Interviews 2021

It’s been a tough 2022 for The Quireboys. The much publicised split with founder member and lead vocalist Spike Grey left many fans wondering what was going to happen to a band who have been […]

UK born, US based artist Matt Schofield heads to Australia for the very first time ever for a run of exclusive club shows in November 2022. Schofield, who will be performing here with his trio – Jonny […]

It’s been 14 years since The Butterfly Effect last released an album in the form of ‘Final Conversation of Kings’ but with ‘IV’ they have returned with an album of the highest quality, with a […]

Truck have released their latest offering “Unconventionally Rising” to the public and it has gone gang busters. This group of talented musicians have stamped their seal on the music scene with their brand of quintessential Australian […]

In November 2007 when Crazy Lixx released their first album ‘Loud Minority’ the highs and excesses of 80’s Hard Rock were already almost two decades in the rear-view mirror, now in 2022 their seventh album […]

2022 is proving to be a very big year for Sweden’s Thundermother. A brand new album ‘Black and Gold’ (read our review HERE) is released this Friday 19 August with the all-female four-piece heading to […]

Sometimes it can seem that things drop into place, almost coincidentally. Some call it fate, others call it luck but here at The Rockpit we firmly believe that hard work and being in the right […]

Australia has more than its fair share of great Rock bands of course, and like most countries we get the occasional visit from the big international names every once in a while, but distance has […]

I can’t remember where I first met Del but I know it was back in the Sunset Riot days and I know that I’d met him before he and his band proceeded to blow me […]

When I was in my teens my Mum and Dad took me and my best mate to see Kiss at a venue in the UK called Stafford Bingley Hall. It was an unusual venue that […]

John Waite has had a wonderful career to date, and whilst many know him from his time in The Babys and Bad English it’s his solo work that really shows the soul of the man. […]

Ray Ahn has been the workhorse for the iconic Australian band The Hard-Ons with 40 years experience behind the strings. Rossco Hunter discusses about the journey of his “school band” with his mates and his […]

Bloody Heels recently released their incredible new album Rotten Romance through Frontiers Records. Lead singer Vicky White took some time to answer a few questions about the album and the beginnings of the band. Rob: […]

According to more than a few at The Rockpit, the new album by The Cruel Intentions, ‘Venomous Anonymous’ may just be the album of the year. It’s one of the few records rated 10/10 by […]

  ‘Bon But Not Forgotten’ is back – the tribute to the life and music of Bon Scott opens it’s 2022 edition in Perth this Friday at The Charles Hotel and this time it’s different […]

  A couple of years back Dirty Honey were touted as the saviours of Rock and Roll. In 2022, Classless Act, after gaining the opening slot on the Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison and Joan […]

Now that the world has finally righted itself after the pandemic it’s ironic that as we talk to Dave about the 30th Anniversary Tour of the album that started it all ‘All For One’ he’s […]

John Corabi recently toured Australia for Songs and Stories – A Career Retrospective. It was a series of wonderful nights of great stories and fine tunes. We caught up with John before the Perth show […]