Welcome to a special episode from the Metal Express Radio archives! In 2008, Y&T’s legendary frontman Dave Meniketti took over the Friday Guest DJ Show to share ten of his all-time favorite tracks that shaped …READ MORE
Prior to Covid there was always something rather special about the first Friday night in November as pretty much every year for the previous decade or so, California’s Y&T, paid a visit to the town …READ MORE
Overture! Many Hard Rock and Metal bands adopted the term from Classical music. However, over the years it’s become more typical for Hard Rock and Metal than any other genre I think. A fancy word, right? …READ MORE
Y&T is one of those bands that has been around “Forever”. I knew a lot of their songs in the early early 80s, but for some strange reason I never took a deep dive into their back catalogue; not until the charity all-star album Hear ‘n Aid was released in 1985. …READ MORE
This time last year there was something of a Y&T shaped hole in the calendar. Since 2007, it has become something of a tradition for Y&T to come up to Newcastle for the first or …READ MORE
Quite how support act Praying Mantis didn’t quite hit the heights that their obvious talents deserved is something of a mystery. Their debut Time Tells No Lies sailed along on the euphoric resurgence of British …READ MORE
It’s been an expensive week for Rock fans of the North and big bank balances have been needed to take in all of the bands visiting Newcastle over a seven day period that had already …READ MORE
As manager and wife of Dave Meniketti, founder member, lead guitarist and singer with California’s Y&T, Jill Meniketti has seen it, done it and lived the Rock Star life. With an insider’s knowledge she has …READ MORE
Remember this one guys? 30 years ago today “Hear N’ Aid – We’re Stars” was recorded. Hear N’ Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual Heavy Metal/Hard Rock artists in 1985 to raise money …READ MORE
Dave Meniketti talking about why they haven’t been in the UK since 1984, the time after the comeback in 2004 and the DVD One Hot Night.