The Hellacopters were originally created in 1994 as a side project by singer/ guitarist Nicke Andersson who played drums for Entombed and guitarist Dregen of Backyard Babies, The Hellacopters went on to become a […]
It doesn’t happen very often but some bands come along who really move the needle in rock n roll, they create a dividing line where you can separate the established bands of the genre and […]
Hell In The Club are one of the most exciting bands of the modern hard rock movement, These guys started out as a side project formed by members of power metal bands Elvenking and Secret […]
A large part of what got me reacquainted with the Blues when this website began wasn’t the old timers out there still going strong or the young guns blazing away, it was these guys […]
Perth’s Electric State have been playing live shows over the past few years to great responses, appearing in the wonderfully pre-pandemic days of 2019 before we all found out a lot about what is […]
There are a LOT of incredible rock bands out there if you take the time to look, Many of the best I’ve come across come from Sweden, There must be something in the water […]
Most people of course will know Sixx AM as the bassist out of Motley Crue’s ‘other band’, and so the the release of an album entitled ‘Hits’ might be a little confusing – we’re […]
Tobias Forge states that he drew his inspiration for Ghost’s latest album from The Rule of Empires, a book about empires. Unsurprisingly, he says that Impera is “about the rise and ultimately the inescapable […]
There’s an assuredness about the perfect AOR of opener ‘She is the Night’ that makes you realise how good these guys are at pulling off the sweet soft sounds of the early 80’s. Sadly […]
If you haven’t yet heard the name Eric Gales yet shame on you, and if you haven’t checked out his music then you don’t know what you’re missing. Eric’s brand-new album ‘Crown’ was released […]
What do you get when you put together the original guitarist of The Dog’s D’Amour and the original vocalist of L.A. Guns? Magic… You get magic. The swelling Hammond and catchy refrain of ‘Tree For […]
It’s been a few years now since Chip took over vocal duties with Enuff Z’Nuff and as part of the latest three album deal with Frontiers comes the second release – a solo album […]
One wonders how a guy with only three studio releases during his lifetime has a posthumous discography reaching well into double digits. This is without even counting unofficial recordings. Like many legacy artists, Hendrix’s swelled […]
About a dozen years ago I travelled to the US to see Scorpions final tour catching them at the Rock In America Festival in Oklahoma where we got to chat back stage (and interestingly […]
As someone who thought that Love/Hate’s 1990 debut ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ was one of the best and most intriguing releases to come out of L.A. in the late eighties/early nineties and had […]
My editor has been telling me for years that Myke Gray who played guitar and wrote for Skin, Jagged Edge and Red, White & Blues has wrote some of the best songs of the period. […]
After a frighteningly good ‘covers’ outing last time out of the traps it’s back to all original Rock and Roll for Kory Clarke and co. with ‘Out On Bail’ hitting the streets via Livewire […]
It’s been four long years since Finnish sleaze rockers Reckless Love released ‘InVader’ (check out our interview with Olli about that album here) and on February 25th they return with their fifth studio album […]
Giant of course is one of those bands that never made it big back in the day and one whose albums are revered by fans. They had a great sound that should really have […]
I must admit it’s pretty cool to be given a copy of one of your favourite band’s albums three months before release date, and even though it’s not out till March I reckon I’ll […]
Bands that record just one studio album with a particular singer are an intriguing phenomenon. While not always fan-favorites, such albums hint at an alternative path for the band, a forking road, a history […]
I try not to start every Magnum review talking about the past because let’s face it we all know so much about albums like ‘Storytellers’ and the great landmarks of the 80’s but the […]
In 1990, Lethal released their debut album, Programmed. At that point, I never heard this band on the radio, saw them on MTV, or knew anyone who had heard them (all of this is […]
I’ve waited a long time to hear this one, after enjoying the lead up singles over the last months I knew it would be good, but you know what? This has to be one […]
Ten new tracks after 5 years of waiting since 2016’s ‘Total Tranquility’ means the gaps between albums are blowing out as we waited a mere 4 years between the debut and the follow up […]
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