Tumbleweed is a name those of you around the live music scene of the early 90’s in New South Wales will remember well. A band out of time they captured the spirit of the day […]
CHANGE OF DATE: Allegiance “Resurrection” – Saturday 11 December 2021 – Gate One Theatre NEW DATE: SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2022 Due to unforeseen circumstances, Allegiance’s scheduled show to take place at GATE ONE THEATRE, […]
Way back in the 80’s Germany had a band to rival Scorpions, Accept and Helloween – Victory, who produced a string of fine albums from 1985 on, including my favourite 1989’s ‘Culture Killed the Native’. […]
It came as a surprise to almost all of us when it was announced that a new Wolfmother album was about to be unleashed into the world. These days of course publicity campaigns are well […]
With the latest classic ‘Street Lethal’ upon us we caught up with Crazy Lixx’ main man Danny Rexon to find out more about the new record. Their seventh studio album sees Crazy Lixx show no […]
The Damaged Goods EP features La Roux’s cover of the Gang of Four classic from the multi-artist compilation album The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four plus five brand new club remixes […]
THE ICONIC BLACK SABBATH GUITARIST RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘SCENT OF DARK’ AND LAUNCHES ACCOMPANYING FRAGRANCE THROUGH ITALIAN LUXURY PERFUME HOUSE XERJOFF LISTEN/BUY ‘SCENT OF DARK’ HERE: Tony Iommi, iconic guitarist for Black Sabbath, […]
15 albums in Dream Theater is a band I must admit that has never really grabbed me, but 2021 is year to try new things whilst we’re all still so restricted so here we […]
“It had to happen one day didn’t it?” I said to Chip the other day, who laughed and said “Of course it did!” So here it is Enuff Z’Nuff the band who wear their […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE are The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band. Hailing from Los Angeles, CA, the quartet—Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitars), Nikki Sixx (bass), and Tommy Lee (drums)— have commandeered the rock pantheon for 40 years. 40 […]
With a press release that states: “Hailing from San Francisco, California, MAD ANTHONY was hands down the BEST unsigned ROCK band of the mid-’80s packing MASSIVE grooves and KILLER hooks from stacks of Marshall amps.” a […]
The new studio album from L.A, Guns sees Tracii Guns, Phil Lewis, and co continuing with the darker lyrical tone of ‘The Devil You Know’ and ‘The Missing Peace’ whilst adding a little Classic […]
Mississippi MacDonald might be a new name to you but after a listen to ‘Do Right, Say Right’ you’ll be glad you made his acquaintance and probably hurry to check out his previous six! (‘Devil’s […]
In ‘Anarchy And Unity’ Vega’s 7th full length rest assured they haven’t strayed from their trademark Melodic rocking AOR sound but they have added two new faces to the sonic mix – Billy Taylor (ex-Inglorious) […]
Eclipse, as one of the heavy hitters in the 80’s Hard Rock revival have produced some stunning material over the years culminating in their most successful release ‘Paradigm’ in 2019. Sweden’s finest are now […]
It’s been 14 years now since Crazy Lixx burst onto the scene with the wonderful debut ‘Loud Minority’ and over the years the band has produced some real gems – from follow up ‘New […]
In what seems like an eternal rollercoaster of close calls and postponements, Silverback Touring are pleased to re-announce the DEVILSKIN “RED” Tour with a new set of dates. The hard-hitting Kiwi band released their […]
Sometimes the bio says it all: “JD McGibney is a warrior guitarist that conquers is battlefields on the wings of dragons. Uniting with the forces of likeminded individuals, he fights to strengthen worldly brotherhood and […]
NO.1 VINYL ALBUM! – FIRST TIME BAND IN TOP 5 IN 26 YEARS – LISTEN HERE ‘ALL FOR ONE’ NATIONAL TOUR CONFIRMED FOR 2022 The Screaming Jets’ 30 Year Anniversary Edition of their classic debut […]
There are currently three albums vying for my favourite release of the year and all three of them are worthy of your serious attention, but whilst two of them you might say are by […]
It’s incredible to think that Seether have been around now for two decades. Well they have, and incredibly they’re as relevant today as they ever were, some would argue maybe even getting better with […]
Jim Peterik might be best known to Rock fans as the driving force behind the band Survivor, writing the classic theme to Rocky III ‘Eye of the Tiger’ which won him a Grammy, but […]
The Kentucky Headhunters are about to release their brand-new album ‘That’s a Fact Jack!’ and if you’re already a fan then you’re in for a real treat. If you’re not already a fan then you will […]
I like Sweden’s The Hawkins and after the revelation that was ‘Silence s a Bomb’ it’s great to see them back on the horse so soon with the new mini-album ‘Aftermath’. Of course it’s […]
Every year as a kid we used to put together lists of our favourite musicians – you know the ones – favourite singer, favourite guitarist, favourite bassist… But when it came to favourite drummer […]
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