Rated X is the latest project involving Joe Lynn Turner, the former Rainbow and Deep Purple vocalist. The debut, self-titled album from Rated X was released through Frontiers Records on 7th November. In the band along with JLT are Carmine Appice on drums, Tony Franklin on bass and Karl Cochran on guitar. Both Appice and Franklin were members of Blue Murder and have been involved in many bands. Cochran has worked with JLT on other projects and has been a member of Ace Frehley’s band.
The closest we came to was Black Stone Cherry meet The Answer, Jet and Airbourne on the way to a BB King gig.
And, as we
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There are two NI Rocks Shows each week on Rock Radio NI. These are the playlists for the shows for the month of October. These shows are still available from the On Demand Player. There are over 100 different artists featured on the two shows this month, along with four recorded interviews (Nita Strauss, Thundermother, Vega & Crazy Lixx). Playlists for the previous month are also still available - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/rrni-updates/1678-ni-rocks-playlists-for-september-2014.html