The Sisters of Mercy need no introductions. Just into their fifth decade as a band Andrew Eldritch is still at the helm and has been since the very start, but with sixteen years on guitar […]
I can remember vividly seeing Bonfire play for the first time in the UK on the ‘Fireworks’ and ‘Point Blank’ Tours. For a band that had just released a record like ‘Fireworks’ and followed […]
Mention Sarah McLeod and you immediately think of the band The Superjesus, their biggest selling hit single ‘Gravity’ and Australian radio-friendly rock at it finest. But recently here in WA we got to enjoy another […]
Hanoi Rocks was the band that really started off my musical journey at the tender age of 12! From the very first time I heard the band and Michael Monroe’s voice I knew that I’d […]
Many years ago when I started The Rockpit I did it because I wanted to tell people all about the music I loved. Music that I felt was no longer on the radar of […]
Its hard to believe that The Angels fourth studio album ‘Dark Room’ is forty-two years old this year and as with ‘Face to Face’ and ‘No Exit’ the band decided to re-record the album with […]
Its been nearly four years since WA was blessed with a performance from Ed Kuepper (The Saints) but he’s back this weekend with a somewhat stripped-back set featuring drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), on a […]
When anyone from overseas asks me about the best Australian Rock bands of all time of course the legends of yesteryear – AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and The Angels are in there but there’s another couple […]
Where do you start with a legendary band like Nazareth? Arguably the finest band Scotland has produced and the inspiration for legions of rockers all over the world. This year they celebrate 52 years […]
Motor Sister is a band you need to get to know and their new album ‘Get Off’ out this month on May 6th is a real Rock and Roll revelation. Featuring vocalist/guitarist Jim Wilson (Mother Superior), with […]
Its release day for New York City’s Jane Lee Hooker, launching an album that The Rockpit have been enjoying immensely these last three or four weeks since it landed in our inbox. ‘Rollin’ is […]
Devilskin is my kind of Metal; brutal, honest, thought-provoking and with that balance of Rock and Metal that sets them apart from the pack. Without any shadow of a doubt ‘Red’ was one of […]
“Rock is dead. Or so they say. Get back for the counter-attack!” So begins the bio for Australian Rock and Roll band ‘Truck’ which features Horsehead’s Andy McLean and Baby Animals David Leslie along […]
Last time we spoke to Canadian Bluesman Matt Andersen he was on the verge of releasing ‘Halfway Home by Morning’, an album that really resonated with us here at The Rockpit. Andersen is back something […]
Elles Bailey has the world at her feet. Her highly acclaimed latest album “Shining in the Half Light” has received exceptional reviews, while hitting #1 in the UK Official Blues Charts, #2 in the UK […]
Devil Electric are a riff-heavy, four piece rock ’n’ roll band from Melbourne, Australia. Taking musical cues from the hard rock greats of the ’70s and combining them with powerful, female fronted vocals they […]
If you thought the Hard Rock revival was all about Scandinavia then think again. Further south in Italy Hell in The Club have been producing great music for just over a decade and latest […]
Crashdïet is back with their 6th album, Automaton and it’s a monster! Just like a gigantic robotic machine with pre-determined instructions, failure was never an option… No matter what obstacles may have come their way […]
It’s always great to catch up with Robin McAuley who surely must be one of the nicest guys in the business, but that warm demeanour hides a secret… I mean with a voice like that […]
Many years ago there was a band signed to MCA Records called Cold Sweat. In 1990 they released their only album ‘Break Out’ and like a lot of bands signed to that label, like Giuffria, […]
As soon as I heard Jo and Paul’s latest album ‘Everybody Rains on My Parade’ I knew I had to talk to them, but after publishing the first review of the record they beat […]
As someone who thought that Love/Hate’s 1990 debut ‘Blackout in the Red Room’ was one of the best and most intriguing releases to come out of L.A. in the late eighties/early nineties and had a […]
Back in the eighties the good people of the printed press got excited by a new band from Leeds named Rose of Avalanche “More conceptually magnificent than the Ramones, more noisily beauteous than an hour […]
It seems like only a couple of days ago that we last caught up with Chip to Talk about Enuff Z’Nuff’s tribute to The Beatles – ‘Hard Rock Nite’ and now he’s back with a […]
There’s not many bands out there that you can genuinely say that 12 albums in they are making the music of their lives but following up the wonderful 2018 release ‘You Can’t Kill My […]
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