Interviews
INTERVIEW: Les McKeown – The Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Roller’s main man Les McKeown is coming to Australia in June and July to show us what made his band the biggest in the World for a time in the mid 70’s. […]
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Out Now! Montreal Alt-Rockers THE RISING FEW New EP “Adult Entertainment” Montreal EP Launch Presented by Hennessy – May 26th @ Le Plateau Lounge
Montreal, QC’s THE RISING FEW are upping their game with a bigger sound and larger than life songs with the launch of their taunting new EP ‘Adult Entertainment’, a high-energy, anthemic songbook sure to resonate […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Humble Pie – Official Bootleg Box Set Vol. 1
In these post-bootleg days when the world seems to want even official material ‘free’ and music has been relegated to a rather toxic, highly polluted stream that suits no-one but the streaming companies and large labels its […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Dirtbag Republic – Downtown Eastside
Dirtbag Republic’s self-titled debut album was one of my favourite releases of 2015 and if you were to ask me again today I could honestly say it’s one of only two albums from that year […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Raw Silk – The Borders of Light
There’s a laid back charm and certain precise progressive yet melodic dexterity to Raw Silk’s latest album ‘The Borders of Light’ which follows the acclaimed debut from the 90’s ‘Silk Under The Skin’. It’s certainly been […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos
Being solidly labelled with the tag ‘Doom’ in my opinion does Avatarium no favours at all – for me the band is a complex and compelling mix of styles and real substance that defies and […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: American Rebel Soul – American Rebel Soul
With a name like American Rebel Soul I must admit I had imagined either a gritty Metal band from Texas or a Southern Rock band flying the flag for the South. What I hadn’t expected […]
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MR. BIG ‘Defying Gravity’ With New Album Set For Release July 7; U.S. Tour Starts May 31
The call went out. Time for a new MR. BIG album. They convened in a Los Angeles studio and in a matter of six days, the boundless result of all that musical talent is DEFYING […]
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DVD and ALBUM REVIEW: Uli Jon Roth – Tokyo Tapes Revisited Live in Japan
There are surely only so many times you can reach back into your own history and light the spark again hoping it catches? Uli Jon Roth is a master guitarist make no mistake, but his […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Blondie – Pollinator
As a long time Blondie fan I always get rather apprehensive when they release and album especially over the last decade when releases have ranged from the sublime ‘Panic of Girls’ to the awful ‘Ghosts of […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Thomas Wynn and the Believers – Wade Waist Deep
Opening with a diverse set of songs – the airy Blues Rock of ‘Man Out of Time’; the soulful deep southern Gospel infused ‘Wade waist Deep’ and the ‘Folkified’ country breeze of ‘Heartbreak Alley’ Thomas […]
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INTERVIEW: Milan Milutinovic – The New Savages
When you find a great local band all you really want to do is tell everyone about them. The New Savages are a great Blues Rock combo from Melbourne who love that old Delta Blues. […]
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INTERVIEW: Bruce Kulick (Solo artist and Grand Funk Railroad guitarist, ex Kiss)
Bruce Kulick may well be best known for his time in iconic Rock band Kiss, and some may argue that during his 12 years as guitarist with the band after the short stays of […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Rock Goddess – It’s More Than Rock ‘N’ Roll (EP)
Back in the day Rock Goddess of course couldn’t help the Girlschool comparisons, now before you write that off as ‘just because they were a girl band too’, (a rather lazy sentiment that would have […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Cyanide 4 – Nekyia
There’s a real earthy accessibility and youthful vitality to Greece’s Cyanide 4 and their vintage take on Hard Rock. Take the opening track ‘Restless’ – it’s nothing you haven’t heard before, nothing that you didn’t […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ray Davies – Americana
As far as my absolute musical heroes are concerned there really only are three – the sadly departed Steve Marriott and Jim Morrison and the very much alive Ray Davies. Sure there are any more […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Perfect Blue Sky – The Eye Of Tilos
Sometimes simplicity is best, it leaves the songs to stand alone with nowhere to hide, to breathe, and it leaves the interpretation open. As Steve Marriott used to say if you can move someone with […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Gibbs and The Transmission – News of the Day EP
Perth, Western Australia songwriter Chris Gibbs is a name familiar to many on the local scene. As one of Perth’s hardest working musicians even if you haven’t seen him live playing his own material there’s […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Harem Scarem – United
Harry Hess and Pete Lesperence’s Harem Scarem are point blank one of the most underappreciated Rock bands ever to walk the face of the planet, debuting in 1991 a month before Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ didn’t really […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Warrant – Louder Harder Faster
Warrant are one of those bands from the 80’s Hard Rock scene who hold so many memories for listeners that any new album is bound to cause a stir. Their last outing, and first with […]
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INTERVIEW: Frank Dimino (solo artist formerly of Angel)
For those that loved the recent interview with Frank Dimino we thought that we would treat you with the full audio of our conversation as a special exclusive Podcast…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Inglorious – II
Classic Hard Rock with huge riffs, soulful vocals and songs that run the gamut from Dio-like swagger to Jagged Edge/Skin style cool. Inglorious’ debut album may have been very good indeed, but album number two blows […]
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INTERVIEW: Danny Rexon – Crazy Lixx
Crazy Lixx has long been one of The Rockpit’s favourite Hard Rock bands and this year they are back with a bang with ‘Ruff Justice’. It’s an album that draws on the finest work the […]
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INTERVIEW: Peter Criss (solo artist and Ex-Kiss)
When I was a kid Kiss was a huge part of my musical life, hell, at one time I was even in a band with school mates and we donned our own versions of […]
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INTERVIEW: Frank Dimino (solo artist and formerly of Angel)
When I was a kid there were a number of triggers that started me off on my road to ‘Rock’; one of them was the result of a purchase made completely by impulse. Trawling the […]