Back in the day just before Rock’s great late eighties Sunset Strip-fueled peak Los Angeles was the place to be if you loved your Sleazy, down and dirty Rock and Roll. Sure Bon Jovi were […]
When ‘Beating the Odds’ comes screaming out of the speakers you already know you’re in safe hands. It’s a steamrolling rocker built on a rock solid riff and a vocal from Mr Finn that thrusts […]
The bio for Prophets of Addiction used to read: “Every once in a great – and blessed – while, a band comes along that encapsulates everything that’s great about rock-n-roll. The Prophets of Addiction is […]
Jetboy was one of those wonderful bands of the late eighties that had that real edge that set them apart from the whole Sunset Strip scene . With a huge loose sound that was part […]
If you’re a fan of Inglorious and the music they make then last October, hot on the heels of the announcement of the release of a third album ‘Ride to Nowhere’ in January, the departure […]
This, our first interview with Davy took place in May 2011 VAIN in my humble opinion is one of the best Hard Rock bands that the eighties ever saw, with songs you would kill for, […]
“Why do you write another song when you’ve already written 500? Where do you find passion when you’ve done it all, and what is the point to record and release and new album, in […]
The Wildhearts are proud to announce the release of Renaissance Men on 3rd May, their first full-length studio album in 10 years. To coincide with the release of Renaissance Men the Wildhearts’ classic line […]
Tesla will release their new studio album, “Shock” on March 8! This will be Tesla’s eighth studio album produced by Phil Collen of Def Leppard, who they will be touring with this summer in […]
Australia has always produced world class Rock music, but sadly the tyranny of distance has always made it hard for bands to break through on an international level. The Radio Sun, I have no reservation […]
When bands lose a member, especially an iconic member and especially a vocalist, passions can run high with fans when that member is replaced. Think of AC/DC’s (second) vocalist Bon Scott and jis replacement Brian […]
The second show of the Red Hot Summer Tour (Series One) rolled into Perth’s Swan Valley with a 10,000 sell-out crowd eager to see the star studded line-up perform in the natural amphitheatre of Sandalford’s […]
To anyone who grew up in the UK in the seventies with an interest in Rock music Status Quo were legends. Maybe the most ‘British’ of all bands of that era the sound they made […]
Back in 2011 one of our favourite bands Thunder who had been on hiatus since the Farewell Tour in 2009 announced two shows, we got in to talk to Danny as fast as we could… […]
This year I’m going to have a bitch each month about things that bother me and let’s start January with something close to the heart of every Rock fan – why your favorite bands aren’t […]
This year 2019, we’ll be digging back into The Rockpit archives as we celebrate our tenth Anniversary and looking at some of the great interviews, the best conversations and the ‘if onlys’ – this week […]
Cool name for a first album eh? The Lockhearts have been on The Rockpit’s radar since they dropped their first EP back in 2014 and followed it up with the wonderful double EP ‘Tales From […]
When I first read the title of the first Greta Van Fleet album I thought I could see the writing on the wall for Rock’s latest saviours – ‘the sound of Led Zeppelin with an […]
Imagine you’re suddenly the coolest band in the World. Imagine that all the hard work over the last 9 years has got you to a point where not only every major Rock act that matters […]
There’s a lot of talk about the UK’s Collateral at the moment and this their debut EP – “4 Shots” is the first chance those of us outside of the UK have has to see […]
One one hand being signed to Frontiers gives you a slot with a Rock label who are slowly buying up all our memories from the last thirty years and adding a few new ones along […]
Thunder will release their brand new studio album ‘Please Remain Seated’ on 18 January 2019 through BMG. The album, released as the band enter their third decade, is a collection of radically reworked versions of […]
Formed 50 years ago in 1968 by the legendary line-up of Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew and Darrell Sweet, a line-up that endured till 1990 (occasionally adding a second guitarist or keys) Nazareth were […]
Start off with a killer song and keep the party going till the last note of the very last track appears to have been Vega’s ‘raison d’être’ going into album number five ‘Only Human’ and […]
If you’ve followed Melbourne’s The Radio Sun over the last five years you’ll have witnessed a band who aren’t afraid of hard work – playing stages around the world and still making the time to […]
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