Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Back in the day when the U.K. was rocking and following the lead of the U.S. Hard Rock revival at the end of the 80’s there were a few contenders of real world class who […]
Fans of The Answer have been waiting almost seven long years for the follow up to 2016’s wonderful album ‘Solas’, and judging by early reviews (including our own) it seems all are extremely excited and […]
Steel Panther is on the prowl again with their 6th album of questionable pleasures and delight and believe me this is a hot and sticky one! If you thought that things might change with the […]
Tim Rogers the You Am I front man began 23 years ago with an album that quickly become one of his most cherished, a ‘solo’ debut backed in truth by the roughshod country barstool confessional […]
It’s been all quiet on the Babylon A.D. front for a while now but this year sees them roar back into life with a new Live Album – ‘Live Lightning’ on the way. There are […]
STRYPER is coming back to Australia in March for a series of dates that also take in New Zealand. If you’ve loved them since the 80’s or discovered them in recent years through their wonderful […]
Godsmack’s new album ‘Lighting Up the Sky’ is almost upon us and it may be their final studio record. We caught up with Sully to find out all about it and ponder the journey […]
The Legendary musical institution that is The Stranglers are on their way back to Australia for an East Coast tour for the first time post Covid. It’s always a treat to see them and their […]
Over the course of her career as an award-winning artist, singer/songwriter/guitarist Samantha Fish has brought extraordinary power to her self-expression, capturing her inner world in combustible riffs, visceral rhythms, and spine-tingling vocal work. On […]
If you love your Metal then it doesn’t come more in your face than Arch Enemy the Swedish Metal merchants that just keep on delivering. It may have been five years since their last record […]
It’s been 30 years since Del Amitri last played Australia and the host of sold out shows in February shows that either party has forgotten about each other in the interim. The tour will also see […]
Black Star Riders is responsible for four pretty peerless Hard Rocking releases from 2013 to 2019. They’ve also dominated our end of year BEST OF charts more than any other band starting with the […]
FASTER PUSSYCAT were there at ground zero when things started hotting up on Sunset Strip in the late 80’s, contemporaries of Guns ‘n’ Roses and L.A. Guns they knew how to party and created some great music. They […]
Halestorm burst out of the pandemic last May with the wonderful ‘Back from the Dead’ an album with all the crunching power you might expect and with a wonderful mellower side to it too. […]
Rockpit regular Chip Z’Nuff and his band head down to Australia this week for the very first Glam Fest. It’s already been a very busy post-pandemic for the man who never stops. Enuff Z’Nuff […]
Tuff was one of those bands that epitomized the Glam side of the Sunset Strip back in the day and their 1991 debut ‘What Comes Around Goes Around’ remains one of the ‘big-haired highlights’ […]
Ella Hooper has an exciting 2023 ahead. A brand new solo album is released on the world today. ‘Small Town Temple’ is an album that draws from Ella’s life experiences, from the wonders of growing […]
Sweden’s Eclipse is one of the finest Hard Rock bands in the world today and they are heading Down Under for GlamFest next week. We caught up with singer/guitarist/producer/writer Erik Mårtensson to find out about […]
I love getting to chat to some of our ‘regulars’ here at the Rockpit and there’s no one I love to catch up with more than the man with the golden voice – Robin McAuley. […]
It was only a mere nine months ago that I was stood out at the back of The River, a wonderful venue in the South West of Western Australia in the magical town of Margaret […]
Canada has been renowned for its quality of musical artists over the years, from Rush to Anvil, Shania Twain to Bryan Adams there has always been something for everyone. Vancouver-based heavy rockers The Mighty One […]
My first experience of the mighty Wig Wam, who formed in Halden Norway in 2001, was way back in 2007 when a friend played me ‘Wig Wamania’. But it wasn’t until the second year of […]
The Angels have always been my favourite Aussie Rock band. You can make your case for AC/DC all you like but for me there was and is just something special about the songs and […]
It’s been a tough 2022 for The Quireboys. The much publicised split with founder member and lead vocalist Spike Grey left many fans wondering what was going to happen to a band who have been […]
Buckcherry has been one of the best live bands I’ve seen for an incredible two decades now, and whilst the line-up around Josh Todd has changed over the years Buckcherry’s ever present front man […]
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