Interviews
INTERVIEW: Dave Davies – The Kinks
It’s often hard to cite definitive moments in musical history but in my mind at least Hard Rock was given birth by the sound that Dave Davies created when he took a razor blade […]
Articles by Mark Diggins
Reviews - Music Releases 2015
ALBUM REVIEW: Buckcherry – Rock ‘n’ Roll
‘Bring it on back’ the lead single from Buckcherry’s 7th studio release ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is typical of the band – full of piss and vinegar, a loud obnoxious slab of in your face Rock […]
Reviews - Music Releases 2015
ALBUM REVIEW: Joe Satriani – Shockwave Supernova
Joe Satriani releases his 15th studio album on 24th July ahead of a November UK Tour and to be frank it’s a revelation: extroverted, ambitious and absolutely unmissable. If you’ve listened to Satriani over recent […]
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INTERVIEW: Fee Waybill – The Tubes
It’s long been a bucket-list interview of mine to talk to Fee Waybill of The Tubes – a band which created some of the most interesting and thought-provoking music of the seventies and used […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Dimino – Old Habits Die Hard
Tracklisting: Never Again – Rockin In The City – I Can’t Stop Loving You – The Rains About To Fall – Even Now – Tears Will Fall – Mad As Hell – Sweet Sensation – Tonight’s The Night- The Quest – Stones By The River On […]
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INTERVIEW: Davy Vain
VAIN is one of the best bands that the eighties ever saw, with songs you would kill for, a sound you would die for and a look your om woukd throw you out of […]
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INTERVIEW: Paul Shortino
We speak to Paul Shortino backstage at Vegas’ best musical – Raiding the Rock Vault.
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INTERVIEW: Mark Knight and The Unsung Heroes
Mark Knight talks about his new album for Unsung Heroes and the Bang Tango documentary at his studio in California.
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INTERVIEW: Derek Davis & Rob Reid – Babylon A.D.
Conducted during the Monsters Of Rock Cruise off the coast of Miami, BABYLON A.D.’s Derek Davis and Robb Reid talk to The Rockpit about the new album, 25 years as a band and playing […]
Articles
Monsters Of Rock Cruise 2015
The Rockpit took in the annual rock cruise featuring a roster of great bands as we report on all that happened at sea. Pre-party – April 16th 2015 Queensryche / Lillian Axe The […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: Mark Slaughter – Reflections in a Rearview Mirror
With a surname as instantly recognisable as Slaughter and all the memories of eighties rock that name brings with it – whether it be Vinnie Vincent’s Invasion, Slaughter the band or even Scrap Metal (the […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Drew Fortier – The Bang Tango Movie
Some bands deserve a to be the subject of a documentary because of the status they have achieved within a cutthroat industry where only the strong or insanely dedicated survive; others because they have […]
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INTERVIEW: John Corabi – The Dead Daisies
THE DEAD DAISIES HIT AUSTRALIA IN DECEMBER for a whirlwind tour which received a huge response from the crowds that packed each of their shows across the Country, it was a great ‘welcome home’ […]
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INTERVIEW: The Battery Electric
When we first heard ‘The Heart and the Thrill’ we had no idea who The Battery Electric were, but sometimes life throws up gems like this, out of the blue. The Battery Electric bristle […]
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INTERVIEW: Vinnie Moore – UFO
UFO was the first band I ever saw live as a kid in Pireus, Greece – it was a bittersweet experience for a first show – the music blew me away from the off, […]
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INTERVIEW: Alex Markham – Shaft Of Steel
One of the best EP’s we heard in 2014 was UK band Shaft of Steel’s debut release. Alex Markham catches up to talk about the EP, that name, what rock really means these days […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Quireboys – St Cecilia and the Gypsy Soul
Last year the Quireboys celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a series of festival dates, as well as electric and acoustic tours as well as releasing just what might have been their second best album […]
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INTERVIEW: Dhani Mansworth – The Treatment
The Treatment is one of those young Rock bands that is holding teh torch for real Rock and Roll and they visit us for this year’s Soundwave Festival and a couple of choics Sidewave […]
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INTERVIEW: Leon Todd – Ragdoll
Ragdoll is a band you need to hear if you love passionate Hard Rock, melding huge power with equally towering melody they sound like nothing else. Imagine Soundgarden growing up on the Suset Strip […]
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INTERVIEW: Cormac Neeson – The Answer
The last time we spoke to Cormac was on the eve of the release of The Answer’s last album ‘New Horizons’ and while that release placed highly in our ‘Albums of the Year’ poll, […]
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INTERVIEW: Michael Schenker – Temple Of Rock
Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker releases a new studio album entitled “Spirit On A Mission” in the UK on Monday 23rd March. Released by in-akustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker’s Temple of Rock band – ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) […]
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INTERVIEW: Scott Gorham – Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy
I was lucky enough to meet Scott last time his band Thin Lizzy toured Australia as part of the Kiss and Motley Crue tour back in 2013, we ended up talking about his new […]
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INTERVIEW: Jack Blades – Night Ranger
Night Ranger is the ultimate mid-eighties US Rock band, and Jack Baldes is so much more than their vocalist/guitarist. When the opportunity to speak to him about their upcoming UK date arose its was […]
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INTERVIEW: Mick Box – Uriah Heep
Back in the day (and here we are talking the very birth of Rock as we know it) URIAH HEEP was one of the ‘big four’ along with Purple, Sabbath and Zeppelin. Though histories, […]
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INTERVIEW: Mathias Jabs – Scorpions
Of all the Rock Bands That traversed the (Sixties) Seventies and Eighties and beyond few have endured as well as Germany’s Scorpions who not only are these days playig to the converted but also […]