To those of us who listened to White Lion back in the day and followed the ride throughout the solo years the music of Mike Tramp has given a lot over the years. Tramp’s latest […]
One of my albums of 2019 was Cormac Neeson’s ‘White Feather’ a wonderfully soulful solo outing by The Answer’s frontman recorded in Nashville with love and attention. As the pandemic struck plans to tour […]
Lounge fights with elevator music for dominance on the jazzy 70’s TV theme tune that is the instrumental ‘Second Wave’ – the opening track on Tomi Malm’s new ‘Coming Home’ album. Three years after […]
Anyone who’s been reading The Rockpit over the last few years will now how highly we rate Black Paisley. In 2020 they’re back with a new album of heavy and melodic Bluesy numbers that […]
After the rather quirky ‘The Story of Helix’ – the spoken word, um history of the band set to music that opens this collection (and name checks the first time I saw them supporting […]
I love this record! Imagine Cheap Trick met TPOH and the Foos and invited you round for a party with The Hives, The Darkness and Queen to jam some Pop Punk… Opener ‘Roomer’ is […]
If I’m honest I’m still mourning the international live scene, not having seen a band on stage since March has been rather more traumatic than Imagined, and cancelling a trip to hit the Festivals […]
There’s probably not a better title for a song in the times we’re currently in that ‘Never Give Up’ and King King hit the spot nicely with a song about resolve with a bluesy […]
The history of Rock is littered with the never ending saga of bands who split and reformed or splintered whilst continuing to tour and record with various line-ups and various members touting their version […]
Eclipse has to be one of the finest Hard Rock bands around at the moment but like everyone out there they are sidelined from playing live shows and everything booked for 2020 has now been […]
There are of course two versions of L.A. Guns going around at the moment, something that we got used to a few years ago when Steve Riley and Phil Lewis led one version of the […]
If you love big production, high energy, feel-good melodic rockers with the European vibe then this soaring release from the ever consistent Brother Firetribe will be high on your list of purchases this year. […]
Some bands you just instantly ‘get’ and when I first heard Blackbird Sons debut EP ‘Back in the Game’ I knew people had to hear it – featuring a track ‘Scream For Me’ on […]
Reb Beach is a great song-writer and over the years with Winger and Whitesnake, not to mention The Mob, Fiona and the very impressive Black Swan he’s shown he can pen a more than […]
No matter how many times I spin ‘Cursed and Corrected’, I never tire of it. There’s just something that little bit eclectic about Twister’s new record that sets it apart from the pack in […]
When was the heyday of the live album? Some might suggest it was way back in the 70’s or 80’s when bands were expected to intermittently release a live record to add to the […]
Metal Queen DORO proves once again that she literally gives her all when she cares about something. On this November 13th, DORO’s own label, Rare Diamonds Productions, will release her long-awaited best-of album Magic Diamonds […]
1990 was a huge year for music and so this year I ‘ve been chasing up some of my favourite albums of that year. One of the very best was Little Caesar’s debut album ‘Little […]
This is very good. Listening to the first couple of tracks on this record by Rich Kid Express you feel that you’re at the end of the 80’s on the dark end of the […]
Taken at face value P.J. Farley’s second solo album is a humble little offering, 9 songs, plenty of melody and largely unheralded. Then you listen to it – and man it just comes alive! […]
Anyone that knows me will know I’m a big Trixter fan, and way back in the early days of the website I caught up with both Pete and Mark from the band to talk […]
2020 has been a horrible year for music fans. Here in Australia we’re still cut off from the rest of the world and whilst it means that we get no overseas artists paying us a […]
Twister’s long awaited debut album ‘Cursed & Corrected’ is set for release on Friday 13th November, and it is an album that is well worth your time and consideration. Twister’s sound is based on huge […]
Which year was best for Hard Rock in the late 80’s golden age? Was it 86? ’87? or 88? I must admit for me at least the best two years for the type of music […]
Is that Bad Company? The smooth Blues Rock stylings of opener ‘Stay Close To Me’ might hint at that. It sports a great groove, a cool vocal and harmonies and a feel that takes […]
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