Diesel (Mark Lizotte) returns with a vital and exhilarating collection of blues classics and rarities, playing every instrument on his first completely solo album, Alone With Blues. On Alone With Blues, Diesel pays tribute to giants […]
Ah! The Gypsy Pistoleros – there’s a name to conjure with and one that’s been off the radar for far too long! Well 2021 and lockdown sees them reborn with new new line-up that […]
From the stables of Frontiers’ never ending stream of modern Melodic Rock bands comes Sweden’s Seventh Crystal and their debut album ‘Delirium’. Essentially it’s an album of high energy confident melodic rock and if […]
It’s always great to hear new music from Albany’s The Erotics and whilst an EP always leaves you wanting more, to gather so much great music in just five tracks shows that an incredible […]
At eight tracks long Wildstreet’s new album ‘III’ (their second full length) isn’t exactly over-delivering. It’s been ten long years since their EP ‘II’ which came out three years after their 2008 debut when […]
There’s a Harder dirtier Blues rock edge to opener ‘Fools Gold’ and even more guitar. It’s a wonderful start and one that sets you immediately at ease if you’ve enjoyed these guys before and […]
One Desire have two great big powerful Melodic Rock albums behind them and we’re just getting ready it seemed to take on the world when we were plunged into the pandemic. This is if […]
Here’s one to look out for if you’re on the East Coast of Australia… There’s a Grungy sway and staccato jangle of guitars of the title track to this EP and plenty of pent […]
Back in the early 90’s one of the best live bands you’d see in the pubs and clubs of Australia was Nick Barker and the Reptiles. They toured relentlessly and always put on a memorable […]
Perth in Western Australia has a long history of producing great Rock acts it’s maybe something about being the most isolated City on the continent but maybe also something to do with the great […]
Back in the 70’s naming your band after a place created by a Fantasy Author wasn’t frowned upon, and as one of the most distinctively named bands in Rock over the years Tygers have […]
After a great run of Heart records over the previous decade things ground to a halt for the band in 2016 after they completed their North American tour, and whilst both sisters use the […]
As well as the usual suspects in the resurgence of Melodic Hard Rock there are also the quieter achievers like Finland’s Temple Balls. OK I realise I’m late to the party but at the […]
I must admit there haven’t been many releases this year I’ve been as excited about as ‘Now or Nowhere’ from Canada’s The Damn Truth. And here we are around the globe huddled collectively together […]
The pandemic of course has hit bands hard and no more so than those who make their living from relentless touring. Back on November 28th last year L.A. Guns (the Phil and Tracii version) […]
When you think of iconic Australian singer-songwriters the name Richard Clapton immediately springs to mind. Over the years he’s left us with some wonderful songs, many of which have a special part in the hearts […]
Eleven years ago in the early days of the Rockpit I was sent an EP by a new band from Scunthorpe in the UK called Skarlett Riot. It was a record which was on […]
There’s a new Helloween album out in June titled simply ‘Helloween’ and it’s huge! We caught up with Markus Grosskopf to talk all about it and how the plans for something really special just grew […]
Oh how I’ve missed you FarCry! And what an uplifting message to the title track that comes rushing out of the speakers to greet you like an old friend (albeit with a new voice)! […]
Sometimes and album just ‘hits the spot’ and ‘Sonic Healing’ by Todd Michael Hall is one of those albums this year – a huge album of Classic Rock influenced songs that comes as a […]
Robin McAuley is one of Rock’s great voices, coming to prominence with his band Grand Prix he went on to sing with Michael Schenker and lately he’s provided the voice for the wonderful Black […]
Well I’ve got my signed orange vinyl on the way how about you? As someone who was there at the start over the years Buckcherry have released some stunning albums, countless more than memorable singles […]
2021 has seen some great albums already, and after Midnite City unwittingly became one of the last international acts a lot of us Australia Rock fans saw back in March last year, hearing something […]
I like this and so will you if you like Bluesy Hard Rock with great melodies, because within you’ll find some fine songs here that are delivered with passion and almost inexplicably didn’t see the […]
It sure is a long time we’ve been locked down. No live bands is getting us all down, but on the bright side there are some great albums coming out of this enforced shutdown, and […]
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