We sat down with Jack Blades, lead singer of 80’s famous American Rock band Night Ranger. The band headlined HRH AOR Festival 2015 on the Saturday night, playing a set lasting nearly 2 hours. It’s great to see the band back in the UK, and proving that they are very much still on top form.
Blades tells us that Night Ranger would like to play over in the UK more now, as back in the 80’s their manager didn’t bring them over much. In fact up until the last few years, Night Ranger hadn’t played in the UK for 30 years! With new album ‘High Road‘ released just last year, and their HRH AOR Headline slot in sight, Night Ranger recently played a rare headline show in London. The bad played a range of tracks, including songs from their multi-platinum 1983 album ‘Midnight Madness’, which includes their hits ‘Sister Christian’, ‘When You Close Your Eyes’ and ‘(You Can Still) Rock In America’.
Back in the 80’s we were all so severely medicated most of the time, it’s a little bit different now, I can keep on doing this so long as I get some rest” – Jack Blades
Towards the end of the interview we talk to blades about the main changes that he has seen in the music industry across the last 30 years. We also talk about it’s like to play on the KISS Cruise. Cruise festivals are becoming more and more popular over recent years, so it’s interesting to hear a bit about how that works.
