Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
Legendary vocalist Time “Ripper” Owens is not a man who rests on laurels, always keeping busy and getting involved in numerous projects over the years including Judas Priest, Iced Earth and now his latest […]
Forming in 2018, Isolation burst onto the vibrant Brisbane hardcore scene with their progressively sonic 4 track EP ‘War In My Mind’. More recently the band unleashed their new single and music video ‘Mindstate’ […]
2019 marks the 45th anniversary of another of Australia’s iconic rock bands, ‘The Angels’. The band formed in Adelaide in 1974 under the name ‘The Keystone Angels’ and after recommendations from both Malcolm Young […]
Back in the day just before Rock’s great late eighties Sunset Strip-fueled peak Los Angeles was the place to be if you loved your Sleazy, down and dirty Rock and Roll. Sure Bon Jovi were […]
The bio for Prophets of Addiction used to read: “Every once in a great – and blessed – while, a band comes along that encapsulates everything that’s great about rock-n-roll. The Prophets of Addiction is […]
That riff mongering, Aussie classic rock behemoth that is Electric Mary are back, 8 long years for us long time fans after their last album release. This week I had a chat with frontman […]
Jetboy was one of those wonderful bands of the late eighties that had that real edge that set them apart from the whole Sunset Strip scene . With a huge loose sound that was part […]
The world’s biggest Metal opera – Avantasia is finally coming to Australia! 20 years after the release of the original Metal Operas, musical mastermind Tobias Sammet will bring the full Avantasia stage show to […]
During the past 20 years, Watain have established themselves as one of the most hard working and uncompromising bands within the worldwide Black/Death Metal scene, creating themselves infamy for delivering one of a kind, […]
If you’re a fan of Inglorious and the music they make then last October, hot on the heels of the announcement of the release of a third album ‘Ride to Nowhere’ in January, the departure […]
This, our first interview with Davy took place in May 2011 VAIN in my humble opinion is one of the best Hard Rock bands that the eighties ever saw, with songs you would kill for, […]
The Australian music scene is as strong as it ever had been, with many original bands all having a successful year in 2018, none more so than Melbourne hard rockers Ablaze, who released their highly […]
One of New Zealand’s most dominant live acts, Devilskin, have spent the last few months playing across 14 European countries on a sold-out tour with Halestorm, as well as headlining their own 10 date […]
Australia has always produced world class Rock music, but sadly the tyranny of distance has always made it hard for bands to break through on an international level. The Radio Sun, I have no reservation […]
When bands lose a member, especially an iconic member and especially a vocalist, passions can run high with fans when that member is replaced. Think of AC/DC’s (second) vocalist Bon Scott and jis replacement Brian […]
This interview was first posted on the Rockpit in 2011 The International Swingers hit Australia in December – let’s have a quick look at the band who promise to deliver a most memorable night out: […]
To anyone who grew up in the UK in the seventies with an interest in Rock music Status Quo were legends. Maybe the most ‘British’ of all bands of that era the sound they made […]
Back in 2011 one of our favourite bands Thunder who had been on hiatus since the Farewell Tour in 2009 announced two shows, we got in to talk to Danny as fast as we could… […]
Pirate metallers Alestorm will be touring Australia in February. In a meaty interview packed with protein, frontman Christopher Bowes talked to us about the tour supports, the perils of being a keytar player and […]
Formed in New Dehli, India, Skyharbor bridge the gap between the postmodern prog-metal movement and the rock world. Creativity, dedication to their craft, and composure, but with the ability to shake your foundations! The […]
Aussie party rockers The Bennies are heading across Australia on a short summer tour, including 2 dates in WA for the Austrlaia Day weekend. Not just any old tour this will be the first […]
This year 2019, we’ll be digging back into The Rockpit archives as we celebrate our tenth Anniversary and looking at some of the great interviews, the best conversations and the ‘if onlys’ – this week […]
Cradle of Filth keyboardist and female vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft is embarking on her first ever solo tour, and has chosen the far-flung and haunted shores of Australia for a round of DJ sets in […]
Formed in 2005 by teenagers Jan-Ole Lamberti (guitars) and Volker Dieken (guitars), Nailed To Obscurity went through the usual ups and downs as a band. The Germans took their name from a song off Hate […]
Not many bands can boast the continued success of Nickelback. Countless sell-out tours, Two American Music Awards, Six Billboard Music Awards, 12 Juno Awards, Six Grammy Award Nominations, over 50 million album sales worldwide […]
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