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INTERVIEW: Billy F. Gibbons – The Hardware Interview
One of the very first bands that got me started on my own Rock and Roll adventure was Z.Z. Top and over the years that ‘Little Ol’ Band from Texas’ have brought their own […]
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INTERVIEW: Dave Gleeson – The Screaming Jets
Australian rock wouldn’t be the same without Newcastle’s Screaming Jets and this year we get to revisit the album where it all began for them back in 1991 with their debut ‘All For One’. […]
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INTERVIEW: Christian Carlsson – The Quill
The Quill is one of my favourite Swedish bands and has been for years. It’s criminal to think that after 25 years and on the eve of the release of their 11th album ‘Earthrise’ there […]
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INTERVIEW: Lee Pistolero – The Gypsy Pistoleros
For those that were there at Rocklahoma back in the day when it all began there was a constant, a band that initially sneaked onto the bill and the came back every year to become […]
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INTERVIEW: Ken Casey – Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are preparing to release their 10th full-length studio album, Turn Up That Dial, April 30 via band-owned Born & Bred Records. Volume cranked, heads held high, smiles wide, eyes on the prize, […]
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INTERVIEW: Gilby Clarke (Solo Artist, ex-Kill For Thrills, Guns ‘n’ Roses)
Gilby Clarke has played in both Guns N’ Roses and The MC5 – who else can claim membership in two of the most life-altering and influential rock ’n’ roll outfits to ever exist on the planet? None of that […]
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INTERVIEW: Black Diamonds – Andi Barrels talks about ‘No Tell Hotel’
The press release around ‘No Tell Hotel’ reads: “Black Diamonds are the unmistakable proof that Rock and Roll is neither dusty nor old fashioned. Since the band was founded in 2004, the four guys from […]
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INTERVIEW: Jared Mullins of Holy Roller Baby & Director Ed Chalupa
The Rockpit caught up with Holy Roller Baby singer/songwriter Jared Mullins to discuss the fourth video to be released by the band since they dropped their debut album ‘Frenzy’ which was selected at #3 […]
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INTERVIEW: Paul Mazurkiewicz – Cannibal Corpse
Death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse will release their fifteenth studio album, “Violence Unimagined”, via Metal Blade Records on April 16th. It’s yet another brutal slab of unapologetic death metal that, even 30 plus years […]
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INTERVIEW: The Treatment – Dhani and Tag talk about ‘Waiting for Good Luck’
I’m guessing that most reader’s will know of The Treatment from Cambridge in the UK – a band who play good old fashioned hard rock full of energy and passion. Their new album ‘Waiting for […]
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INTERVIEW: Mark Knight and the Unsung Heroes – Days of a Dreamer
I’ve been listening to music made by Mark Knight since I was in my teens (and to be fair he wasn’t that much older). I saw Bang Tango tour the UK in 1992 when […]
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INTERVIEW: Electric State – WAM Award Winner
Electric State are a rock band from Perth, a recipe mix of Alice in Chains, a dash of Black Sabbath, chopped with Rival Sons with a Pearl Jam infusion. Throw a little bit of […]
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INTERVIEW: Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann – Orden Ogan
Germany’s Orden Ogan, one of the most successful power metal bands of the last decade, have released their brand new album, Final Days, on March 12 via AFM Records. Since the band’s latest release, […]
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INTERVIEW: Mathew Robins – Cicadastone
For those of you missing out on classic sounding grunge music then look no further than Melbourne’s Cicadastone, who will be releasing their second album ‘Cold Chamber’ on Friday 19th March through Golden Robot […]
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INTERVIEW: Danny Bowes – Thunder
Since their reformation back in 2015 and the subsequent release of ‘Wonder Days’, British rocker Thunder have gone from strength to strength, releasing some of their finest work since their 1990 debut album ‘Back […]
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INTERVIEW: Craig Blackwell – Guitarist, Todd La Torre
Craig Blackwell played guitar, bass, and keys on Todd La Torre’s first solo album, Rejoice in the Suffering. He also co-composed the record. In this interview, we talk about his musical history, his work […]
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INTERVIEW: Timothy Pope – The Amenta
Seven years after the critically acclaimed “Flesh Is Heir”, whose vanguard approach brought to life a mesmerizing mixture of Industrial and Death Metal, THE AMENTA return with their latest opus, namely “Revelator“. As depicted […]
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INTERVIEW: Vince Contarino – Zep Boys (Led Zeppelin Tribute)
The Zep Boys return to Perth unleashing classic rock in an epic salute to Led Zeppelin at the Fremantle Social Club on Friday 12 March and Charles Hotel on Saturday 13 March. Singer Vince […]
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INTERVIEW: KC Johns
If coffee tables count then country-rock artist KC Johns has been rocking the stage since the age of three. As someone who grew up listening to the music of Led Zeppelin, their music has […]
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INTERVIEW: Suzi Quatro – The Devil in Me
2019 saw The Queen of Rock release some of best work to date! ‘No Control’ proved that after six decades in the industry Suzi Quatro’s appetite to create high-quality new music hadn’t diminished. Fast […]
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INTERVIEW: K-bone W Rokker – Vanadium B.C.
Vanadium have a long history with the Perth metal scene that goes back to what many consider to be the golden age of the scene back in the 90’s, a time when local music […]
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INTERVIEW: Todd La Torre – Queensrÿche, Solo Artist
Although best known as the current vocalist for Queensrÿche, Todd La Torre just released his first solo album, Rejoice in the Suffering, on Rat Pak records. In this interview, we talk about his record, […]
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INTERVIEW: Dave Lupton – Flaming Wrekage
Flaming Wrekage have never been afraid of laying it all on the line. Countless Australian tours, storming through Europe, and sweating it out in jam-packed venues throughout Indonesia amongst the dense tropical humidity, while […]
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INTERVIEW: Rob Wylde – Midnite City
Midnite City have to be one of the best live acts around at the moment so it must be doubly cutting for them that they won’t immediately be able to support their new album […]
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INTERVIEW: Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, TSO, Joel Hoekstra’s 13)
Five years ago now Joel Hoekstra released the first Joel Hoekstra 13 record ‘Dying to Live’. At the time he’d been in Whitesnake just a year, replacing Doug Aldrich for a year after a 7 […]