Hello People,
Welcome to my website, Rock The Net! If you’re a defender of the faith – in other words a heavy metal fan – you are more than welcome to enter...
Here, you can find out about my latest book ventures as well as information on the magazines and fanzines I write for. I will regularly update and improve the site and if anything interesting happens or is going to happen soon, I’ll update my diary. You can also check out the Playlist page to see what I’m listening to each month. Everything I have ever written that has been published is in My Writings and Archives. If you wanna find out what I’m doing next, just check out Current Projects.
And if you’re really bored you can find out more about me on the, er, About Me page.
On the Links page you’ll see loads of links to some really cool sites, which I visit quite often. Finally, I’d like to mention that I have conducted interviews - exclusive to this site - with a number of writers which you can read on the Interviews page. This is part of my ongoing personal project; I hope to build up an archive of interviews with noted authors in the hope of learning more about writing books and pop culture in general.
I hope you like it. And remember people: rock hard and ride free!
(27/02/10)
The German translation of my Robert Plant bio is OUT NOW. See the publisher’s website for details.
Check out the latest reviews for All Pens Blazing, Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries & Linkin Park: An Operators Manual.
Take a look at my upcoming books, Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries Volume II & It's My Life in Current Projects.
Two new interviews: Joerg Deisinger & Peter Doggett.
New information in the About Me section!
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! New Year...
New Playlist!
(18/01/10)
Message from the webmaster:
Ok people, I know its been a while since the last round of updates but I think you will agree that they are well worth the wait! Despite that, you all deserve an apology and explanation for how long it has taken to get this stuff online. As some of you may already know I am a university student and every now and again us students actually have to do things like complete coursework and sit exams, which is what I have been doing. I am currently in my final year and the workload has been a little overwhelming, so I apologise to you all for the delay and thank Neil for his patience and understanding while I have completed my work.
Enjoy the updates and buy a copy of Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries, its awesome!
Check out Dave Lewis' website www.tightbutloose.co.uk for info on Led Zeppelin and associated music...
Check out the website of graphic desinger James Gaden. He has designed the cover for my latest book Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries: www.solitaryvision.co.uk
Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries has been published! Check it out in the the Bibliography or go right to its own page.
More interesting info in the About Me section!
Check out some of this great Correspondence!
More Dawn Of The Metal Gods reviews Here!
Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia gets reviews too!
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! End of 2009...
New Playlist!
(23/10/09)
Details of my new project, More Pens Blazing - A Heavy Metal Writer’s Handbook Volume 2, have now been added to Current Projects & Bibliography.
Linkin Park – An Operator’s Manual was published this month. Check it out in the Bibliography and on its very own page, Here.
The interviews are back! Philip Wilding & Richie Unterberger.
New Diary Entry! Latest Happenings In My World…
New Interview with me in the About Me section!
More Dawn Of The Metal Gods reviews Here.
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Cover Interviews!
New Sleeve Notes!
New Playlist!
(19/08/09)
All Pens Blazing has been published! You can check it out in the Bibliography and on it's very own page Here. The book is available to buy through Amazon, Authors_OnLine and many other good retailers.
(14/08/09)
LES PAUL RIP (1915-2009)
There’s very little I can add to the huge response there’s been to the death of the legendary guitar maker and player Les Paul. From a personal perspective I first heard the name ‘Les Paul’ when I started listening to Cream and early Clapton when I was around 17-18 years old. Just think of all those great guitarists who have played on one of his guitars: Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Joe Perry. Already, Slash, Steve Lukather, Eddie Van Halen and Ace Frehley have paid their respects. There’ll never again be such an innovative guitarist and inventor as Les Paul. He was truly a unique guy.
If you’re a Led Zep fan you should really own a copy of Dave Lewis’ new book – ‘Then As It Was: Led Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979 (30 Years Gone)’. Go Here.
The first reviews of Dawn Of The Metal Gods are starting to surface. Check out some quotes Here.
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! What's Going On?
More noteworthy Correspondence!
New Film & Books Entry!
New Playlist!
(04/07/09)
The Cover for All Pens Blazing (Designed by our very own Webmaster, Rob McKenna!) is finished. Information on my next project; Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries - Interviews With Rock Stars. Volume 1 is also now available. Check them both out on the Bibliography and Current Projects pages!
New Bibliography Catagories: Sleeve Notes & Obituaries!
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! MOVING FORWARD...
New Cover Interviews!
New Playlist!
(29/05/09)
Interviews With Writers will be taking a back seat for the next couple of months because I’m compiling a bunch of them for a book collection, many of them will be exclusive to the book. See Current Projects and Bibliography for further information on All Pens Blazing: A Heavy Metal Writer's Guide.
Check out Amazon for more details on Dawn Of The Metal Gods.
You can now pre-order my Linkin Park book on Amazon.
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! GETTING THERE...
New Film & Books Entry!
New Cover Interviews!
New Playlist!
(27/04/09)
Three fantastic new Interviews! Steffan Chirazi, Martin Roach & Henry Yates.
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Cover Interviews!
New Playlist!
(22/03/09)
Three new Interviews! Carl Begai, Jerry Hopkins & Everett True.
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
New Diary Entry! COMING SOON…
New Film & Books Entry!
New Playlist!
(26/02/09)
The German edition of my Robert Plant book has been added to Foreign Editions.
Even more new Interviews! Laura Jackson, Mick Middles, Greg Prato, Jeb Wright.
The Encyclopaedia Bon Jovi has been moved to the Bibliography!
New Interview with me in the About Me section!
New Bibliography Catagory: Random Blogs!
New Concert Dates in the Gig Guide!
More noteworthy Correspondence!
New Film & Books Entry!
New Playlist!
(04/02/09)
Fancy a new rock T-shirt? Have a look at Howard Johnson’s website www.saltyrockz.com. Howard’s background is rock press. He used to write for Kerrang!, Metal Hammer and Q back in the eighties/nineties. They've got some famous people wearing the shirts at...
www.saltyrockz.com/gallery.php
The second extract from my Al Atkins book is available to read in Current Projects.
New Interviews! Lonn Friend & Steven Rosen
New Cover Interviews!
New Playlist!
(18/01/09)
The first details of my latest project, The Operators Manual - Linkin Park, have now been added to Current Projects & Bibliography.
Here is an interview with me which was published in my local newspaper The St Helens Star.
Click Here for details on the U.S publication of Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia.
Two great interviews this month with Brett Callwood & John Tucker!
New Diary Entry! A New Year Arrives
(04/01/09)
The latest Press Release for my forthcoming book about Al Atkins can be found Here
My Bon Jovi Encyclopaedia is now available to pre-order from Amazon
New Diary Entry! 2008 In a Nutshell
Yet more noteworthy Correspondence!
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