With the departure of founder member and guitarist Keith Nelson in 2017 leaving only Josh Todd remaining from the band who released their stunning debut in 1999 – twenty years ago this year – you […]
I was a teenager in 1989 and they say what you love in your teenage years defines you, it’s certainly true of music. For me though 1989 was a magical year as I started to […]
Opener and title track ‘Warpaint’ is pure and simply vintage Buckcherry: its cool, sleazy, frayed around the edges and rides a thick groove and it also sees Josh Todd really screaming. It’s a track […]
We love to spread the word about new bands we think you’ll enjoy, and last month we featured New York band Grayhunter on the Heaven and Hell Podcast, a band who released their ‘Comeback Kid […]
Streaming is killing music, so why are you still streaming? Yes, I’m looking at you! Part one: the slide to streaming Not that long ago, certainly in most of our lifetimes, music was a product […]
Some bands have that indefinable ‘something’ – an attitude and a belief that both transcends the music they make and also helps define it. Adelaide’s The Babes are just such a band -playing a dirty […]
I was talking with a friend the other day who saw Junkyard play in the UK in November last year and I casually mentioned that I’d seen them play there back in 1991, a few […]
Lets start with the press release: “Dirty Elektricity is Australia’s authentic rock and roll band, the brain child of guitarist George Larin (Nothing Sacred), the band hails from Melbourne, Australia the Mecca of Australian rock […]
Delving straight in: ‘One Way’ the opening track on Willie and the Bandits ‘Paths’ initially comes across like a hard rocking Jon Butler with a meaty edge and a message about modern-day greed. It’s an […]
I love it when you get mail, real physical mail. When we started off the Rockpit ten years ago it was a rare treat to get records in the mail, but after a few years […]
I remember loving Heaven’s Basement (2008 – 2017) the band Buchanan joined in 2010 and left in 2015 and their blistering EP’s and debut album ‘Filthy Empire’ – a band that joined that long list […]
If you hanker after a slice of classy AOR-infused Melodic Rock with an uplifting message, a great sound and crystal clear production then Roulette are certainly worth checking out. Diving straight in, opener ‘Never Enough’ […]
Exciting news! Miljenko has branched out and created a solo single as a Valentine’s Day special for all the lovers out there! This song is in honor of the popular rock ballads “She’s Gone” and […]
Peter H Nilsson started working on this album back in 2017 along with singer Chris Biano, drummer Jason Meekins and bassist Patrik Adiels, and what a team that is. ‘Little American Dream’ is nine tracks […]
Who’d have thought that the band we championed all those years ago when The Rockpit began, and who played a blistering series of Australian dates back in 2011 when this interview took place, would […]
First of all let me start by saying I always thought Tora Tora had a little bit more than most of their contemporaries back in the day, and hearing the news that a new album […]
Lullwater (named after the street in Athens where they used to rehearse) produced one of my favourite albums of 2012 when they released their debut, and it’s follow-up ‘Revival’ from 2015 wasn’t too shabby either, […]
Sleaze Rock is alive and well and all is good with the world. Coming across like the bastard sons of Faster Pussycat, Babylon Shakes spit out of the speakers with ‘Making a Million’ a dirty, […]
If you’re looking for a vintage-sounding weighty slab of Sludge, Doom proto-Heavy Metal and have a listening list that ranges from Sabbath to Kyuss then Electric Citizen should probably already be essential listening. Indeed, three […]
Along they come like a firecracker out of the night! Another new band for me this year that I’m hoping will be taking the first steps to a long and successful career is ‘Gin Annie’ […]
I knew nothing about ‘Tug of War’ when I hit ‘play’ and that to me is always the best place to start with a new band or project – immerse yourself in the music before […]
Quiet Riot has an indisputable place in the history of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and whilst they’ve had their fair share of tragedy over the years and also their fair share of line-up changes; […]
Ahh when a band splits the fallout never really goes away in the eyes of the fans does it! Whilst ex-Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate’s ‘Operation Mindcrime’ project went for variety and subtlety in it’s […]
This is far from Magnum’s ‘first rodeo’ as far as live albums go (I’m thinking they must already be into double figures and I’m not even going to search that) but the good news […]
There’s always been something rather ‘other worldly’ about the music of Cats in Space and both ‘Too Many Gods’ (2015) and ‘Scarecrow’ (2017) showed us a band that wasn’t afraid to channel the sounds of […]
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