Trouble is a small dusty town. 50 years on Lee Hazelwood’s fictional town is discovered all over again… Mark: Hi, Charles, how are you? Thanks for taking the time to talk to us […]
Ash are downunder to play their seminal album 1977 in it’s entirity in August after UK dates in July. Mark spoke to mainman Tim Wheeler who was getting ready to hop back to the […]
Nuclear Blast’s new singning Scorpion Child has released one of the albums of the year. it was so good we had to find out more… Mark: Thanks for taking the time to talk […]
Rock’s latest Supergroup THE WINERY DOGS break the trend, they are actually very good indeed, you might say frighteningly good. We spoke to Mike Portnoy a few weeks after getting a first listen to […]
It’s a sad state of affairs when Australia’s Rock scene is in such dissaray that the very best bands we have need to go overseas to get the recognition they deserve. That’s not to […]
Metal guitar legend Ross The Boss from Manowar and the Dictators talks Death Dealer with The Rockpit. Mark: Hi, Ross Thanks for taking the time to speak to us this morning. How are […]
Heaven The Axe is one of the Australian bands to win a place in the final round of hard rock calling – make sure you make your vote counts! We caught up with Phoebe […]
This was the interview that we thought would never see the light of day, the normally crystal clear connection to the US failed us in an early morning storm. Sadly this is only a […]
It’s early moring for Brian out in LA and on the other side of the world downunder we’re hoping the coffee does the trick as we settle down to chat to the man who […]
Few bands need as little introduction or were as influential as the Ramones. As their drummer between 1982 and 1987 Richie was the only one of the Ramone’s drummers to write material for them […]
The Dead Daisies, for those out there that haven’t yet heard, is the new Rock ‘Supergroup’ fronted by Australia’s own Jon Stevens. With a sound that captures the essence of all that was great […]
WHITESNAKE is a rock legend and David Coverdale is one of the endearing icons of British Rock. Cutting his teeth in a little old band called Deep Purple before going his own way and producing […]
If you love your metal you need to check out this band. Raven Lord could be the next big name, tell everyone! Csaba Zvekan talks about the debut album and plans for 2013. […]
From humble beginnings the ‘Whole Lotta Love’ celebration of the music of Led Zeppelin has now been gripping Australian audiences for ten years. We talk to ‘Musical Director’ Joseph Calderazzo about the journey. […]
We all love our Australian Rock and Metal and support it as much as we can and to a lot of Australian fans LORD will be a familiar name. But let me tell you […]
Mark Jansen of Epica Talks to Mark about the upcoming Australian Tour, the latest album and more… Hi Mark and welcome to Australia, You touch down for your first tour of AUSTRALIA on […]
THUNDER the UK Hard Rock band is just about to make their first visit to Australia after 30 years! We will of course be catching up with the band shortly but in the meantime […]
Marco Mendoza is a helluva bass player with an impressive CV behind him; he’s also a helluva nice guy. Over the years I’ve caught up with Marco a number of times: twice at dates […]
Mike Tramp has had a long career in music staring off in his native Denmark before coming to the attention of the world with WHITE LION, a band from the era of big hair […]
Bob Mould Is finally in Australia! It was an honour to get to chat to the man behind Husker Du and Sugar about the tour which hits this week and which will be bringing […]
Wednesday 13 talks about coming back to see us later in the year and his latest release , plus we get to talk Murderdolls, e-bay and horror movies… Mark: Hi, Wednesday, how are […]
The Vandals seeming have always been with us. If you love your So-Cal punk then they are indispensible. If you just want to know where all this rekindled love with the pop-punk genre came […]
JAMEY JASTA frontman of HATEBREED and KINGDOM OF SORROW is uncompromising in his approach to music and relentless in everything he does. It’s great to have a new Hatebreed album out and to see […]
Saturday February 23rd is the day to put your money where your mouth is and get behind Local Live Music. SLAM DAY was born out of the SLAM RALLY where 20,000 people marched in Melbourne […]
Lullwater’s debut just soars out of the speakers with an urgency many attempt but few manage to sustain. There’s a rage and simmer to opening track ‘Oddline’, cut with melody and seared with strident hard […]
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