This year I’m pretty much overwhelmed by the sheer quality of releases coming out of the UK Hard Rock scene and it’s time to add another name to that ever growing list – Bigfoot, who […]
Babylon A.D. was always one of my favourite bands from the late 80’s / early 90’s. They were a band that had the songs and the talents to put so many much bigger bands in […]
Abstract Entertainment are proud to present the music from three of Britain’s highly successful pop groups of the seventies touring Australia together in November 2017 for the first time. These artists include Richard Gower former lead singer of Racey (Baby It’s […]
With three albums released so far the wait is over. Coldspell are ready to strike again with the brand new album titled “A New World Arise”. This is stunning recording that features 12 new songs […]
There’s a real energy, chunky groove a great melody to ‘Erased’ the first song from 10 Rogue on this their debut album ‘Serpentine’. A multinational band 10 ROGUE, was founded in Johannesburg S Africa, but are […]
Kingswood are on of those very few Australian Rock bands that stand in that exciting ‘no mans land’ between the real shot at the big leagues and homegrown hugeness and ‘rest of the world’ mild […]
Dirty Thrills are an exciting and charismatic bluesy hard rock quartet from London, UK. Fronted by the son of ex-Moody Blues singer Nicky James, this unique outfit are bringing back old school rock ‘n’ roll, while […]
Its always been one of those oh so ironic American stereotypes that the English have bad teeth when the truth is that Americans have amongst the worst teeth in the world along with us Australians […]
Tonight a sold out crowd in the sleepy town of Ravenswood WA was treated to something rather special. Australian Rock Royalty was in town to kick off a Saturday night celebrating the very best of […]
Wisconsin-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and guitarist, Jared James Nichols, returns with his new album “Black Magic” which is the follow up to 2015’s debut album “Old Glory & The Wild Revival”. “Black Magic” features 10 tracks and will be released […]
“Long Time Running” is the second single from the band’s forthcoming studio album “Exile & Grace” (the album will now be released on Friday 13th October). Please also welcome to the line-up new keyboard player […]
When I originally left the UK to travel and ended up here down-under there was one Hard Rock band in the UK that just stood out from the pack – Skin. They were a band […]
A couple of days before the opportunity to chat with Phil came up I was digging through the vinyl singles in a second hand store and came up with a copy of Persian Risk’s ‘Calling […]
GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED AMERICAN SINGER SONGWRITER ANNOUNCES HER BIGGEST UK TOUR TO DATE “Beth Hart has a blues-rock voice so ballsy, it could pin you to the wall.” – The Times««««« Having sold out her […]
Those of you familiar with UK Hard Rock will know the name Myke Gray from his time in two much loved bands of the late 80’s / early 90’s in Jagged Edge and Skin. Some might […]
The disconcerting thing about receiving an album by a Blues guitarist new to you is when you see that the album is titled ‘Volume 3’ implying that you are well behind the ball. It almost […]
Stan Bush is an Emmy-winning songwriter/artist whose name may not be as immediately familiar as his work, on this his 13th album, which might just be his best to date we get eight new tracks […]
Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to The Rockpit today, what can we say? ‘Midnite City’ has to be one of the finest and most complete albums we’ve heard in a […]
Tennessee country rocker Charlie Bonnett III may not be a name readers at The Rockpit will be familiar with but when you get a letter from the man himself in which he self affacingly states […]
It’s a hard life living the Delta Blues when you call Melbourne home, but on listening to this The New Savage’s third EP you’d swear this two piece outfit from Victoria was from rather closer […]
When the album cover art to a record named ‘The Missing Peace’ shows a beaten band logo with the missing ‘piece’ bearing the name ‘Guns’ you kind of get the idea, it’s not subtle but […]
I’ve interviewed Jon Stevens three times now and each time we’ve gone way over our allotted time, he’s just one of those guys you connect with – passionate about music and life and someone you […]
THE NEW ALBUM “INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN” IS RELEASED ON FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Celebrated Swedish rock band H.E.A.T premiere the music video for their new single “Eye Of The Storm” to dovetail the release of their […]
G3 U.S. TOUR SET TO LAUNCH ON JANUARY 11TH – Tour features Satriani, John Petrucci (Dream Theater) & Phil Collen (Def Leppard). In other news: “Beyond the Supernova” Documentary by ZZ Satriani to Premiere at […]
Over the years Sebastian Bach has become an ever more frequent visitor to Australia, usually with a new album for us when he arrives. This time though his latest release has been his Autobiography ’18 […]
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