Whole Lotta Talk - Interviews that rock!

Tarja Turunen faces a very exciting year: two tours on her own, the Rock Meets Classic tour, lots of festivals and on top of all that, new music are on the list of the former Nightwish singer. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Tarja talks to us about her favorite Rock Meets Classic-stars and why she feels honored to be a part of the project. In her opinion, Classical and Rock music are deeply connected. Find out why in our interview - and enjoy!

What you can hear on the new album of New Model Army "Unbroken" is a bunch of demos. That's how singer and guitarrist Justin Sullivan describes the record of the band in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview. More detailed facts about how the songs were made and a bunch more stuff are discussed, so enjoy listening!

Shinedown have big plans for 2024! Their last headliner tour in Germany was set for November 2022, but was cancelled only a few weeks before it would have started. Since then, Shinedown have released their new album "Planet Zero". With the record being in the bag, they want to push on with a new European tour, planning trips to Germany as well as Australia and many more countries. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Brent Smith tells us all about their plans and what the status is right now, and of course we talk about "Planet Zero" and the meaning behind their single "The Symptom of Being Human". Enjoy!

Shortly before Christmas 2023, we talked to Bob Catley and Lee Morris of Magnum about their newest work "Here comes the Rain", which would be out on January 12th 2024. Little did we then know about the tragedy that was about to happen only a few weeks later: the death of gitarrist Tony Clarkin on January 7th. We lost a great rock musician - but now find comfort in the last Magnum album he wrote. That is exactly what we talk about in this exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, so keep this in mind and enjoy listening to Bob Catley and Lee Morris. Rock in Peace, Tony!

He doesn't write songs - he writes stories: that's Luke Spiller of The Struts! In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, the singer talks about their new album "Pretty Vicious" and how it honors the past while still being aware of having been written in the present. Enjoy!

After their gig at ROCK OUT Festival in the German Rock City of Augsburg, we met Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme for an exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview. We talked about having technical issues on stage, the delicate chemistry within the band, the best guitar solo of the year - and money. Enjoy!

KISS are history, but original guitarist Ace Frehley is happily releasing his new solo album “10,000 Volts” in February! You can find out everything about it and his eternal love-hate relationship with the other KISS members here in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview!

Mike Shinoda is back! The Linkin Park singer has talked to us about his new song "Already Over" and what to expect from his upcoming music. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Mike also tells us why he thinks of Steven King during his writing sessions - and he confesses that Bon Jovi was always there when he went to sleep in earlier days. Enjoy!

How does it feel to open up the show for bands like Guns N' Roses or Aerosmith? How do you turn an audience into people who love what you do? Rival Sons guitarrist Scott Holiday has the answers - listen to them now in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview. Enjoy!

One project isn't enough for someone like the mighty Ann Wilson! Together with her sister Nancy, she still appears on stage as Heart. With her Band Tripsitter, she recently released her new album "Another door". What's it like to have several irons in the fire? Listen to Ann Wilsons thoughts here in our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview. Enjoy!

With their new album "Bleed Out", Within Temptation are doing some things differently in comparison to their previous records. Most Songs were released as a single at first and the album was formed afterwards. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, Sharon Den Adel tells us what the songs are about and how they refer to the current world situation. Enjoy!

Not only does Duff McKagan have his own Rockstar-Radioshow on ROCK ANTENNE together with his wife Susan (every saturday at 6pm CET - check it out 😎) AND happen to be the bassist of a small Rockband called Guns N' Roses - no, he also just released his fourth Solo record "Lighthouse"! And it's really good one! 😊 In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, we had the pleasure to talk to Duff about his record, being on the radio in song and show, personal stories, future plans and much more. Enjoy! Die größten Rocksongs aller Zeiten im Radio! Die Rockstar-Radioshow mit Duff & Susan: https://www.rockantenne.de/rockhoeren/sendungen/die-rockstar-radioshow-mit-susan-und-duff-mckagan Alle Infos, News, Webradio & Streams: https://www.rockantenne.de

Southern Rockers of Black Stone Cherry are back - with a new record called "Screamin at the Sky" and a new bass player called Steve Jewell. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, we talked to guitarist Ben Wells about their new album and how (and where) they worked on it, about how Steve fits in with the band - and when we might expect Black Stone Cherry back on German stages. Enjoy!

Simple Plan are celebrating 25 years of punkrock and are touring through europe in 2024. We talked to founding drummer Chuck Comeau about the highlights of his career, playing onstage next to his idols and about suddenly going viral on TikTok. Enjoy!

After 25 years of Eclipse, nobody would doubt that the band has changed - apart from Eclipse themselves! Although they have welcomed several new members over the past years, they still embody the essence of Eclipse. Tune in to hear what that means to them and how they have achieved it! In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, we also talk about the new album called "Megalomanium" and why this isn't some kind of dinosaur - AND why they always go to the snack section first whenever they visit Germany. Enjoy!

During the Covid pandemic, bands had to reorganize themselves. So did Canadian rockers Danko Jones - but now that most things are back to normal, they have still kept up their routine to write songs far away from each other. In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, singer Danko Jones himself tells us how their new record "Electric Sounds" was created. He also reveals which surprises the band has come up with for their fans. Enjoy!

Time really does go by: The Dead Daisies are celebrating their 10 year anniversary already! In our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE Interview guitarist Doug Aldrich tells us stories from the past and what's his all time favourite on their Best Of-Album. Enjoy!

Ayron Jones' new record "Chronicles Of The Kid" is out now and we had a chat with Ayron about various topics that have had an influence on this album in particular and his music in general. The singer tells us how it felt touring with The Rolling Stones, why he cried on stage once and why he won't do it again - enjoy our exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview!

With their new record "Skeletons" Pop Evil released a new highlight in their band discography. We talked to singer Leigh Kakaty and bass player Joey Walser about the influence of their new producer and about processing scary topics in songs that are entertaining. Enjoy!

Besides touring with Slipknot - Corey Taylor still found time to record a brand new soloalbum "CMFT2". Just like on his debut LP the new songs have a lot of variation so all his fans - if Slipknot or Stone Sour - can really look forward to it. Corey tells us about the advantages of working alone, a very exciting phone call from KISS' Paul Stanley himself, about the plans of releasing another B-side LP with only cover songs and of course we're talking about Slipknot as well. Enjoy!