Interviews with some of your all time favourites as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
As a band that simply dropped jaws and melted faces the last time they were in Australia as a part of Good Things, Skindred are one of this year’s most anticipated tours of the year. […]
Parabelum from Western Australia are one of two bands that are making the trek from the other side of the country for Rock Is Not Dead, Melbourne. Their brand of rock n roll is gritty […]
On this special Rock Is Not Dead Australia episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids for The Rockpit we catch up with the frontman for Western Australia’s Electric State ahead of their set at Rock Is […]
On this special Rock Is Not Dead Australia episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids we catch up with the man behind The Revolation. Dean Whittman-Lamb has a career that started as a teenager and throughout […]
On this special Rock Is Not Dead Australia episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids for The Rockpit we catch up with South Australia’s arena ready rockers Audio Reign ahead of their co headline set at […]
With just weeks until Avatar’s return to Australia, 50 Shades Of Slaids caught up with the bands frontman and ringmaster Johannes Eckerstrom to talk all things touring. Avatar have played and owned some of the […]
On this special Rock Is Not Dead Australia episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids we catch up with Queensland alternative/progressive/heavy rockers Kalatone to see what that have been up to in the last twelve months. […]
There was Lennon & McCartney in the 60’s, in the 70’s we had Taupin & John and the late 80’s into the 90’s we had Currie & Harvie. Now that last pair of names might […]
British guitarist, singer and songwriter Billy Morrison joins The Rockpit to talk about his new album Hollow, out August 7 via TLG | ZOID, distributed by Virgin Music Group. Billy takes us deep inside the […]
Episode 38 of 50 Shades Of Slaids is a little different. On this episode we catch up with The Hu vocalist Temka to talk all things their third album “Hun” (pronounced hoon/khun) which was released […]
There’s something big happening! And we talk to Stan Bush all about it as well as looking back on where it all began! Reigning Phoenix Music announces collaboration with Hasbro for the release of THE […]
On this special Rock Is Not Dead episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids for The Rockpit, we caught up with Wicked Smile founding member and guitarist Steven Janevski. Wicked Smile are the headliners for Rock […]
On this episode of 50 Shades Of Slaids I’m joined by a singer, songwriter and musician that stormed his way into Australian rock n roll history with his debut single “Don’t Need Love” back in […]
Today’s guest on 50 Shades Of Slaids is the bass player for one of my favourite Australian bands of the 90’s and beyond. His bass lines are iconic and instantly recognisable in songs like “Better […]
Her journey started at the age of eleven and within twelve years Cassidy Paris has become a force to be reckoned with. Her second record “Bittersweet” was released in November of 2025 and little did […]
Rock and roll has produced many extraordinary singers, but very few have transcended the role of vocalist to become genuine icons. Chris Cornell was one of those rare artists. Possessing one of the most powerful, […]
Eva Under Fire? Are you familiar with them? If no, then you should change that fast. In fact on July 10 Eva Under Fire dropped their Sophomore album “Villainous” via Better Noise Music and it […]
Wendy Mathews had one of those voices you never forget. From the age of 15 Mathews knew music was to be her life’s legacy. She has worked with some of the world’s finest and has […]
In 1971 something in the world of music changed. The glam movement started to take hold of the world and one band at the forefront of that movement was The Sweet. Their brand of poppy […]
50 Shades of Slaids caught up with Less Than Jake frontman Chris DeMakes about the band’s upcoming “Circus Down Under” tour of Australia and New Zealand in October and November. Chris discussed the band’s extensive […]
Every once in a while, a tour gets announced that simply drops your jaw. On this fast tracked Episode of Fifty Shades of Slaids we catch up with the two frontmen of this iconic metal […]
There are artists that are lucky enough to shape a sound and style that becomes crucially influential to the history of music. Peter Hook is one of those people. In fact Hook has done it […]
Peter Cox is one of the most recognisable voices of the 1980s, and ahead of GO WEST’s Australian tour with Debbie Gibson this August, we sat down with the legendary frontman to look back on […]
In Ep 25 of 50 Shades Of Slaids we sat down with lead guitarist Amber Maldonado of Vindicta to get the history of the band and dive into Ambers own career and story. Just who […]
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