I recently contacted drumming legend Roxy Petrucci to do an interview for Rock Radio NI. The timing seemed right as her new band JSRG had just been announced for Firefest in October and the band were also embarking on the Monsters of Rock Cruise. Most people will know Roxy as the drummer from Vixen in the late 80s and early 90s, but she also played with Madam X before that and in a number of bands since. Her new band JSRG consists of three of the original members of Vixen. I must admit I got quite a buzz out of doing this interview (even if only by e-mail) as it’s not every day you get to ask questions to someone who you watched on TV and listened to on the stereo in your late teens / early twenties in the heyday of classic rock!
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The Treatment are five young guys from Cambridge in England who have taken the rock world by storm with great live performances, a fantastic debut album and support slots with some of the biggest names in rock. They’re currently working on a new album and head back out on the road again in February and March to support Slash on tour in Nottingham, Blackpool and Dublin. On their “day off” from the Slash tour they play a headline show in The Diamond Rock Club in Ahoghill on Saturday 2nd March.