This is great Blues. If you love Bernie’s playing and love vintage Blues then this is for you. Chess might just be the best so far in the ‘Inspirations Series’ which is an ongoing […]
Many years ago when I started The Rockpit I did it because I wanted to tell people all about the music I loved. Music that I felt was no longer on the radar of […]
I swear Mike get’s better with every year that passes, and his second album for Silver Lining Music just adds to an already incredibly rich legacy he began all those years ago with Hanoi […]
I was a big, big fan of Shark Island back in the day – man that first major label record is a classic and the song ‘Paris Calling’ was all of my mixtapes! But […]
In just over a week Michael Schenker’s new album will be upon us. Schenker of course is a legend, and whether you saw him back in the 80’s or rather more recently, then you’ll […]
Back in the late eighties as a Hard Rock fan Dan Reed Network and Nelson were my two guilty pleasures, so much so that over the nineties I managed to collect pretty much every […]
When anyone from overseas asks me about the best Australian Rock bands of all time of course the legends of yesteryear – AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and The Angels are in there but there’s another couple […]
Back in the day I was a huge Shotgun Messiah fan, and man that 1989 debut ‘Welcome to Bop City’ was in a class of its own! It came as a bit of a […]
Where do you start with a legendary band like Nazareth? Arguably the finest band Scotland has produced and the inspiration for legions of rockers all over the world. This year they celebrate 52 years […]
Motor Sister is a band you need to get to know and their new album ‘Get Off’ out this month on May 6th is a real Rock and Roll revelation. Featuring vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson (Mother Superior), with […]
Live music is back. That wonderful experience that has been a hole in so many people’s lives for so long, really does look like it’s up and running again, even in Western Australia, the […]
Devilskin is my kind of Metal; brutal, honest, thought-provoking and with that balance of Rock and Metal that sets them apart from the pack. Without any shadow of a doubt ‘Red’ was one of […]
“Rock is dead. Or so they say. Get back for the counter-attack!” So begins the bio for Australian Rock and Roll band ‘Truck’ which features Horsehead’s Andy McLean and Baby Animals David Leslie along […]
After the news about The Wildhearts disbanding recently, the good news is that there is Ginger album just on the horizon. Well when I say new, it’s actually an expanded version of his 2019 […]
‘Make It Count’ is here almost a year after Ronnie Atkin’s last solo album ‘One Shot’. Recorded with the same band of musicians and same producer Chris Laney. It’s bittersweet of course to […]
Devil Electric are a riff-heavy, four piece rock ’n’ roll band from Melbourne, Australia. Taking musical cues from the hard rock greats of the ’70s and combining them with powerful, female fronted vocals they […]
Even before the needle hits the groove just by looking at the album cover you can’t help thinking Australia’s own ‘Airborne’ and with Airborne pretty quiet since releasing ‘Boneshaker’ in late 2019 there’s always […]
If you thought the Hard Rock revival was all about Scandinavia then think again. Further south in Italy Hell in The Club have been producing great music for just over a decade and latest […]
Crashdïet is back with their 6th album, Automaton and it’s a monster! Just like a gigantic robotic machine with pre-determined instructions, failure was never an option… No matter what obstacles may have come their way […]
It’s always great to catch up with Robin McAuley who surely must be one of the nicest guys in the business, but that warm demeanour hides a secret… I mean with a voice like that […]
Many years ago there was a band signed to MCA Records called Cold Sweat. In 1990 they released their only album ‘Break Out’ and like a lot of bands signed to that label, like Giuffria, […]
Hailing from Rennes, France power trio ‘Janis Madison’ has spent the pandemic keeping themselves busy. With a 100% D.I.Y. attitude they crowdfunded an 8 track EP (two of the tracks War and ‘Rape’ are […]
The combination of Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and producer Tom Hambridge worked wonderfully well last time around on the debut so why change want ain’t broke? They team up again on ‘662’ and whilst there’s […]
As soon as I heard Jo and Paul’s latest album ‘Everybody Rains on My Parade’ I knew I had to talk to them, but after publishing the first review of the record they beat […]
With the majority of compositions here written by the team of drummer John Hahn and guitarist/producer Will Kimbrough who supply 7 of the twelve tracks there’s a lovely thread of storytelling running through this record […]
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