Meet everyone at Hard Rock Hell Radio, a varied bunch bringing you their shows, news and reviews to the station.
Live Show times are UK Times (BST/GMT), Podcasts available in the Sections below, providing links to Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and Others.
Doris Brendel
Following a Classical upbringing in Vienna, Brendel replaced the violin with the guitar and moved over to the dark side as soon as she arrived in the UK as a teenager. Forming a rock band was the first thing she did and hasn’t looked back since. The singer is known for her eclectic repertoire and has covered a huge collection of genres over the years but has been mostly embraced by the Prog scene. She has been signed to Sony, Virgin and London Records and has toured with a collection of bands, most recently Wishbone Ash and Fish.
The Upside Down Show, Mondays 8pm
Paul Cash
From listening to his Dad’s Jimi Hendrix, Cream & Roxy Music LPs at an early age and to his discovery of The Who & Judas Priest before the age of 10, Rock Music has always been an integral part of Paul’s life. Appreciating many genres of music, but it’s Rock that defines him. Paul has a passion for Groove Soaked Feel Good Rock ‘n’ Roll! He also has a passion for Jack Daniels so if you hear him slurring on air, please remember it’s purely medicinal!
Pure Rock Fury – Tuesdays 10am
Dan Chan
Originally from Nottingham, Dan spent his formative years, every weekend, in Rock City where he would attend club nights and gigs! Dan has been with Hard Rock Hell Radio since 2019 but is a metal lover for over 30 years. As a drummer, he appreciates the craft of music and presents it with a discerning ear. Dan loves discovering new artists and showcasing their art to his audiences. He lives in Barcelona – one of the greatest cities in the world… so while he plays you the darkest of dark, he is bathed in sunlight!
The HRH Metal Show – Friday 7pm
Beth Charlesworth
Following a childhood in which all cultural input suffered strict parental censorship, Beth went on a haphazard search for music she liked. Investigating up and down the chain of influence opened up the worlds of prog, power metal, and even some modern bands. What unites all these disparate branches of rock? Beth figured out the answer a few years ago when the existing rock stations weren’t offering enough of what she enjoyed. What was missing was riffs that stayed in her head ad infinitum, solos that made her reach for the air guitar, and soaring vocal lines she loved belting out. In short, the kind of songs that make you say: “Tune!”. Whether heavy or gentle, time-honoured or brand new, Beth brings you rock music with melody front and center where it belongs.
Tune! – Tuesdays at 9pm, Repeated Sunday at 11am
Posts by Beth
Jeff Collins
I have spent the last 30 years working as a newsreader, reporter, and presenter on National and Local TV & Radio, including the likes of Sky Sports News, ITN, LBC, Classic FM, BBC Wales, Nation Radio, and many more. I started out in local radio as a newsreader for Mercia Sound in Coventry. I’m also the author of two books on music for the University of Wales Press including Rock Legends at Rockfield.
Rock Jukebox Wednesdays 5pm
Ian Crawford
Cooking and music are Ian’s two big passions and he is very lucky to be able to cook for a living and DJ as a sideline. Like recipes, music is a blend of different ingredients and it’s all about how you mix them together. Ian has a wide range of musical tastes and he chooses tracks from varying genres to entertain.
Old New Borrowed & Blue – Thursday 10am
Alex Clarke
Based in Nottinghamshire but born and bred in Derby, Alex was brought up on classic rock and glam metal. This foundation in over-the-top aggressive rock obviously rubbed off on his impressionable and young mind. As he got older, Alex discovered NWOBHM and thrash, and realized he wanted to find bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden but, you know….faster. That’s when Alex was lucky enough to be handed a copy of Hammerfall: Chapter V and everything clicked into place! Since then he has been on a journey to find music with the most over-the-top lyrics, catchy melodies, and Neo-Classical speed. Having managed a popular local band and also co-owned and operated a band rehearsal room, Alex has a true appreciation of live music and showmanship. In his spare time, Alex loves to learn the history of bands and the genre and is also a part-time VoiceOver artist as well as a writer.
Steel Symphony – Friday 5pm
DJ Clouseau
He grew up in Cornwall, moved to London and raised a family in Essex, where the music scene is great! Now living in the West Midlands to be closer to family and luckily the home of rock! Clouseau also has a passion for bikes whether it be riding, fixing, building or attending a bike rally. With a passion for rock music, Clouseau attends as many gigs as he can, with one of his favourite bands being Breed 77! There are so many good bands around the world at the moment he feels spoilt for choice!
Clouseau’s Road Trip – Monday 1pm
Posts by James
John Ellis
Birmingham-based DJ and blogger with a lifelong addiction to music. Raised on a diet of Floyd and Zep, and has a will to share everything he hears with friends. He’s always looking to find something new and original. John’s blog has allowed him the chance to do exactly that. He tries to see as many bands as he can and he’s not averse to trying something different; the weird, the strange and the challenging. John wants people to react and gain interest, tell him what you’re hearing, tell him about bands you think he should know, introduce him and help him expand his mind!
John is also the Station Director.
Atom Heart Mutha – Friday 1pm, Repeated Sunday 3pm
Effjerby
Effjerby was born at a very young age but was lured into radio rather early in life, where he started as so many do in his local hospital radio station, serving mostly as a presenter and a technical type. Since then, he has worked in three other FM radio stations in the same vein except for the last one, where he worked for 8 years but didn’t present any shows until the latter half as he had no interest. In his professional life he was an IT engineer but for the sake of his sanity (and his hairline), he retired from the profession some years ago. This did not stop him from using his skills in local radio, rather they had to poke him with pointed sticks and give him fresh tea to calm him down. In his personal life, he makes use of the other side of his brain by indulging in the creation of poetry, art, music, and other stuff which restored his hairline.
Whole Lotta Rock Tuesday 3 pm
Foxz
Born in Stoke on Trent and raised on a diet of good music and great times, Foxz was lucky enough to be exposed to a wide section of music and genres at a young age from psychedelia to punk, mainstream to metal. Foxz has been DJing rock, metal, and alternative music for over 25 years not only in his hometown but nationally and abroad. Through playing Clubs, Radio, Rallies, and Festivals Foxz has been fortunate enough to meet and work alongside some great artists both unsigned and major players. One of the many highlights of his career was opening for and introducing Clawfinger on their Zeros & Heroes UK tour.
Aural Pleasures – Midnight Thursday Morning
The HRH Sleaze Show Thursday 9pm
GlamRat
She may be small, but she IS fierce! Forever the outsider and bullied throughout her teens by the so-called High School Elite, she found her solace in music, especially Bon Jovi. GlamRat’s love for 80s rock started at 14 and as time rolled on, all different genres of rock fell into her ears. After feeling lost for most of her 20s, she finally found her calling at 27 and is shaping her future. GlamRat adores music and fashion, and loves the glam of it all! GlamRat is born from a schoolyard insult “you dirty/cheap/trash rat” and she tries to be glam so GlamRat became a thing. She is chasing her dreams instead of letting them fester. She’s just a small-town girl with a not so rock and roll life, but darn it, she’s trying!
The HRH AOR Show Tuesday 1pm
Charlotte Hooper
Our grunge girl Charlotte Hooper is the Head of Audience and Broadcast here at RadioHRH, and loves discovering new music! A lover of all genres who enjoys getting stuck into a good album, and exploring the history of each band or artist she discovers, to fully understand each artist as a whole. With a background in music performance and a passion for sound since a young age, Charlotte brings her experience and knowledge to each show exploring The Rule Breakers of a variety of genres.
The Rule Breakers – Friday 10am, repeated Sunday 12 noon
Posts by Charlotte
Darren Joyce
Midlands based D.J Darren Joyce first got Into Hard Rock and Heavy Metal In 1980. Favourite band Is Black Sabbath and a avid fan of the NWOBHM movement aswell as a lover of Early ’70’s Heavy Blus and Progressive Rock. Darren’s show will celebrate the bands that adorned the Denim and Leather worn by Rock and Metal Fans worldwide.
Denim & Leather – Friday 9pm
Posts by Darren
Jeff Keenan
DJ Jeff Keenan has been a DJ since 1982 learning his craft in nightclubs all over the UK, until the birth of The Steamhouse Rock Night in 1988 were he’s been playing Rock Music in and around Bournemouth and the surrounding Coast specialising in air guitar anthems, rock classics and new releases in the pubs and clubs since 1988. Since then, Jeff has DJ’d for Little Angels on one of their tours back in the day, has booked concerts with Magnum and FM at the Academy in Bournemouth and become a regular feature in Festivals and rock nights on the South Coast. Jeff’s move into radio started in 2016 for a local community station Chesil Radio, then Bournemouth’s Hot Radio and then Brighton’s Metal Meyhem Radio before syndicating one of his weekly radio shows to a number of stations broadcasting from the UK.
Steamhouse Rock Show – Thursdays 5pm
Posts by Jeff
Scott Knowles
Scott’s passion for music started as a kid, he was always making voice tapes and pretend radio shows, lasting for almost 20 years. Scott played guitar in the popular UK metal band I.C.O.N, touring the world and meeting lots of incredible musicians and rock fans. He has been immersed in rock culture, and radio since a young age, and is fascinated with rock history. Scott is so happy to be part of Hard Rock Hell Radio. It’s a constant thrill, with the best damn soundtrack in the world!
The 10am Pillage with The Mighty Northern Viking – Monday 10am
Kev McManus
After a Birmingham childhood spent listening to Slade, Sweet, and Suzi Quatro, Kev discovered the new wave of British heavy metal in 1979 and has never strayed from it. A big cricket fan he now lives in Dublin and keenly follows the Irish metal scene.(and Irish cricket). He also likes Prog Rock and Prog Metal and hopes that one day Dream Theater will release an album of Genesis covers!
Lightning to The Nations – Saturday 6pm
Rock Forever – Wednesday 2pm
Jon Morter
A rock fan since he stole a load of discarded Bowie/T.Rex/Sabbath/Stones 7” singles from a skip as a kid, Jon is best known for taking on Simon Cowell and The X Factor with Rage Against The Machine and WINNING the 2009 Christmas No.1, breaking Guinness Record in the process. He went on to work on releases from Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, and was a member of the 2012 UK Christmas No.1, The Justice Collective. Jon has also been an understudy for The Milk Tray Man, appeared on Big Fat Quiz of The Year, wore offensive t-shirts on TV, and is a terrible musician (in his own words!).
The Jon Factor – Saturday 8pm
Neil Not
Subjected to Motorhead and AC/DC at the innocent age of 7, feeding a growing need for more exhilarating music. Teen years consisted of exposure to WASP, Zodiac Mindwarp, and Twisted Sister and then the discovery at age 14 of the trashiness of Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax which just led to an insatiable appetite for all things fast, noisy, and heavy! Got into radio in May 2007 with a local community FM station (winning the Best Music Show award voted by listeners), eventually joining PlanetMosh Radio, then onto TBFM (picking up the Infernal Devastations Fanzine: ‘Best Internet Radio Show award in 2016) and finding a home at Hard Rock Hell Radio since 2017!
Full Metal Racket – Sunday 5pm
C60 Mixtape – Tuesdays
Peter Rattray
Pete got into rock music through his brother who took him to my first gig in 1979 – Blue Oyster Cult. He was hooked. Jump forward to 2017 when Pete and a few friends founded the New Wave of Classic Rock Facebook Group to provide a platform for emerging bands to share their music and try and bring it to a wider audience, also to try and convince people to step outside their comfort zone from the more established acts and try some new but familiar! The weekly NWOCR show has become a community and a musical genre in its own right! Rock is on the Rise!
NWOCR Show Tuesday 10pm, Repeated Sunday 5pm
Ro
Born in the ‘70s Ro has been influenced by music throughout his life. At the tender age of 10, he was dutifully pumping 10ps into the Jukebox to listen to AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie and Iron Maiden’s Run to The Hills constantly, much to the chagrin of everything else in the Youth Club! Ro then went to his first gig – SAXON! Since then all music has been his passion, with metal at its heart. DarkCompass has been one of the longest running Podcasts in the UK, starting back in 2004, featuring some of the best unsigned and independent artists from around the world. Ro has been an Podcasting influencer for some time, and is now the Station Manager.
DarkCompass – Fridays 12 noon, Sundays 2pm
From The Vaults – Exclusive Podcast
Robbo Mark Roberts
Robbi got into rock music at an early age by listening to Motorhead, Iron Maiden, and of course Black Sabbath. He has a huge collection of Black Sabbath memorabilia and Vinyl and you’re guaranteed to have them played on any show I do on the radio. While his roots are firmly in the classic rock genre he has expanded his rock repertoire with the doom and stoner scene over the last 10-15 years often traveling around the world to seek out new bands as well as the more established.
Saturday Sports Show – Saturday 3pm
Doom Vs. Stoner – Wednesday 7pm
SteviRox & KatieRox
The Rox have been DJing on-air together for nearly 10 years & also spent 6 years doing local rock venues as well as various events in and around Blackburn. In the past, they have helped organize and promote local events and festivals, alongside attending over 30 gigs and festivals annually for the past 15 years in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, L.A. & New York. They are regulars at HRH Festivals and consider themselves social animals who love to live the rock-n-rock lifestyle with their friends.
The Roxx Show Thursday 7pm
Independence Rox Tuesday 5pm
Mad Steve
Born in Hampshire bred in Wales with a love of all things Leeds United. Music-wise, Steve’s a big fan of Nirvana, S7X, and Iron Maiden. A big fan of local gigs, Steve believes the music scene is key to keeping what we all love to listen to, alive. Steve started radio when he was 16 at a local hospital radio station, but left due to them not wanting a rock show, so after taking a long break until til around 2009, Steve discovered internet stations, and the rest, as they say, is history!
Mad Steve’s Asylum – Monday 3 pm
Wordy
A Lancashire lad who loves to work hard and play hard! A lifelong passion for live music and a supporter of underground/unsigned bands led to Wordy getting involved with Corrupted (Blackburn) where he became the MC & Co-Promoter. During this stint, he hosted a broad spectrum of bands including Evil Scarecrow, New Generation Superstars, Heaven’s Basement, The Hicks, and the legendary NWOBHM band Raven. He also contributed to the production of a Split EP for local Young’s bands Stillborn and To Sin selling 250 copies. Wordy has also had the pleasure of touring and filming with various bands and has credits on a few DVDs including The Dogs D’Amour’s – Unleashed.
Wordys Worls – Tuesday 7pm
