Ross "The Boss" Friedman 1954 - 2026

 

An Observation

Just a quick note about the site and the number of visitors
we usually get.On a good day it's usually 1000+.

But over the past week or so it's been much higher than that.

Today so far it's up to 12,000+ already.

The last few days has seen numbers of 6-7 and up to 10,000 visitors.

Very strange,either somebody is putting our name out there

or the counter's broken!

I guess the moral of the story is the less you post

the more visits to the site!!

Anyway...Enjoy.

Phil Campbell 1961-2026

 

Francis Buchholz 1954 - 2026

 

KERRANG! CHARTS

How many do you have,

what are your fav's?

January 1983

 

Ace Frehley 1951 - 2025

 

George Kooymans 1948 - 2025

 

Ozzy Osbourne 1948 - 2025

 

Mick Ralphs 1944 - 2025

 

Rick Derringer 1947 - 2025

 

Les Binks 1951 - 2025

 

John Sykes 1959 - 2025

 

A Message From Eddie

 

To all the good folks who click onto HRC.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
What a great year for me personally gig wise.
138 GIGS
309 BANDS
35 VENUES

A feat I have not achieved since the 80's and i can honestly say I have enjoyed every rockin' minute of it...THANK YOU LOCKDOWN!!! Let me explain...I stopped going to gigs during the late 90's...I just lost interest,The buzz that first attracted me back in '81 had gone I found myself more interested in the bar than the bands so I just stopped going UNTIL lockdown where like everyone else in the world we were stuck indoors and it just hit me " I WANT A GIG IN MY LIFE AGAIN" and as soon we were allowed out again and bands got back on tour I was in,slowly at first (it had been 20 years) but then SMACK my mojo was back .The hunger and the buzz had returned and I have not looked back since.The NEED to hear THAT song and WATCH that band new or old playing LIVE is back in full swing and I am feckin' lovin' it and finding a place to share these gigs just adds to the buzz especially when you take the time to leave a message even if you didn't like the music it's always good to hear from you.THANK YOU SMOKER for keeping the site going and here's to 2025 and the calendar is filling up nicely ….Bring it on...Ed.

MY  TOP TEN GIGS OF THE YEAR (in no particular order)
1.THE MOLOTOVS - Dingwall's
(young,fresh & exciting...gonna be HUGE me finks)

2.DEVERE - Lower Third
(new young band playing old school Hard,Sleaze Rock)

3.SOPHIE LLOYD - The Underworld
(amazing gutarist,what a future she has)

4.GEOFF TATE - o2 Academy
(outfeckinstanding performance)

5.Y & T - o2 Academy
(totally professional with a setlist to die for)

6.SAXON - Wembley
(brilliant, Tatler has added a new hunger)

7.THE HEAT INC. - Camden Assembly
(another new band to watch out for)

8.THE HIP PRIESTS - Black Heart
(sadly their second to last gig ever,will miss these speed Punksters)

9.ZAC SCHULZE BAND - Grace
(taking old school blues to the next level)

10.SOUTHERN RIVER BAND - o2 Academy
(the next bunch of convicts from down under doing what all Aussie bands do,excellent Hard Rock)

The End Of The Year Message.

 

Well we've done it again reached the end of another
Rockin' year here at HRC.  

Maybe not as productive as some years but we're still

hanging in there.

So thanks to all visitors & commenters,

there'd be no point doing this without you. 

Plus special thanks to UFO Steve & Eddie for

all their contributions,cheers guys.

For those wondering what's happened to Rocket.

I've emailed him a few times and had no reply.

As I said a year ago maybe he'll turn up,fingers crossed.

So we'll wish you all a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.

We'll do it all again in 2025.

C-YA Then!!

It's A Book!

 

Pulled this book out due to the comments about
Uriah Heep and the Glasgow Apollo.

Great read this one all about the history and the

bands that played at the venue.

Long out of print no doubt.

As you can see from the list of bands,Uriah Heep were indeed

the last Rock Band to play there.

Paul Di'Anno 1958 - 2024

 

Jack Russell 1960 - 2024

 

New Links

For everybody looking for new links to shows

that Rocket posted,unless he comes back

you're out of luck.

James Kottak 1962 - 2024

 

Tony Clarkin 1946 - 2024