sherinian and of course Jeff on vocals.

Also up this week we have a talk with guitarist Stuart Smith about his band Heaven & Earth’s fourth release “Hard to Kill”

And as always Focus On Metal…Everything Else is Insignificant.