It was March 1977 when Alice Cooper, the architect of shock-rock, undertook his first ever concert tour of Australia – and broke attendance records. 40 years on and this revered entertainer continues to surprise […]
Don’t cry because THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are calling it a day; smile because they’ve somehow managed to stay alive this long and that you’ll get one last chance to witness them live. After […]
Day Five – the final day, dawned beautiful with still no sign of rain – was this some kind of a record for Byron Bay Bluesfest? There were no signs of the party winding […]
Terry Ilous, lead singer for the band Great White, and founder of 80’s metal band XYZ is premiering his third solo venture, Gypsy Dreams, on Friday, April 28th, 2017. A video trailer for the album […]
New Found Glory has released a new song and music video for “Party on Apocalypse” via Hopeless Records’ YouTube Channel. Coming off a string of sold-out shows, including a stop in NYC with visits to […]
There’s a funny thing that happens with a festival that runs over the best part of a week – at the halfway point when you’re feet are aching and you feel like you’ve about […]
Day Three should’ve been known as Buddy Guy Day. Blues Royalty visited the festival, moving on to the stage with all the fire, wit, cheek, voice, guitar skills and sexiness of a man a […]
Day Two was rife with Coachella-like reported sightings of various celebrities but the only confirmed one was Jason Momoa, seen strumming a guitar in the Gibson shop and backstage at the Bonnie Raitt set. […]
Day One Byron Bay Bluesfest was a masterpiece in Festival organisation with surrounding streets well signposted, shuttle buses ferrying excited crowds from Byron Bay to the nearby Tyagarah Tea Tree farm. Festival staff were […]
Hailing from New Jersey/New York, ILL NIÑO are a not just a meteorological event, they are a musical force to be reckoned with. Their revered album ‘Revolution Revolución’ marked what was the beginning for […]
US metalcore act I Prevail have only been around for a couple of years and yet their impact on the music scene has been undoubtedly been huge, particularly in Australia which is a country […]
After re-uniting for the 20th anniversary of the Queenscliff Music Festival in November 2016, Killing Heidi will tour nationally for the first time in more than a decade. The rock-pop darlings of the early […]
ULTIMATE EAGLES, the world’s greatest EAGLES show is touring Australia for the very first time. The legendary sounds of The Eagles are faithfully and brilliantly recreated by six world class musicians. 1st & 2nd June […]
The Italian masters of dark musical extremity, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, will make their long awaited return to Australia for a headline tour this June! Since forming a decade ago in 2007, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have grabbed the […]
Swedish melodic metal heavy weights Katatonia returned to Australia this past week and ended their tour in Perth to finish what ended up being a great run of shows. We caught all the action […]
Joe Bonamassa never disappoints, whilst some artists trot out the same show and the same songs year in year out every time Joe reaches our shores it’s with a new setlist and a new […]
Classic British punk / mod-revival act From The Jam hit Perth on their national tour of Australia on Saturday night, a spectacular show of rocking tunes and more from the legends of rock as […]
Tonight was the first show on Nucleust’s first ever Australia tour promoting their newest release “Resistivity” as they started in Perth at Amplifier Bar with some great support. It was a really interesting night […]
When our editor was young he told me that he once traded The Runaways ‘Live in Japan’ with my Dad for an undisclosed Kiss album and regretted it for the rest of his teens, […]
The debate as to whether or not Rock is Dead, has finally been put to rest. Rock n Roll fans from around the world have proven that actions speak much louder than words, and […]
A gift to Heavy Metal and to the fans of Judas Priest alike, Richie Faulkner has taken his rightful place in one of the most influential bands in metal history. Having stepped up to […]
We recently had the privilege to sit down over Skype with Biff Byford, the Legendary front man regarding their upcoming debut at Rock on The Range. Biff is the creative genius behind one of […]
I still recall the moment I first heard Yngwie Malmsteen play the guitar, and it was nothing short of earth shattering. All my preconceptions about what was and wasn’t possible in the realm of […]
What could be better on a sunny morning in Western Australia to get on the phone to guys from two of our favourite bands from Sweden – in our first ever multiple phone hook-up […]
The Rockpit was on hand at the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in Detroit, Michigan this summer in July. In the press area we had a chat with Asking Alexandria, Texas Hippie Coalition, […]
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