Massive Wagons are today's Video Of The Day as we continue our Camden Rocks countdown to the festival on Saturday 2nd June. For fans of Thunder, AC/DC, Pearl Jam and Ginger Wildheart - its quite simple really - 5 purveyors of Hard and Heavy Rock and Roll! No fanciful tales, no from the ashes bullshit, absolutely no gutter to glory cobblers, it's as plain as the spots on your nose, proper pals who play proper music for real Rock fans!

Trooper Beer, the award winning collaboration between Stockport-based Robinsons Brewery and British music icons Iron Maiden, celebrated its fifth birthday earlier this month. Since its launch in 2013, the 4.7% ABV Premium British beer has sold over 20 million pints, firmly establishing itself as a top 40 UK beer brand, whilst becoming a leading player amongst exported British ales, having been sold in over 50 countries worldwide. 2018 has also seen the launch of Light Brigade, a 4.1% ABV Golden beer brewed in support of Help For Heroes, the British charity that provides recovery and support for the Armed Forces community whose lives are affected by their service, which is currently being rolled out across the UK. These beers are the brainchild of Iron Maiden vocalist and ale aficionado Bruce Dickinson (pictured), working in partnership with Robinsons Head Brewer, Martyn Weeks. Trooper will also be available at all Iron Maiden 2018 UK tour dates!

Today's Black On Blues Podcast Track Of The Day features Mike Zito, Curtis Salgado, Ronnie Earl, Yuri Apsy, Tyler Morris, Triple J, Tim Woods and The King Heat Ensemble.

"Double Crossing Time’ is probably the one song of all the greats on here that Joe Bonamassa was born to cover. Clearly in his element, playing with such speed and ferocity that his fingers are just a blur, it would appear he is on a mission to single handedly keep the Blues alive whilst blasting through this old Bluebreakers number. Next up is our second visit to Clapton’s ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ album and ‘Motherless Children’. It’s an instant toe tapper with its chugging steam train like rhythm, its exceptional playing all round, and the fact that this song is originally over 90 years old, proves just how timeless this music really is." Read Phil C's complete take on Joe Bonamassa's latest live British Blues Explosion DVD which was released on Friday here plus you can also see Joe at London's Hampton Court Festival on Tuesday 12th June.

Mascot Label Group have recently announced the signing of Jordan Rudess, best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy- nominated Dream Theater. Rudess has been the full-time keyboardist with Dream Theater since the recording of 1999’s 'Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory' and has pursued numerous collaborations and solo projects throughout his career, beginning with his solo debut 'Listen' (1993). A relentless innovator, Rudess released 'All That Is Now' (2013), a solo acoustic piano recording which works interactively with his app, “Jordan Rudess Explores” and his orchestral album, 'Explorations' which features a 50 piece orchestra. 'The Unforgotten Path' (2015) was a collection of original tracks as well as a collection of acoustic piano covers of songs that have inspired his musical life.

Our Camden Rocks countdown continues today with REWS (Track Of The Day), the hotly-tipped female Rock duo who are playing at the festival on Saturday 2nd June. With unprecedented early radio support from BBC Radio 1 with Huw Stephens, Kerrang Radio with Alex Baker, Planet Rock and Today FM (Ireland) – their debut album 'Pyro' was released last November. The band’s performance on the John Peel Stage at the Glastonbury Festival last year was described as a “female Royal Blood" plus they were also nominated for Planet Rock’s Best New Band in 2017.

Southampton based Alt/Prog Rock duo BirdPen will release their new studio album in the early autumn. ‘There’s Something Wrong With Everything’ is being funded via a still active Pledge campaign and is preceded by an introductory single, ‘This Is Your Life’, which is out on Friday 1st June. The new album melds heavy/psychedelic guitars, rolling basslines, Krautrock drums and old school electronics to create a Doom groove ambience with Dave Pen’s lead vocal sitting atop, while musically they take inspiration from acts such as Deerhunter, Hookworms, Suuns, The Beta Band, Pink Floyd and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

With just two weeks to go to Camden Rocks - today we start our countdown with two awesome bands appearing on Saturday 2nd June. York based Naked Six (Track Of The Day) are an exciting two-piece band with Seb Byford (vocals/guitars) and Tom Witts (drums) that bring a unique blend of Alternative Rock, Grunge, Schizoid Blues, fused together with a post Punk attitude. Delivering high octane, contemporary edged Rock, Naked Six's electrifying live performances to date have seen the band making a name for themselves and firing up audiences with their powerful songs and compelling lyrics. Meanwhile WRC favourites The Kris Barras Band (Video Of The Day) seem to be continually on the road, after recently supporting Beth Hart, and after Camden Rocks they take in London's Borderline on Wednesday 20th June, Maidstone's Ramblin' Man Fair on Sunday 1st July and then Kris himself (pictured) joins up with Supersonic Blues Machine for their tour which begins at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on Wednesday 4th July!

Sky Valley Mistress continue their run of UK shows tonight at London's New Cross Inn. Hailed recently by Rolling Stone Magazine as the “21st Century’s answer to Led Zeppelin II”, Sky Valley Mistress are yet to release a debut album but this is about to change … Inventors of the power chord and Iggy Pop’s influence behind forming The Stooges, they have returned from the Californian Desert after recording their unreleased debut album at the infamous Rancho de la Luna studio. Working alongside Mojave Lord and Eagle of Death Metal, Dave "Dream Catcher" Catching, they have produced a record that is so electric NASA is already claiming it may have to be played from the moon and shot back to earth via lazer beam. This high voltage power could supply over half the planet with free energy by 2019.

The Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day returns today with another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat, featuring New Releases, Classic Tracks, UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association Presenters' Picks and much more. Music this week Includes tracks from Sue Foley, Mike Zito, BB King, Johnny and the Motones, John Altenburgh, Mitch Viegut, Peggie Perkins, Wentus Blues Band, Freddie Pate, Buddy Guy, The Band, Cherry Lee Mewis (pictured), The Jimmy Rogers All Stars, Muddy Waters, Richard Koechli, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Kaeshammer, Philipp Fankhauser, Samantha Martin, Steve Grieve and The Mourners, Canned Heat, Micke Bjorklof & BlueStrip, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mud Morganfield, JT Lauritsen, Paul Thorn, Ray Charles, Izo FitzRoy, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and more.

On Wednesday night we attended Black Orchid Empire's Album Listening Party for their new CD 'YUGEN' at London's The Ship in Soho in advance of its official release date next Friday. WRC member Darren King (pictured with BOE drummer Billy Freedom) managed to get his own advance autographed copy of the new album before the band headed off on tour to support Black Map in Germany! Don't forget you can also see them at 8pm at The Dublin Castle as Camden Rocks on Saturday 2nd June. Watch out also for our Camden Rocks countdown starting tomorrow.

If you are looking for a gig, then both FM (Video Of The Day) and Machine Head are playing London tonight. Formed in 1984, FM signed to CBS (Sony) records and toured with such luminaries as Bon Jovi, Tina Turner and Whitesnake plus many more. Before splitting up in 1996, they released 5 studio albums, a live acoustic album and 'Best Of' compilation and then, in 2007, they reformed and subsequently we saw them at Ramblin' Man in July 2015 (pictured). Anyway, tonight you can see them at the Shepherd's Bush Empire supported by Dare and Toby Jepson, whilst at the same time, Machine Head are playing The Roundhouse as they continue to demolish venues across the UK armed with their new release 'Catharsis'.