The Road to Rock Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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Today we welcome one of Wales' finest rock music exports, frontman and vocalist Shane Greenhall from Those Damn Crows.

Those Damn Crows are a hard rock band from Bridgend in South Wales. They formed in 2014 and band members include Shane (lead vocals), Ian “Shiner” Thomas (guitar), David Winchurch (guitar), Lloyd Wood (bass), and Ronnie Huxford (drums).

(Ronnie also has his own Road To Rock Podcast episode in Season One, make sure you check it out after listening to this one)

Out of the studio albums Those Damn Crows have released, three charted in the UK top 15, two were in the top 5 and they had a UK number one with their latest album 'God Shaped Hole'.

The Crows have graced the stages of Download festival multiple times, headlined Steelhouse festival in Wales and have toured with The Hollywood Vampires, Goo Goo Dolls and ZZ Top.

In this interview I caught up with Shane when Those Damn Crows headlined the Engine Rooms in Southampton in October 2025.

In this episode you'll hear Shane talk openly and honestly about his journey in music, the deep meanings behind the inspiration for some of Those Damn Crows most popular songs, what life was like on the road with The Hollywood Vampires and what the Crows are planning next.

Trigger warning - This episode contains discussions about drugs and suicidal thoughts. Please listen with care.

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If you’ve been paying attention to the rock bands emerging from Wales in recent years, you’ll know there’s something special happening there. The level of talent is astonishing — and Florence Black are a prime example.

Tristan Thomas is the lead singer and guitarist of Welsh trio Florence Black, a band who have been setting the UK rock scene on fire with their gritty riffs and hard rock since 2013.

With two albums already under their belt — Weight Of The World and Bed Of Nails — Florence Black hit a major milestone when Bed Of Nails shot straight to number one in the UK charts. 

Along the way, they’ve supported some of rock’s biggest names, including Alter Bridge, Steel Panther and Ugly Kid Joe, and have played on some of Europe’s most iconic stages, winning over crowds at both Hellfest and Download Festival.

In this episode of The Road To Rock Podcast, we catch up with Tristan on the road at Florence Black’s Southampton show in September 2025.

Tristan opens up about leaving school to pursue music, the people who backed him — and those who didn’t — the song he once feared he’d accidentally stolen, and what fans can expect from Florence Black’s highly anticipated third album.

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Today, on the 30th of April, we should be pitching our tents and getting ready to spend the weekend rocking out in a field to the likes of Skindred, The Fratellis and Terrorvision at Teddy Rocks Festival.
But thanks to the pandemic Teddy Rocks has been rolled over for the second year running, to 2022.

Teddy Rocks is a UK charity festival held at Charrisworth Farm in Blandford, Dorset.
It's one of the first music festivals of the year and it raises money for Teddy20 -  A charity set up to help children and young people flighting cancer.

The charity was set up by the Newton family in memory of their son Ted after he passed away at just 10 years old from a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing Sarcoma.
Tom Newton, Ted's older brother, is the man responsible for starting Teddy Rocks Festival, which started out as a small gig amongst friends and family in a pub in 2011, raising £400 for their charity.

Over the years it has grown into a 3 day event which has seen The Darkness, Feeder, Ash, The Hoosiers, Twin Atlantic and The Zutons take to the stage.
I caught up with Tom a few weeks ago to chat about how things are looking for Teddy Rocks 2022 and hear the amazing story of how Teddy Rocks has grown into one of the hottest festivals on the  UK music scene.

https://teddyrocks.co.uk/

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This weeks guest on the road to rock podcast is British vocalist and song writer Robert Hart.

Roberts career has seen him grace stages and recording studios as part of The Distance, Bad Company and the jones Gang, and for the past 10 years robert has been the lead singer of manfred Mann’s earth band.

Robert has worked on various group and solo projects over the years which has led him to collaborate with the likes of Rolling Stones Ronnie wood, Andy Taylor form Duran Duran, Company of snakes with Bernie marsden and FM’s Steve overland and Jim Kirkpatrick.

His songwriting career took him to the USA where he was the first English writer to be signed to Disney owned Hollywood records. 
Robert worked on soundtracks for movies and even stepped in for the odd cameo role.

Aside from spending the past decade touring the world with Manfred Mann, Robert worked on his own solo albums, releasing his most recent one, Pure, last year.
He called on his rock buddies Steve overland and Hollywood Vampires Tommy Denander to help record and produce the album which has resulted in 12 tracks of unique pop rock.

Robert was on the rock meets classic tour in Europe with Alice Cooper and thunder when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing the remaining tour dates to be abandoned

This week I caught up with Robert to discuss the highs and lows of his multi decade career and hear how he came to be the front man of bands he admired growing up.

Roberts fishbowl roulette episode is at the end of his interview...

Warning - This episode contains substance abuse content some listeners may find triggering.

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Nathan James, in his own words... The frontman of British hard rock band Inglorious and the man who seems to be Marmite in the rock music world is this week's guest on The Road To Rock... People either love him or hate him.

Nathan made a name for himself when he appeared on reality TV show's The Voice and Superstar, which was Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for someone to play Jesus in the UK arena Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.

This led to Nathan touring the USA with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, performing in The War Of The Worlds stage show and the formation of Inglorious in 2014.

Over the years Inglorious have worked hard to make their mark in the rock music world, touring with bands such as The Dead Daisies and Steel Panther and playing the UK's biggest rock festivals, but it's been a rocky road that has come with it's share of drama and scandal.

In October 2018, after recording their third album, Ride To Nowhere, both Inglorious guitarists and the bass player all quit the band on the same day.
At the time Nathan was touring with Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds and was due to go out on tour with Inglorious not long after.

An interview was given to Sleaze Roxx criticising Nathan, Inglorious and dismissing the band as 'Nathan's project.'
A short time later a youtube video emerged of Nathan lashing out at his former bandmates, which had been leaked from an online chat by one of his colleagues.

Nathan later apologised for his comments but the damage was done and his reputation in the music world was in tatters.
An onslaught of online hate and abuse ensued which escalated to Nathan receiving death threats.

This February Inglorious released their fourth album, We Will Ride, which went to number 1 in the Amazon Hard Rock Chart.
I caught up with Nathan for a brutally honest chat about everything that went on with his former bandmates and the reaction he received from fans and the media after it all happened.
 
We discussed how recording this new album socially distanced and with his new line up went and chatted about the pressures he felt performing live on reality TV in Superstar... and what happened after he got kicked off the show!
 
http://inglorious.com/

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Hello Los Angeles... This is London calling! Being signed by Michael Jackson's cousin and Beyonce's dad... Band members having seizures and falling off stage... playing YouTube pranks on cops and appearing on reality TV... This week's episode of the Road To Rock Podcast is with Dylan Leonte and Kazuki Tokaji from LA based band Dylan 'N' Alice.

Elysa caught up with the boys a few weeks ago to chat about what life is like for bands trying to get signed in LA, how the pandemic has affected the LA music scene how they're using social media and reality TV to get their music heard.

Warning! This episode contains sensitive content about drug use some listeners may find upsetting.

If you've been affected by any of the subjects featured in this episode of The Road To Rock, help and support is available.
Free and confidential advice is available 24 hours a day from The Samaritans.
Call 116 123 or visit https://www.samaritans.org/

https://www.dylannalice.com/

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Dhani and Tao from The Treatment join Elysa to talk about line up changes in the band over the years, what it's like supporting Steel Panther, Alice Cooper, Motley Crue and Kiss, their experiences of touring America, Japan and Europe and why their new album, 'Waiting For Good Luck' is their strongest album yet.
 
 http://thetreatmentofficial

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Elysa talks to Ricky Warwick about his friendship with Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, what happened when he got the call to join Thin Lizzy and his three favourite songs on his new album ‘When Life Was Hard And Fast’.

https://www.rickywarwick.com

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Recorded before Christmas when Matt Pearce was in town to do a socially distanced acoustic gig at Madding Crowd in Bournemouth.

Elysa caught up with Matt to chat about recording albums on a boat... The Boat that rocked! Tales from touring with Iron Maiden, Steve Vai's Chilli collection and fake lockdown videos.

Songs used in this episode are 'Worried', 'Set Me Free' and Dig Deeper by Matt Pearce and The Mutiny, from the album Gotta Get Home.

https://mattpearceandthemutiny.com/

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!
May 2021 see the return of music festivals, rock concerts and global tours!
As most of the UK is spending New Year in Tier 4 lockdowns, I have no idea how this will happen but as Limp Bizkit and some bloke called George once said... We gotta have faith!

This weeks episode of The Road To Rock is with a man who has toured the world and played more concerts and festivals than Steven Tyler can shake his microphone stand at.
Jim Kirkpatrick is the lead guitarist with British melodic rock band FM and has been part of the band since 2008.

FM was born in the summer of 1984 when Steve Overland and his brother Chris formed the band.  Over the years they toured with the likes of Foreigner, Saxon, Thin Lizzy and Bon Jovi, have headlined their own tours in the UK and globally and in May of 2020, released their 12th studio album called Synchronised.

Aside from playing in FM, Jim performs with former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden and also tours with Rhino's Revenge, a band fronted by Status Quo bass player John 'Rhino' Edwards.
Somehow in the midst of this manic work schedule, Jim found the time to release his own solo album, Ballad Of A Prodigal Son, back in September.

I caught up with Jim a few weeks ago to chat about how the release went, how he joined FM, how they almost got stuck in Australia for the pandemic and what happened when he played the main stage of Download Festival for the first time....

https://www.jimkirkpatrick.com/

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