The cover of Junkyard’s 1991 classic ‘Sixes, Sevens and Nines’ featured a hand on a set of cards, cigarette between fingers and a bottle or glass out of focus on the table in the […]
Last heard earlier in the year adding the wonderful saxophone solo to Black Star Riders ‘Tonight the Moonlight Let Me Down’ from ‘Another State of Grace’ (one of my contenders for album of the year), […]
A few years back the word Paradigm was one of those buzz words that HR people and bankers used in as many sentences as they could and the phrase “Breaking the paradigm” was a catch-call […]
So many great live albums have come out so far this year that deserve your attention, but with such a deluge there’s very little time to get the review out. One of may favourites […]
There are certain amongst us who are missing out – maybe it’s you or your mate? I’m talking about those of us out there who believe that nothing good happened in Rock since the 80’s […]
Graham Greene is one of the very few guitarists I can digest without the aid of words to complete his compositions, a man who can paint a picture with his instrument of choice like […]
Alice of course emerged out of the Detroit Rock scene that spawned bands like MC5 and The Stooges and whilst his star rose more than his hometown alumni he’s now back revisiting those raw […]
Phil joked with me the other day about the title to his fist solo album ‘Old Lions Still Roar’. The name for the album, he told me, had actually come from one of his […]
I was introduced to Kickin’ Valentina via their 2013 self-titled EP and after two fine full length releases – ‘Super Atomic’ (2015) and ‘Imaginary Creatures’ (2017) we’re back with a new singer D.K Revelle […]
I always love chatting to Phil Campbell, he’s one of those guys you feel you’ve known for ages and someone you feel you can talk to about anything. Best known of course for his work […]
When you think of French music ‘Rock’ isn’t normally the first genre that comes to mind, but for over a decade now Blackrain has been delivering the goods on behalf of our Hard Rocking French […]
On the eve of their 40th anniversary its great that a band like New Model Army is still making great music. Back in the day New Model Army was a band very much on […]
I started my review of The Defiant’s new record ‘Zokusho’ with the line “If you crave the days when Rock was fun and a good time was had by all then this is your soundtrack” […]
Michael Monroe’s new album ‘One Man Gang’ is twelve tracks of great Rock and Roll from an artist who seems to defy the odds with each release and just get better and better. OK […]
Of all the fine independent bands out there are the moment I don’t think there are any better than Blacktop Mojo, a band we’ve been championing since we first heard them. This year things […]
“There is a deep meaning in the title and album cover of the new Michael Schenker Fest album“, says Michael Schenker: “It illustrates my musical life at a glance with much to be revealed. Because […]
Long one of my favourite songwriters Derek Davis has an extraordinary talent to turning his hand to different styles of music from the Hard Rockers he wrote as part of Babylon A.D. to the ballads […]
The man with the sticks in hand, Stix Zadinia checks in with The Rockpit to talk all about Steel Panther’s most delectable album so far ‘Heavy Metal Rules’ which hits the streets on 27th September. […]
Matt Pearce is a founder member of UK rockers Voodoo Six and this May he’s stepped out and done something a little different with his first solo project with his band The Mutiny – putting […]
Blues as we all know is an old man’s game, always has been and always will be. Somebody just better let Christone “Kingfish” Ingram know that as this 20 year old from Clarksdale, MS seems […]
Steel Panther the band the critics either love or hate but simply can’t ignore are back with another odyssey into the twilight world of spandex augmented Metal with their new offering ‘Heavy Metal Rules.’ […]
Ten albums in why is this a new name to me? Alas with my misspent youth firmly fixed on the Rock scene, it’s taking me years to catch up on all my essential Blues. The […]
If you crave the days when Rock was fun and a good time was had by all then this is your soundtrack. ‘Zokusho’ is a Japanese word meaning ‘sequel’ or ‘the next chapter’, and therefore […]
Persistence pays off you know, I had so much trouble downloading this EP to review I almost gave up but thanks to the persistence of Matthias I didn’t and I am so glad I didn’t […]
After a number of great EP’s The New Savages are back with their take on The Delta Blues on their first full length release. ‘Seventh Son’ opens with a title track with a biblical context […]
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