ENERGY – Rise From The Fall (2026) HQ *Exclusive*

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It’s October 1976, and at the Nag’s Head in Northamptonshire steel-town Corby a fledgling rock group is about to take flight. They formed a year earlier, and are making their public debut at the pub’s regular jam session. They’re dreaming big, and the years that follow will take them all over the UK, and as far as the US and the middle east.
But like so many such stories, despite their remarkable talent and passion, success will ultimately elude the group named ENERGY. By the end of the ’80s, stymied by industry bullshit, they’ll reluctantly hang up their guitars and call it a day.
The tunes that drove them this far will remain unheard until almost 50 years after their first rehearsals, when – having faced down serious illness and personal tragedy – ENERGY finally commit their songs to tape, delivering the album that makes good on decades of promise, and tells the life-affirming story of their rise and every hard-won wisdom they’ve learned along the way.
Titled “Rise From The Fall“, this is timeless Classic Rock with bluesy foundation – ENERGY mention as influence the likes of Rory Gallagher, Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, the first Montrose album. And you hear all that on this very consistent “Rise From The Fall” – vintage songwriting but produced with a sharp modern sound.

Circa 1977 they had day-jobs – Fulton was an apprentice at the steel-works – until 1981, when they went pro and signed a publishing deal with Nigel Gray, who’d produced key albums by The Police and Siouxsie & The Banshees, though Gray’s connections didn’t secure Energy the much-desired recording contract.
Nevertheless, they continued to gig and to write, self-releasing a handful of singles and EPs (1980’s Energised, their debut four-track 7”, will set you back at least £70 nowadays). “After Nigel Gray, Chris Page joined us on drums and we went to America playing Whisky A Go Gos in Los Angeles and The Cat Club in New York,” says Fulton.

Wetherell founded his Corby-based Premier Recording Studios and went on to produce and record bands like Capdown, Goober Patrol and The Varukers, while Fulton relocated to London, where he began a career as an actor. Fulton returned to Corby in the late 90s, and at least once a year he’d join Wetherell, Bosnic and with either Page or Stewart on drums for Energy reunion shows.
And they continued to play and write songs on free weekends. The new songs were informed by the challenges the group had weathered – one, ‘And I’m Doing Alright’, was about the change in perspective Wetherell had experienced following his brain hemorrahage. “At his son, Jamie’s insistence, now on drums, Wetherell assembled the band and they recorded a whole album of Energy songs. “I wanted to have it on CD, for posterity,” Wetherell adds.

This is high impact, anthemic and timeless rock, executed with grace and flair and powerful musicianship and singing. The songwriting is laser-guided and full of substance. Before the album’s completion, the band lost Mike Bosnic, who passed away in 2023 after a short illness. “I’d known Mike since we were six,” Wetherell says. “It was devastating to lose someone who’d been a mate for over five decades.”
But the reactivated Energy had now reached unstoppable momentum, and following a period of mourning for their fallen brother, welcomed Dave Nash Walker on bass. Our friendship continually grows – we always find something new about each other that we didn’t know before. And I think that’s what great friendships are.”

Energy were considered part of the legendary NWOBHM first time around, and while there are certainly touches of Iron Maiden in the big rock ballad ‘Dream The Dream’, their sound spreads way wider than that one particular movement. You can detect traces of Rush, Thin Lizzy, and even Styx in here. The quality of the playing is uniformly good, and the production does the songs justice.
Opening song ‘Rebel With A Cause’ rocks hard, with a progressive backgrounde, with Jamie Wetherell giving us his best Neil Peart impression. It’s good stuff. Album closer ‘And I’m Doing Alright’ is an old-school ‘lighters in the air’ anthem where lain Wetherell delivers just the right amount of guitar fireworks.
‘Fight For Your Freedom’, meanwhile, comes closest to the spirit of the NWOBHM with its galloping rhythms.

Some of the lyrics are a little too clichéd and the wide range of styles could lead to accusations of Energy lacking their own unique identity. But if you’re looking for a heartfelt musical statement from a group that clearly loves rock n’ roll, and plays it with both passion and ability, then ‘Rise From The Fall’ will tick all of your boxes.
It’s a very strong and entertaining 41 minutes.
Highly Recommended

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01 – Rebel With A Cause
02 – This Part Of Town Is A No Go
03 – Fight For Your Freedom
04 – Still We Dream The Dream
05 – Trash
06 – Too Good To Lose
07 – Cry Of A Child
08 – Rock Party
09 – And I’m Doing Alright

Steve Fulton (vocals)
Iain Wetherell (guitar)
Mike Bosnic (bass)
Mark Stewart (drums)

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