About Us

Adrian Hextall – London, UK

UK Editor-in-Chief/Senior Writer/Photographer

Attended first gig in July 1989 to see Dare (Darren Wharton ex Thin Lizzy) at the Derby Rockhouse in the heart of England. Since then I’ve seen everything from Journey to Slayer (with a few tangents on the way). In 2007 I was lucky enough to be able to join the London Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp and got to play with Jack Bruce (Cream), Bruce Kulick (Kiss) , Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Randy Bachman (BTO) , Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) and more. We also recorded tracks at London’s famous Abbey Road studios and played live in Liverpool at the Cavern Club… definitely the week of a lifetime.

I have a real taste for Scandinavian rock music and would highlight bands such as Crashdiet, Reckless Love, Crazy Lixx, Santa Cruz, H.E.A.T as standard bearers for fantastic hard rock music.

I’ve lost track of the actual number of gigs attended to date but with the advent of technology and the reduced restrictions around photography and video recording I now use the internet to keep track of everything I see. Find me on Facebook and check out my HEXMEX100 profile on YouTube.

My first review\photopass for Myglobalmind was in 2013 covering Crashdiet and Jettblack on a co-headlining tour. I now have ‘the bug’ and cannot wait for the next assignment to come in.

Favourite Bands: “(I live and breathe) Def Leppard”, Gamma Ray, Helloween, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Reckless Love, Crashdiet, Motley Crue, Accept, Airbourne, Alice Cooper, Asia, Bad Religion, Bloodbound, Bon Jovi, Dan Reed, Doro , Dragonforce, Europe, Firehouse, FM, Ghost, Ginger Wildheart, The Wildhearts, Gotthard, Green Day, Hammerfall, Hinder, Jettblack, Judas Priest, Kiss, Kix, LA Guns, Leatherwolf, Linkin Park, Lordi, Manowar, Masterplan, Orden Ogan, The Poodles, Powerwolf, Pink Cream 69, Primal Fear, Q5 (remember them ??) , Queensryche, Rammstein, Shinedown, Slash, Steel Panther, Ten, Treat, Turisas, W.A.S.P.

Genres..? So long as it sounds good, I like it.

Chris Martin – NC, USA

Senior Staff Writer

I have been listening to hard rock/heavy metal since I was 5 when I was listening to LP’s of KISS, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, and The Beatles. As the years progressed I became a voracious listener of so many different bands and styles. My love and passion for music extended to live shows where in 1984 I saw my first concert KISS and Krokus on the Animalize tour. After that live shows became the biggest source of enjoyment for me. I have had the honor and privilege of seeing so many fantastic live shows in my lifetime. Several years ago I started writing concert reviews on my MySpace page, and later Facebook. I was contacted by Denys from MGM after he read my review of the Iced Earth/Symphony X show I attended. I was already supplying my write ups to the Get Ready To Rock blog and figured getting my words out to more people would hopefully get more publicity for the bands and music I love so much. I’m not a professional writer though I play one on the Internet. I did write some articles for my college newspaper at Appalachian State where I received my BA in English. One thing I feel that gives me an edge in my writing is that I make them personal to my experience. I like taking the reader to the show with me through my words. I also have a different angle to the music business than some writers as I spent a good 5 years playing in bands myself. I don’t have any major ambitions with my writing (though that is a disappointment to some of my friends and family.) I do it because I enjoy the music and love sharing my experiences with others. I do mostly stuff on concerts, but do an occasional album review.

Favorite bands: KISS, Frank Zappa, Savatage, Loudness, Raven, Anthrax, Exodus, King’s X, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, early Metallica, Thin Lizzy, Harem Scarem, Journey, Goatwhore, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Rush, and far too many others to list of varying genres.

Favorite movies: A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original,) Dawn of the Dead (the original,) The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining (the original,) and pretty much anything horror, especially zombie movies.

Favorite books: It, The Stand (pretty much anything Stephen King,) Johnny Got His Gun, The Jungle, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. I also love reading true crime stuff especially stuff about Charles Manson and people like that. I also love reading Biographies and/or autobiographies.

Favorite TV shows: The Walking Dead, The Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bates Motel, The Following, Breaking Bad, and I am a HUGE wrestling fan, though I tend to prefer watching the old school stuff from when I was growing up. I do still watch the programming today though.

Travis Green – Canada

Senior Staff Writer

Musically, I was raised up on country music, but I quickly grew out of it, as I experimented with other genres and quickly found Metal more to my liking. Even as a kid, I was liking bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden, but the first band I really got into was Fear Factory: The combination of clean vocals and harsh growls was something that seemed so fresh and exciting to me at the time, and even to this day that probably influences my taste a bit, as I’ve grown to love Symphonic/Gothic Metal with a “Beauty And The Beast” vocal approach.

After further experimentation, I found my favorite genre was Power Metal, as I love the emphasis on melodies and vocals, along with the speed, while still having some heavy guitars at times. Whenever symphonic elements are added, that just makes me even more excited. In general, I like most types of melodic Metal, Progressive Metal,more epic styles of Folk Metal, some types of extreme Metal, and some Thrash Metal here and there. Outside of metal, I obviously like some Progressive Rock, and even some modern Alternative Rock. But Power Metal (and specifically Symphonic Power Metal), will always be my favorite, I think.

I have hundreds of favourite bands at this point, but here’s some of the ones that I think have influenced my tastes the most over the years:

Fear Factory, Iron Maiden, Ayreon, Stratovarius, Helloween, Nightwish, Epica, Tristania, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Coheed & Cambria, Ensiferum, In Flames (early), Exodus (later albums)

Robert Cavuoto – NJ/NYC USA

Senior Staff Writer/Interviewer

Moonlighting in pharmaceutical marketing to pay the bills, Rob finds his passion with his family and music. At the age of 15 Rob was influences by Kiss and purchased his first guitar. He never looked back. From there he formed a few bar bands while attending high school and college in New Jersey. He even played in his church’s folk group for 7 years! His love of hard rock/heavy metal music and guitar collecting soon became an obsession. Buying, taking apart and rebuilding guitars (and sometimes getting them to work) consumed him. As life happens and as his career in pharmaceutical advertising/marketing grew, the dreams of stardom faded away. Years later a family is created, a house is bought, a daughter is born, and a guitar collection sadly collects dust. The passion of music is still strong but a new passion is created from the ashes of old rock’ n’ roll dreams with photography.

Where guitar playing started in 1980 with Kiss, an opportunity in 2004 arises to photograph them at Madison Square Garden for international magazine and website – ROCK TRIBUNE. A new obsession is born. With an eye on creativity through the lens his pen drives the juices to review the shows. Opportunity arises from another publications and websites as senior writer and photographer for GUITAR INTERNATIONAL and FURY ROCKS. With a can do attitude and the idealism that it doesn’t hurt to ask, Rob has interviewed and photographed some of rock’s most iconic figures to help promote their CDs, DVDs, artwork, tours, and books such as Alice Cooper, Nikki Sixx, Joe Perry, members of Def Leppard, Sammy Hagar, Steve Howe, Lemmy Kilmister,  Zakk Wylde, Richie Kotzen, Bill Ward, John 5 and Ted Nugent to name just a few.

Dhruv Kumar – NYC, USA

Staff Writer

Hi, my name is Dhruv and I have been a photo hobbyist for 7 years now, shooting concert professionally for 3 years. I started photography with my dad’s Minolta film camera to various digital point and shoot cameras and finally ending up on the DSLR. Yes I shoot both ways (Canon and Nikon) but I prefer Nikon. I am addicted to collecting lenses and I don’t think that will stop anytime soon. I also collect vintage cameras from the Nikon’s first film camera to Polaroid’s. I’m obsessed! I enjoy photography as a hobby that I wouldn’t want to pursue it as a career. I’m more of a video person. But I do have some goals I would love to accomplish in photography before I move on to the next level. I started off shooting photos for my college newspaper to shooting major concerts for myself to then shooting concerts for nextmosh.com and MyGobalMind. I am excited working with these publications and hope to work on more in the future. Follow my wackiness on twitter @videodhruvy where I post things I love, things I hate, what I eat, what bands I shoot and my thoughts… Or my website DhruvKumar.com.

 I love a good concert, I started out photographing in small clubs around 2016 and have worked my way to writing for publications covering all sorts of genres.
In 2022 I became a regular contributor to MyGlobalMind, an online magazine for all things Rock, Metal, Prog, Blues and more. I write both Live Concert Reviews and Album Reviews.

Kyle Mueller – Chicago, IL USA

Photographer/Writer

Dave Martin – UK

Staff Writer/Photographer

Photographer/Writer