Interviews
INTERVIEW: Rising Wind
For those of you not familiar with the name RISING WIND then you soon may be. This young band from Italy plays with a swagger and a passion that belies their youth. To see […]
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Reviews Live
LIVE REVIEW: Rock N America Festival – Zoo Amphitheatre Oklahoma City 23-25 July 2010
ROCK N AMERICA FESTIVAL ZOO AMPHITHEATRE, OKLAHOMA CITY JULY 23-25 2010 I had been looking forward to Rock N America for months. Little did I know that it would exceed all expectations. Brought to you by […]
Reviews - Music Releases 2010
ALBUM REVIEW: Skin – Breaking the Silence
Tracklisting: 1- Good To Be Back | 2- Don’t Call It Love | 3- Stronger | 4- Can You Feel It | 5- The Book Of Your Life | 6- When I’m With You | […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Gunnar Nelson – Nelson
Gunnar Nelson is a man on a mission. With 2010 being the 20th anniversary of Nelson the Rock Band there is a huge amount going on. For starters there is the tour that sees […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Nik Kats & Paul Judge – Babyjane
Mark & Shane Rockpit recently sat down with drummer Nik Kats and bassist Paul Judge in the studio where they were putting finishing touches on the recording of their debut album, before taking it […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Sami Yaffa – Mike Monroe, New York Dolls
Mark Rockpit gets to talk with one of his musical heroes, Sami Yaffa of Mike Monroe’s solo band, New York Dolls, Mad Juana and ex-Hanoi Rocks, Demolition 23 and many more. Hi Sami […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Miljenko “Mili” Matijevic – Steelheart
Steelheart burned brightly at the start of the nineties and made two great albums before, like everyone, they felt the tide turn with the birth of grunge. I think that they would have been […]
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20 Questions with Nicki Kin of Vains Of Jenna
When we last saw you guys at the Whisky in 2008 I thought you had a great show. It seems like an awful lot has happened since then. KIN: yeah, thinking back on it, […]
Interviews
Mark Interviews Miljenko ‘Mili’ Matijevic of Steelheart 2010
Steelheart burned brightly at the start of the nineties and made two great albums before, like everyone, they felt the tide turn with the birth of grunge. I think that they would have been […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Danny Rexon – Crazy Lixx
2010 sees the second release from Sweden’s Crazy Lixx ‘New Religion’ is due out in March in Europe and April in the US on Frontiers records. Crazy Lixx produced one of the best; most […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Acey Slade and the Dark Party
Marketing is the new God of music in this millennium where lack of industry support and dollars can spell the premature end of any promising young band despite their best efforts. So if you have […]
Reviews - Music Releases
ALBUM REVIEW: Wig Wam – Non Stop Rock N Roll
I love the Wam, since they first hit in 2005 they have been a great source of fun and some infectiously catchy melodic Rock and Roll. The release of ‘Non Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll’ has […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Vince & Anthon – White Flame
Vince and Anthon kindly took the time to speak to theRockpit just in time for Christmas. Many thanks to Silke for setting it all up. The first I heard of you was the […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Jeremy Aric – Run Devil Run
Poets and Pornstars released one of my favourite albums of 2007, a beautiful slab of in-your-face raucous rock and roll, that sounded like the Bacchanalian wailings of all of the Sunset Strip’s lost souls […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Danny Vaughn
It is with great pride that therockpit.net brings you its first ever interview with one of our favourite artists- Danny Vaughn. We have a number of other exciting interviews lined up over the coming […]
Reviews Live
LIVE REVIEW: Lillian Axe – Los Angeles, July 4th 2009
Arriving in LA just eight hours before, after a fifteen hour flight meant that after a couple of beers I was feeling just fine (until the jetlag kicked in). I’d never actually seen a […]