FOZZY And SOIL To Join Forces For U.K. Tour

fozzyChicago-based hard rockers SOiL will join metal heavyweights FOZZY on a 9-date UK tour launching November 27th in Stoke, England, and wrapping-up December 6th in Brighton, England.

The tour marks both bands’ first return to the United Kingdom since appearances on this year’s Download Festival.

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Fozzy Set To Play 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival!

Fozzy Set To Play 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival!

Tour Dates: http://www.rockstaruproar.com/tour-dates/

Welcome everyone to the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival!! Thought last year was a smasher? Wait ’til you see this year’s lineup. Without further ado, the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Lineup is:

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage:

  • Shinedown
  • Godsmack
  • Staind
  • Papa Roach
  • Adelitas Way

Ernie Ball and Jägermeister Festival Stages

  • P.O.D.
  • Fozzy
  • Deuce
  • Redlight King
  • Mindset Evolution
  • Candlelight Red
  • In This Moment
  • Thousand Foot Krutch

Fozzy Show With Ugly Kid Joe In London Sells Out!

The Fozzy show at the Underworld in London June 6 with Ugly Kid Joe sold out in record time!

Fozzy To Play At Download 2012!

Big news from the Fozzy camp!

Fozzy is set to perform at Download, 2012 on the same day as Metallica!

Interview: Rich ‘The Duke’ Ward – Fozzy (10/11/11)

The Duke Of Metal & Overall Nice Guy.

During their recent European tour which saw Fozzy hit North Wales for the first time in the bands history, we had a nice cosy chat with their lead guitarist – none other than Rich Ward, about how things are going in the Fozzy camp, their rockin’ set at this years Sonisphere Festival and what lies ahead in 2012.

Sean: Hey Rich, so how’s the tour going so far?
Rich: Great, great. Today’s the halfway point, everybody’s healthy, everyone’s doing great. No-one’s punched each other and there’s been no crazy drunken debauchery, it’s just been good rock and roll. The band’s been playing really well, crowds have been good and everyone kept telling us that the economy’s been mad and that attendance has been down, but we haven’t seen it, it’s been great for us. Knock on wood! Life’s been good.

Sean: So, how’s the crowd/fans taken to Fozzy this year?
Rich: It’s good, you know it’s our fourth time back on the same record (2010′s ‘Chasing The Grail‘) to the UK. So what we thought we would do on this tour was to hit smaller markets that we hadn’t hit in the past, like playing here in Wrexham (for the first time). So we’re doing these smaller towns and it’s good because you know how it is, the only thing you do when you come to the UK is play Cardiff, London, Manchester and Glasgow. A lot of the fans won’t have an opportunity or it’s going to be much more expensive for them because they’ll have to travel so we’re trying to do all these markets that we haven’t hit before and meet some new folks!

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Rich Ward Interviewed By RockSins.com!

We recently had a chance to catch up with Rich Ward from Fozzy, Stuck Mojo, Adrenaline Mob and Walking With Kings at a recent Fozzy show in Glasgow. We spoke about different crowds in different locations, why not to listen to Trivium when you’re writing an album and Rich goal for the end of 2012.

Rocksins: This is the 4th time you guys have been here since the album (Chasing The Grail) came out, what’s the difference between European crowds and North American crowds?
Rich Ward: The crowds are pretty much the same all over the world in general, but then you get places like Glasgow where the fans are amazing. There are pockets, we’ll play in Manchester and the crowds are hot, and when we play in Melbourne, Australia the crowds are hot. There’s certain places that are just up for it, I don’t know it there’s something in the water, but they are up for it on any given day. Also, playing in the states… The States is big! Playing in Las Vegas, playing in New York and playing in New Orleans is completely different. But I’m going to say, in general, working class towns tend to be a little more fun to play, because if you are playing L.A., New York or London… They get awesome gigs every night. If you open up a paper in New York, you could find three killer bands playing every night. It’s amazing, but… I’ll relate it to sex, if you could have a different beautiful lady every night, even that would get boring after a while. There’s a certain excitement when a band comes to a working class town where they don’t always get the best bands every night. It becomes a little bit special to them and they appreciate it more.

Rocksins: How do Fozzy gigs differ to Adrenaline Mob or Stuck Mojo Shows?
Rich Ward: Fozzy and Stuck Mojo shows are similar because the approach is the same, heavy riffs, heavy music, and the in between song banter has a little bit more of a party vibe. Adrenaline Mob is more serious. Fozzy and Stuck Mojo’s attitude has always been a backyard barbecue party for a few hundred or thousand of our favourite friends.

Rocksins: You’re in 3 bands right now, are there any more that we don’t know about?
Rich Ward: Actually, I have another project called Walking With Kings. My goal is, by the end of 2012 I wanna be in 100 bands. If you are reading this and you have a band and want me to play, contact me. I need to be in 100 bands by the end of next year.

Rocksins: Is it hard balancing your time between so many projects?
Rich Ward: It’s hard, it’s very hard. You always end up having to make a sacrifice. Fozzy is my number 1 band right now, I imagine it must be what a paligamist feels like.

Rocksins: You’re in bands with some huge stars, do you ever feel overshadowed by the likes of Chris Jericho and Mike Portnoy?
Rich Ward: Not at all. Do you follow wrestling? I am the best in the world at what I do! I know that these guys respect me, they wouldn’t have me in their bands if they didn’t think so. I was a little nervous about joining Adrenaline Mob, Mike is a really big star in the drumming world and I didn’t know what to expect. I’d met him a few times and he was a really nice guy, but I didn’t know what it would be like to be in a band with him, but he turned out to be a really cool guy, the same way Chris is. I had a lot of offers to play in other bands, some really big bands, over the years and I turned them down because I knew the reputation of the guys in the band.

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Uber Rock at Sonisphere 2011 - Fozzy - Interview Exclusive

Written by Tazz Stander

Yesterday we gave you good people the debut video interview from UBERROCK TV - a stonker of an interview with the legendary Ginger of The Wildhearts - but how could we ever follow up that rock heavyweight?

How about yet another exclusive interview from backstage at Sonisphere 2011? How about letting you mofos have a look at what happened when Tazz Stander cornered Chris Jericho from Fozzy! You guessed it - more essential viewing!!

Click play below and bow down to the rock altar at UBERROCK TV’s church of the cathode ray as Tazz probes Chris with an arsenal of lethal questions, including one in…err….Latin?

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