ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MERCENARIES

INTERVIEWS WITH ROCK STARS - VOLUME I

By Neil Daniels

Publication Date: 23rd December 2009

 

some of the world’s most famous rock and heavy metal artists. Amongst the thirty plus interviews includes Dio talking about his solo career and Heaven & Hell, Nikki Sixx on his controversial book The Heroin Diaries, Magnum vocalist Bob Catley on his fantastic solo work, Thunder on their post-reunion albums, Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton on his solo endeavours, Doro on her role as one of metal’s leading ladies and Foreigner on their success in the noughties. Rock ‘N’ Roll Mercenaries not only supports the big names but up and coming bands too, including the British metal band Nex, the Swedish AOR group Work Of Art and the Canadian melodic rock outfit Sonic X.

Interviews compiled: Al Atkins, Annihilator, Beyond Fear, Bob Catley, Broken Teeth, Bumblefoot, Dio, Doro, Foreigner, Funeral For A Friend, Glenn Tipton,
Heaven’s Basement, Honeymoon Suite, Iced Earth, Jimi Jamison, Journey, K.K. Downing, Krokus, Nex, Nikki Sixx, Powerwolf, Primal Fear, Queensrÿche, Rose Hill Drive, Sammy Hagar, Saxon, Scorpions, Sonic X, Stone Gods, Terrarosa,
Thunder, Work Of Art and Young Heart Attack.

There is also a bonus chapter featuring interviews with a small number of highly-acclaimed and well-known rock scribes: Alan Clayson, Chris Charlesworth, Colin Larkin, Dave Thompson, Jerry Hopkins, Joe Ambrose and Mick Middles.

There are 40 interviews in total.

“It’s becoming a better time for rock all the time at the moment. I think the great thing is there’s so many new rock bands coming through as well...”

Danny Bowes of Thunder

 

What the critics said:

As Rock ‘N’ Mercenaries is another self-funded/print on demand book I decided not to purchase copies to send to reviewers simply because there is only a limited audience for this one. (With POD publishing authors don’t get complimentary copies/free copies to send to the press – you have to buy copies yourself! You can one free copy and that’s to check for any mistakes before it becomes officially published…) Financially, I thought it would make sense just to send out press releases rather than spending a small fortune buying and posting a dozen+ books. Many writers have done it this way especially those who have published books through the American POD company lulu.com.

 

You can buy R ‘N’ R M from Amazon.

You can also buy it directly from the publishers AuthorsOnline.