The Road to Rock Podcast

Following the success of headlining one of the UK’s first socially distanced outdoor rock concerts, this weeks episode of the road to rock is with Dave Kellaway, bassist and lead singer of King Creature. On September 5th the heavy rockers took to the stage in a construction yard in Cornwall, to play some of their biggest hits and debut songs from their new album, Set The World On Fire, due for rel...

Warning - This interview contains sensitive content some listeners may find upsetting. This week on The Road To Rock it gives me great pleasure to welcome another of Wales' finest rock music exports - Those Damn Crows. They've played the likes of Download Festival, Ramblin Man, Steelhouse Festival and Planet Rockstock and their latest album proved they're a force to be reckoned with...

Promotion is key in the live music industry. You’ve got the venue, you’ve booked the band, but how do you spread the word about your gig and sell tickets? Meet Dom Patience, the man responsible for bringing bands such as Gallows, Cancer Bats, Napalm Death and Hadouken to the UK's South Coast. Carving a career for himself as an independent promoter since the age of 16, Dom brings some of the h...

Take one Barbershop chorus singer, a Guitar Hero slaying school friend, a multi talented open mic night performer and an Italian Stallion drummer... Put them together and what do you get? Capulus. This week Josh, Tom, Sean and Giacomo join me on The Road To Rock to talk about how they came together to form Capulus and the work they've put in which has seen them quickly become one of the hotte...

This week's guest on The Road To Rock has been managing bands and making deals in the music business for over thirty years... what he doesn't know about the ways of the industry 'aint worth knowing, quite frankly. Andy Farrow started his career as a young lad in the north of England scouting bands for music labels based in London. Seeing a gap in the market for a northern centric co...

Meet Jack Taylor... Drummer in Tax The Heat and general Jack of all trades at Siren Artist Management, an international band management company that take care of the likes of Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders, Saxon, Europe and Stiff Little Fingers. Bristol band Tax The Heat were formed in 2013 by Jack and vocalist Alex Veale. They have successfully combined classic blues rock with an alternative twis...

This week we welcome Martin Jarvis, Booking Agent and Artist Manager from The Fresh Start Company. Starting his career in the music industry during the 80's rock music scene, Martin has a wealth of knowledge and experience which has led him to where he is today. The Fresh Start Company has a solid lineup of Artists on their books including FM, Gun, Tyketto, Ricky Warwick and The Fighting Hear...

Black Tree Vultures... No F***ing way! Yes, it's the British band that have shared the stage with The Darkness, Buckcherry and Devilskin and racked up almost 200 shows in three years. If there's one thing these boys know the meaning of, it's hard work. In this episode of The Road To Rock I welcome Jonno Smyth, Black Tree Vultures drummer. We discussed how he and Guitarist Aaron Hamm...

Pack up your camping gear and prepare to head off the beaten track as we pay a visit to where rock music is at it's wildest.... The Steelhouse Festival! Situated on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, Hafod-y-Dafal Farm sits atop a beautiful Welsh mountain and has been the official home of the UK's highest music festival since 2011. As you stand on top of the...

If you're gonna do a rock music podcast it would only be right to start by going in hard and heavy with a kick ass band... So who better to launch The Road To Rock than the mighty Skindred. Arya Goggin is the monster behind the drum kit in the band famed for their fusion of heavy metal, punk rock, electronica and reggae music. In this interview we chatted about how he got into Skindred, the d...

Ryan Mills - Aka Bear - is the General Manager of Anvil Rock Bar in Bournemouth, UK. I caught up with him back in June when he and his partner, Lara, were recovering from the after effects of Covid-19.   We spoke about the bands that have played at Anvil, which big names have dropped by over the years and the breaking bands that have played secluded gigs on Anvil's underground stage.   Hear t...