How to Contact The Rockpit.net:

If you are interested in becoming a regional reporter or contributor?  Drop us a line at digg@therockpit.net or shane@therockpit.net

 

Bands wishing to submit material for review are invited to send CDs, DVDs, press packs or anything else to us at:

The Rockpit
PO Box 714
Innaloo   6018
Perth, Western Australia

 

New bands wishing to have their music considered for an upcoming Rockpit compilation CD should send demos and info to the above address or simply send the link to digg@therockpit.net or shane@therockpit.net

 

If you're a band, a promoter or a Street Team who think we should check something out, then just send us the info!

 

The Rockpit.net Team is:

 

 

Mark loves that kind of bluesy sleaze rock that sounds and smells like it just crawled out of the gutter. He also has a soft spot for the great icons of the seventies, the hair metal of the eighties and all of those bands who managed to keep their identities in the nineties. Hell -give him anything with a loud guitar and an attitude.

Schooled in rock from an early age when he found Zeppelin and Hendrix in his fathers record collection. He was a registered addict by the age of ten.  He spend the eighties at Monsters of Rock and Rock City, which hosted all of the bands from the Strip in LA. He currently spends his time and money rocking out downunder and making regular trips to the States.

 

Find Mark on Facebook - Mark Rockpit

 

 

Australian born & bred, Shane Pinnegar has managed to lived and work in 5 countries and visited quite a few more, often using his chef skills to scrape by. Despite the first gig he remembers being Abba aged 12, and enjoying an Adam & The Ants phase aged 14, he quickly progressed through Queen, Rose Tattoo, The Hard-Ons, Iron Maiden and Metallica (most of these phases he as never outgrown) and now proudly champions the cause of dirty, filthy, sleazy rock n' roll; hard n' heavy metal; classic seventies hard rock; hard n' dirty blues and much more besides. 

 

Growing up in Perth - the world's most isolated regional capital city - meant he missed out on many tours and gigs his contempories were fortunate enough to see, but he has done is utmost to make up for it in more recent years, and his CD collection is amongst his proudest possessions.

 

Old enough to know better but young enough to keep on doing it, Shane unwinds by stopping his 3 year old daughter Tia from trashing his record and CD collection, alternately educating and corrupting his nascent rock chick Trulie, worshipping at the altar of Rock, and wishing he actually had one iota of musical ability beyond being able to seriously annoy his neighbours! 

 

Find SHANE on Facebook - SHANE Rockpit

 JO

Is the 'Rock Chick’ of the Rockpit and has loved loud rock music since her school days, when the sounds of Rush,The Scorpions, Iron Maiden and Queen, rang out of her sixth form common room! She went through her hippie phase, following the sounds of Free and Bad Company, in the seedy nightclubs around Yorkshire! The Castle Donnington music festival became an annual pilgrimage for her and her friends. Next stop was Rock City, Nottingham, where great music, live bands and lots of beer became a way of life. Jo's aim for this site is to provide a ‘girlie’ perspective, of this great music that we all love.

 

 

Born in a ditch on the outskirts of Detroit in the 60’s, young Billy survived on Pecan pie crusts and Dr Pepper slops whilst recycling cans for change – leading to his nick name Metal Billy ( AKA Crazy Garbage Kid ).

 

After attending his first rock concert, being Kiss in 1980, the die was cast when he saw some snippets of Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast and Motorhead’s Iron Fist on TV and he was set on the path of metal, beginning with the NWOBHM bands and the beginnings of Thrash Metal with Metallica and Co then backtracking to discover the raw power of Sabbath, Purple and their ilk. An early partnership was forged with Shane Rockpit as occasional guest drunks on 6UVS FM Gods of Thunder weekly program, lifelong Soldiers of Metal ( and other assorted Rock Genres ) and Mullet’s-at-large.

 

Metal Billy leans more towards the thrash / power / stoner area of the Rock World and will sporadically appear out of nowhere, drink all your alcoholic beverages, get your parrot stoned, steal your best CD’s and leave a critique written in bodily fluids on your refrigerator door.

 

Current day faves : Machine Head, Lamb of God, The Haunted, Trivium, High on Fire

Pastimes : Beer, Bourbon and other enjoyable pursuits, Golf, Metal concerts, Pinball, Reading

Best Gigs : Kiss, Iron Maiden , Slayer, The Haunted, Anthrax, QOTSA, Machine Head, Motorhead, Megadeth and Metallica

 

..and joining the ranks are our occasional contributors from the US and the UK:

 

 

 

My introduction to the world of rock & metal was a sledgehammer upside the head known as “Blackout” by the Scorpions. I sat in my backyard in mesmerized by the radio broadcast of Metal Day of the 1983 US Festival, but didn’t get my first real concert experience until April 1984 with the aforementioned Scorpions. Shows by Judas Priest, Dio & Iron Maiden soon followed and gave me a musical direction & purpose.

I’m a veteran of over 300 concerts on two continents and have extensive knowledge of many different musical genres, my favorite being 80s hair/glam/sleaze. I have lived in California my entire life, play drums, golf & poker, and I’m an aspiring concert photographer. In recent years, I’ve gotten involved with US festivals such as Rocklahoma & Rock-n-America with my sexy, rockin’ wife, Evangeline (aka Evil), who considers me her man candy & occasional muse. We established the Garden of Evil in 2008 as a campground after party and it’s turning into a full-fledged business. Music is my life and I feel blessed to be a part of The Rockpit team as we plan for world domination!!!!

Rock the FUCK on!!

 

 

 

I remember it distinctly. It was the spring of 1976. I was at Jeff Kristola's house just to catch a glimpse of his sister Tina. I was 6 and she was in her late teens and really cute. That's when I saw it... and I couldn't turn my head... I started to go crazy wanting to touch it... I had to have it... the seminal album "Alive!" from Kiss. It was as if my world was created at that moment. From then on, it had to be loud, catchy, and something my parents hated. Thanks to a promise from a dad who thought they were a flash in the pan, I got to see KISS July 13, 1979 at the Pontiac Silverdome. From there, I moved on to all of the fun of 80's rock. I now had my musical footprint firmly planted and it had me heading in the right direction.

 

Having attended well over 300 concerts in my 40 years, I am still expanding my love for the different genres of Rock. My newest love is some harder metal (gotta love God Forbid, Kittie, Gwen Stacy - check out the cool interviews), but I will never lose my love for 80's rock, as it opened up a friendship with some cool rockers (thanks again for attending the GOE [Garden of Evil] party, Dario and Lizzy [of Lizzy Borden, pictured with Todd above]), but my lasting friendship... who am I kidding, introduction to lost members of my family - Evil, Aaron, Shane, and all other GOE members (too many to list by name).

 

Known to most simply as Rockin CPA, my true loves are my hotter than hell wife Jamie, Rugby playing animal son Fred, my closest friends (even if they try to kill me), my music collection, and spending my spare time volunteering with the American Cancer Society. God help you if you try to take ANY of them from me.

 

Music has always been my mistress (if you ask Jamie, she will tell you it is either music or Evil herself!) and being a part of the Rockpit team is truly a blessing and welcome addition to my music passion (dare I say fetish???)... Thanks Shane and Mark.

 

See you all in the PIT!!!

 

Find TODD on Facebook - TODD Rockpit

 

David is into a range of different styles of rock. Mainly old school classic rock but also gets down with a few bands that are more from his time. Rock started at a very early age going through his father and uncles record collections catching his eyes and ears on bands such as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Slade.

These days his iTunes library will show you the main bands on rotation include (to name a few): Iron Maiden, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, W.A.S.P., Skid Row, Anthrax, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue and Dream Theater. As well as the older bands you’ll also find him cranking bands like Hardcore Superstar, Crashdiet, Murderdolls, Shadows Fall and Machine Head.

David’s lived most of his life in Perth but has also spent a year living in London, and is currently living in Toronto. One day he got sick of waiting for the music to come to him and decided to go to the music. This year he saw Iron Maiden for the 6th time in 3 years, which has included shows in 6 cities in 4 countries.

A few memorable concerts include, Iron Maiden in Perth 2008 thanks to being lucky enough to get to the barrier through the IMFC “First to the Barrier” competition, Sebastian Bach in Perth 2008, Heaven and Hell in London 2007, W.A.S.P. in Adelaide 2008, Pantera in Perth 2001, AC/DC in Perth in 2001 and Machine Head in Perth 2004.

GREG & JESS

 

My name is Greg Yarbrough AKA Trekkie AKA Rip Ryder, and I work for GNJ Enterprises. My wife and I do concert photography and have recently entered the photo-journalist arena. We have been married for over 17 years and have three awesome kids. We enjoy the music industry and have worked as a street team leader, a 'manager' of a local band and a photographer. After leaving that behind, my wife and I have focused on rock journalism, photography and interviewing. We have a lot to learn and a long way to go, but we are looking forward to the challenge!

 

STEVE

 

Steve IS old school rock, and loves all the classics from Lizzy and UFO to Kiss. Rock is very simple - it needs a killer tune, melody and a big bad attitude. But there is another side to Steve and it's dark... it's the rock that lights up at midnight and starts with W.A.S.P. and ends with Slayer. Steve is theRockpit.net's occaisional UK correspondent

 

 

 

We've plenty of room for more so if you love great music and want to get involved - please send us a review, submit a photo or two or maybe a killer article or some cool artwork.

 

Everyone has something to offer, what you give is what you get... let's make this our place from which to rock the world!