Adam Parsons - Siren Artist Management

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05/18/21 • 74 min

This weeks episode was recorded back in March when Elysa chatted with with Adam Parsons from Siren Artist Management.
Adam and his team are responsible for some of the biggest heritage acts in rock music today, with heavy hitters Saxon, Thin Lizzy, Europe, Diamond Head and Uriah Heep on their roster.
He's the man that buys tickets to his own artists shows and even has a pair of wellies waiting for him in the UK for when he watches his acts headline festivals through the ever changing British summer weather.
Adam talks about how he ended up drumming on Ricky Warwicks new album When Life Was Hard And Fast and how he went after Thin Lizzy and got the gig as their manager.
He talks about the birth of Black Star Riders and firing drummer Tommy Aldridge from Thin Lizzy and remembers the last time he spoke with Motorhead's Lemmy before he passed away.
https://www.sirenmanagement.com/

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Steve Overland - FM

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From headlining global sold out shows to stepping out of the limelight for 11 years and coming back stronger than ever... This weeks guest on The Road To Rock Podcast is singer, songwriter and FM frontman Steve Overland.
Steve's journey in rock started in 1980 when he and his brother Chris formed the band Wildlife. They were quickly scouted and signed to Chrysalis Records to release their debut album, Burning.
In 1983 they were signed to Led Zeppelin owned Swan Song Records where they released their follow up self titled album.
Soon after, Swan Song Records folded and Wildlife split up.
In the Summer of 1984 Steve, his brother Chris and former Wildlife member Pete Jupp joined forces with ex Diamondhead bassist Merv Goldsworthy to form FM.
Joined by the keyboard talents of Didge Digital, they secured a recording contract by December of that year and they headed off to Germany for a run of tour dates with Meatloaf.
FM's success went from supporting artists such as Bon Jovi, Tina Turner and Status Quo to selling out their own headline shows around the world.
In 1996 the FM members amicably agreed to take a break from touring and recording as grunge was starting to take over the rock music scene and they felt they'd reached their peak.
It was a break that lasted 11 years.
In 2007 FM were persuaded to reform for a one off gig, headlining Firefest at Nottingham's Rock City.
That gig was that catalyst that led to FM reforming with a new lineup, getting back in the recording studio and heading out on the road for a second wave of FM fever that is still taking the world by storm today.
A few weeks ago I caught up with Steve to hear his story about life in FM.
He talks about the new artists he's been writing music with during the pandemic and he straightens out the facts in the controversy surrounding the song 'Shot In The Dark' ... Recorded and performed by Ozzy Osborne but originally written and performed by Steve in his Wildlife days ...
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Bernie Marsden

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Bernie Marsden is one of the UK's finest rock and blues guitarists of all time. His career started in 1972 in Buckingham, England.

Bernie's work includes time spent as a session musician and in bands such as UFO, Wild Turkey, Paice Ashton Lord and Whitesnake.

Over the decades Bernie has played alongside some of the greatest rock and roll musicians of all time, including Robert Plant, Paul Weller, being part of the Ringo Starr Band, Cozy Powell and Joe Bonamassa.

He has toured the world and is one half of the writing duo responsible for the monster hit ‘Here I go again’... The other half being David Coverdale from Whitesnake.

As Bernie celebrates the paperback release of his book ‘Where’s My Guitar- An Inside Story Of British Rock And Roll’... and gears up for getting back out on the road playing shows this summer.... I caught up with him to talk about the ups and downs of his incredible career.

He explains the history behind his legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar, AKA The Beast, and reveals the first song he learnt how to play, which millions of us hear on U.K. TV most weeknights!
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