With a great dirty groove, fine sense of a hook, nice big fat guitars and a singer reminiscent of Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks fame, Dirtbag Republic can’t go wrong. If opener ‘Can You Feel […]
As far as musicians go there are some you love, some you hate and then there are those that you admire and those that you are in awe of. Over the years John McLaughlin […]
Pulled Apart by Horses creates music that makes you feel alive, pure and simple and they’re coming back to the land downunder to treat us to another sonic battering in October. If you haven’t […]
After hearing the single ‘Re-inventing the Future’ I was suddenly excited again by the Tate/Queensryche saga. Whilst as far as recordings had gone to date the Geoff Tate vs Queensryche split had been somewhat underwhelming […]
One of the worst aspects of running a website is that folder that says ‘listen to later’ – it’s usually thick, full and sadly the one you only get to dip into occasionally as the […]
Michael Monroe may just have released his best album as a solo artist, and as a long-time fan who has been there since the early days of the eighties that is a huge call. After […]
It only seems like a few seconds ago George Lynch released his solo album ‘Shadow Train’ and that itself came so soon after the debut from Sweet and Lynch earlier this year: add to that […]
You’d be hard pushed to find a better singer of his generation than Sebastian Bach; the firebrand Canadian vocalist got into a lot of trouble back in the day, and still manages to court […]
Few bands have, over the last twenty years, so consistently kept the fires of real Rock and Roll burning as brightly as Buckcherry. Part Hard Rock, part Punk, and brimming with attitude; the band […]
Simon Meli has one of our favourite voices in Australian Rock and this year he’s back again with the ‘Whole Lotta Love’ Led Zeppelin tribute show as they hit Sydney and the Central Coast […]
It’s often hard to cite definitive moments in musical history but in my mind at least Hard Rock was given birth by the sound that Dave Davies created when he took a razor blade […]
‘Bring it on back’ the lead single from Buckcherry’s 7th studio release ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is typical of the band – full of piss and vinegar, a loud obnoxious slab of in your face Rock […]
Joe Satriani releases his 15th studio album on 24th July ahead of a November UK Tour and to be frank it’s a revelation: extroverted, ambitious and absolutely unmissable. If you’ve listened to Satriani over recent […]
It’s long been a bucket-list interview of mine to talk to Fee Waybill of The Tubes – a band which created some of the most interesting and thought-provoking music of the seventies and used […]
Tracklisting: Never Again – Rockin In The City – I Can’t Stop Loving You – The Rains About To Fall – Even Now – Tears Will Fall – Mad As Hell – Sweet Sensation – Tonight’s The Night- The Quest – Stones By The River On […]
VAIN is one of the best bands that the eighties ever saw, with songs you would kill for, a sound you would die for and a look your om woukd throw you out of […]
We speak to Paul Shortino backstage at Vegas’ best musical – Raiding the Rock Vault.
Mark Knight talks about his new album for Unsung Heroes and the Bang Tango documentary at his studio in California.
Conducted during the Monsters Of Rock Cruise off the coast of Miami, BABYLON A.D.’s Derek Davis and Robb Reid talk to The Rockpit about the new album, 25 years as a band and playing […]
The Rockpit took in the annual rock cruise featuring a roster of great bands as we report on all that happened at sea. Pre-party – April 16th 2015 Queensryche / Lillian Axe The […]
With a surname as instantly recognisable as Slaughter and all the memories of eighties rock that name brings with it – whether it be Vinnie Vincent’s Invasion, Slaughter the band or even Scrap Metal (the […]
Some bands deserve a to be the subject of a documentary because of the status they have achieved within a cutthroat industry where only the strong or insanely dedicated survive; others because they have […]
THE DEAD DAISIES HIT AUSTRALIA IN DECEMBER for a whirlwind tour which received a huge response from the crowds that packed each of their shows across the Country, it was a great ‘welcome home’ […]
When we first heard ‘The Heart and the Thrill’ we had no idea who The Battery Electric were, but sometimes life throws up gems like this, out of the blue. The Battery Electric bristle […]
UFO was the first band I ever saw live as a kid in Pireus, Greece – it was a bittersweet experience for a first show – the music blew me away from the off, […]
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