Occasionally a great album slips past you for one reason or another and one of the very best I missed in 2020 was ‘Freddy and the Phantoms – A Universe From Nothing’ which kicks […]
If you like a vocal that will remind you of a sleazy Myles Kennedy and a song that will remind you a bit of Gunners or Sash then opener ‘Easy Ride’ is for you. […]
Way back in 1990 EMN or Every Mother’s Nightmare as they were put out one of the best albums of the year in a year full of giant albums. That records is one I […]
I very rarely review instrumental albums and I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed an instrumental EP’s so there has to be something rather special about this New York-based Hard Rock Power Trio Charred Funk and […]
The pandemic has obviously put the cat amongst the musical pigeons this year and whilst some have created new projects or new music others whilst tapping their feet waiting to tour have kept the […]
The press release starts auspiciously: “Critically acclaimed British rock band Iconic Eye are pleased to confirm that Janey Smith, previously known as Janey Bombshell, is their new lead singer. She makes her debut with […]
Great an album that opens up with 41 seconds of someone getting onto a boat before a slowly building riff, a few space noises from a synth and… you get the picture – it’s two […]
Now 2020 of course has been a horrible year for almost everyone involved in the music business, and a huge strain on people like me who can’t do without their live music. All it […]
Two very familiar names Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite released their first-ever album as a duo, ‘100 Years of Blues‘ on September 25th this year on the wonderful Alligator Records. Both men of course […]
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 the […]
If you love Pop Culture, especially that rich Pop Culture of the 80’s like I do then Rob Lane’s ‘Straight to Video’ Podcast is one not to miss. I met Rob online in the […]
This year, as I do every year, I’ve been looking at the records that I loved thirty years ago and talking to some of the people that made them. One of my favourite records […]
It’s been a crazy 2020 without live music and one of the bands that had big plans for touring before Covid struck were the latest incarnation of The Dead Daisies. Those plans currently have […]
Musically Ricky and I go back a long way. I first saw him on stage playing with New Model Army on dates on the ‘Ghost of Cain’ tour way back in the day though […]
So after the mammoth Motörhead Box Set comes an almost half as weighty collection of tracks from Metal Queen Doro who was of course a good mate of Lemmy’s over the years and in […]
When I was a kid we used to listen to a lot of Rock music just before that age when you could legally frequent even the most relaxed of hostelries. We’d crank up the […]
Four years ago singer Fabio Lione (Angra, Rhapsody Of Fire) created Eternal Idol along with guitarist Nick Savio, female singer Giorgia Colleluori and drummer Camillo Colleluori to release ‘The Unrevealed Secret’. Now we’re back […]
“For me, everything’s always been about making music and writing songs – but not to be famous. We’re just trying to find ourselves, after all.” Steve Lee, 2010 For the 10th anniversary of Steve Lee’s […]
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 […]
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