DOKKEN, HAMMERFALL, BW&BK's MARTIN POPOFF On Rich Davenport's Rock Show
December 23, 2012, 11 years ago
Rich Davenport's Rock Show this week (Sunday, December 23rd 15:00-17:00 GMT) featured exclusive interviews with DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken, HAMMERFALL guitarist Pontus norgren, and BraveWords' own Martin Popoff, and is available now for streaming at this link here.
In the first hour, Don Dokken talks about the band's latest album Broken Bones, which will be their last studio album, and also discusses his acoustic project with Michael Schenker, future musical plans, and the forthcoming reissues of the first three Dokken albums, due out early in 2013.
Also in the first half of the show, Martin Popoff talks about his new book Fade To Black, a collection of classic hard rock album cover art, covering the golden age of vinyl, from 1965-1990. Martin also chooses songs by some of the artists featured in the book.
And in the second hour, Hammerfall guitarist Pontus Norgren discusses the band's new live CD/DVD set Gate of Dalhalla, which was recorded at the band's 15th anniversary celebration gig in July 2013, and features guest appearances from former members Jesper Stromblad (ex-IN FLAMES, THE RESISTANCE), Mikael Stanne (DARK TRANQUILLITY) and Stefan Elmgren (FULL FORCE). Pontus also chooses a selection of tracks from the album.
The show also features classic tracks and killer new cuts from PHIL LYNOTT, FREEDOM CALL, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, THE VERY END, IRON MAIDEN, SLADE and GRIM REAPER.