Dawn Osborne

Dawn has been in love with rock n roll since she saw Sweet, Slade, T Rex and the Glitter band on Top of The Pops in the early seventies. Her father reignited that love when he gave her 7 inch vinyls of ‘You Really Got Me’ by The Kinks and a number of early Stones singles. Meeting boys on the beach when she was ten with a ghetto blaster gave her a love of Whitesnake and AC/DC, but when hair metal came along her obsession with metal and hard rock was in full swing and never stopped.

Her first gig was Kiss supported by Bon Jovi on their Runaway tour. She once won a signed Bon Jovi album by being the first person to turn up to a radio show in a bikini and wellies. Dawn’s favourite bands include Autograph, Whitesnake, Cinderella, Kix, Angel, Smashed Gladys, Vixen, Quireboys and Forty Deuce, but really there are too many to mention including many new bands and music. Her favourite song of all time is ‘Remember my name’ by Stevie Lange.

Dawn has interviewed artists such as David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, Rob Halford, Justin Hawkins, Francis Rossi, Toyah, Steve Hackett, Doro, Suzi Quatro, Bonnie Tyler, Michael Schenker, Michael Monroe, Tom Keifer, Punky Meadows, Andy Scott, Steve Vai, Josh Todd, Richie Kotzen, Ginger, Yngwie Malmsteen, Luke Spiller, Pete Way, Kip Winger, Lee Aaron, Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns, Girlschool, Adrian Vandenberg, George Lynch, Rocky Shades, Geoff Tate, Cherie Currie, Michael Sweet, Ricky Warwick, Autograph, Kix, Tesla, Ann Wilson, Thunder, Black Stone Cherry, Craig Goldy, Biff Byford, Kory Clarke, John Corabi, Doug Aldrich, Spike, Nigel Mogg, Mike Tramp, Stephen Pearcy, Sally Cato, Olli Herman, Conny Bloom, Dan Reed, The Cruel Intentions, Thundermother, Lorraine Lewis, Anita Chellamah, Marq Torien, Jizzy Pearl, Jake e Lee, Zinny Zan, Kane Roberts and Ace Finchum and legendary producer Michael Wagener for ‘Dawn Osborne in session’ which features artist interviews, tracks from that artist and a selection of other classic rock.

Dawn interviews, reviews (albums and gigs) and takes photographs for Total Rock and Fireworks Magazine/Rocktopia. She has a regular two page news column in the hard copy Fireworks print magazine. She reviews albums for the American web site Will To Rock. She runs the UK branch of the Autograph European fan Club.

The ‘Dawn Osborne In Session’ podcast