Interviews - Roppongi Rocks

Diemonds’ Priya Panda: “Singing and touring, it’s who I am and what I love”

January 5, 2016November 26, 2021 roppongirocks

Roppongi Rocks had a chat with Priya Panda about Diemonds, her new gig with the Misfits offshoot She Demons, playing the KISS Kruise and what’s next for her.

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Pontus Engborg – the funky drummer behind Glenn Hughes

December 30, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Funky, hard-hitting Swedish drummer Pontus Engborg is the man in charge of keeping the rhythm for rock legend Glenn Hughes.

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Interview: ex-Nazareth vocalist Linton Osborne on teaming up with Manny Charlton

December 28, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Two Nazareth veterans unite and create musical magic once again.

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Enforcer: heavy metal done properly

December 15, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Enforcer is a Swedish band at the forefront of a generation of newer, younger bands playing what perhaps can best be described as proper and timeless heavy metal.

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Interview: Brittney Slayes of Unleash The Archers

November 24, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Brittney Slayes is one of the best vocalists in heavy metal today.

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Interview: Beth-Ami Heavenstone of Graham Bonnet Band

November 21, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Beth-Ami Heavenstone made a name for herself on the Los Angeles music scene before she teamed up with Graham Bonnet to form Graham Bonnet Band.

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Freddy Villano is back with American Mafia

November 21, 2015December 5, 2021 roppongirocks

Bassist Freddy Villano, who in the 1990s toured with Quiet Riot and Dee Snider’s Widowmaker, is back with a new band, American Mafia.

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Dregen is back with a new Backyard Babies album and tour

October 20, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson caught up with guitarist and singer Dregen backstage at the Loud Park festival in Japan.

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Tribulation: Death metal evolution

October 15, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson sat down with Tribulation guitarists Adam Zaars and Jonathan Hultén when they recently visited Tokyo.

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Watain: Erik Danielsson on The Wild Hunt over Japan

September 30, 2015November 14, 2021 roppongirocks

Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson caught up with Watain’s leader and vocalist Erik Danielsson backstage before their Tokyo gig.

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H.E.A.T-wave in Japan

September 28, 2015December 5, 2021 roppongirocks

The members of Swedish melodic rock band H.E.A.T sit down with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson and Ikuko Yamanaka for a chat about the end of the successful “Touring Down the Walls” tour, a move to become a rockier band and what’s next.