11 tracks and a minute and four seconds of ambient noise making up that dreaded first intro track cunningly titled ‘II – Intro’ make up Last In Line’s latest record for Frontiers. The band of […]
Well to be honest ‘The Dirt (Est. 1981 (Feat. Machine Gun Kelly)’ (to give the track its full title) the opening track from the latest rehash of Motley Crue’s ‘Greatest Hits’ aimed to cash in […]
There’s a nice anachronistic feel to opener ‘The Other One’ that makes you think of bands like Blind Melon or maybe even The Spin Doctors, both Rock bands of yesteryear who added a little added […]
31 years ago while I was listening to, loving and digesting the cream of the The Sunset Strip I was already without knowing it quite esoteric and rather broad in my listening habits. Entering a […]
2019 marks the 30th Anniversary of L.A. Guns rather fine second album ‘Cocked and Loaded’ and if you count the Sunset Strip bands that are making partial resurgences these days to mark that anniversary you’d […]
Interview with Jeremy Aric, lead singer of Run Devil Run Poets and Pornstars released one of my favourite albums of 2007, a beautiful slab of in-your-face raucous rock and roll, that sounded like the Bacchanalian […]
Sometimes I get very excited about music and this year the most excited I got outside of a live gig was the first time I heard the great new CD from Finnish rockers White Flame. Now […]
Frontiers are onto a good thing here – put on an annual Festival, showcase all your own bands then release video and audio of the sets by the bigger bands, it’s a nice business model, […]
Sometimes you stumble across something special and you just have to spread the word. ‘Time to Party’ from W.A.L.K.E.R.’s ‘Bringing Back Rock’ EP might date back to June 2017 – but the EP it […]
The press release for this album reads “ Black Oak County are back! Upon the release of their debut album “Black Oak County”, the band was promised a bright future by the likes of Classic […]
As someone who has always been a huge fan of Humble Pie and all things Steve Marriott the news that a new album that had “remained in the vaults since 1975 will finally be released […]
A new Burning Rain album is always a big thing in these parts and I’ll make a big call here by saying that ‘Face the Music’ may even be the best yet. Since forming in […]
John Corabi has long been one of the musicians I’ve felt a real resonance with and when we set up The Rockpit ten years ago in 2009 he was one of the artists I most […]
Opening track ‘Fight to Survive’ is one of those songs that feels like you’ve known it forever, and it serves as a great introduction to Mike Machine who were formed in November 2017 in Piteå, […]
Certainly one of my favourite bands to come out of the 80’s was Tesla, a band who I’ve seen countless times in concert over the years both headlining and supporting in Europe, Asia, Australia and […]
BABYLON A.D. debut album – The thirtieth anniversary interview with Derek Davis Babylon A.D. is a band that formed in 1988 and which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Original members, Derek […]
Ahh I knew schoolboy Latin would serve me well before too long! In Vino Veritas – ‘In wine is truth’, or rather less literally I guess “those who have had a few glasses tend to […]
Every now and again a ‘Supergroup’ emerges that really hits the spot on paper and you just hope and pray that scheduling doesn’t get in the way of things progressing out of the studio. A […]
A new Burning Rain album is always a big thing in these parts and I’ll make a big call here by saying that ‘Face the Music’ may even be the best yet. Since forming in […]
California psychedelic heavyweights Earthless played the last date of their Australia and New Zealand tour tonight at Perth’s Rosemount Hotel in support of their huge 2018 release ‘Black Heaven’ and their new live album ‘From […]
Peter H Nilsson started working on ‘Little American Dream’ back in 2016 along with singer Chris Biano, drummer Jason Meekins and bassist Patrik Adiels. Now as a rule I’m not normally a huge fan of […]
Third Lung are set to push on into the next stages of their ‘Sooner Or Later’ campaign with the second single and full EP ready to go. Having released the first track ‘Sister Sinner’ back […]
Tora Tora were a band I loved back in the day and their latest album ‘Bastards of Beale’ picks up exactly where they left off without missing a beat, and that believe me is a […]
Ash Khajvandi releases his new single T.N.B.on April 5th and The Rockpit has the sneak preview on this month’s ‘Heaven and Hell’ podcast. If you like your rock with more than a spoonful of dirty […]
Ike’s Wasted World is a no-nonsense New York band fronted by Eric Joseph ‘Ike’ Baestlein, a veteran in the local metal scene along with Chris Adamson on bass and Sean Teeter on drums. New York […]
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