Interviews with some of your favorite as well as up and coming artists and musicians!
It’s always a pleasure and a huge privilege to talk to those who made the music you grew up listening to and anyone who knows me will know the huge place Hanoi Rocks had on […]
Way back in 1990 The Black Crowes released their wonderful debut album ‘Shake Your Moneymaker’ it was an album that namechecked Elmore James’ 1961 song and also featured a cover of fellow Georgia native […]
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s there was a vibrant music scene in both Los Angeles and New York, and whilst the scene in L.A. subsided into a colorful mess of big- haired […]
The Rockpit has been along for the ride with The Dead Daisies since day one and it’s always great to catch up when there’s a new album or Tour in the offing so we checked […]
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 […]
Dan Hawkins is not just a great guitarist and producer he’s also an enthusiastic cook. This year it’s a possibly faux-Vegan beef stew, last year it was roast potatoes… On the eve of the highly […]
With a new album ‘Rock Candy’ on the way, recorded in whirlwind time the first thing that ran through my mind was the Montrose classic track from their 1973 debut album. Did I mention that […]
Mark Knight is making some remarkable music these days if you’re prepared to stray a little from the usual Hard Rock template and take a listen. If you love music with an honest raw edge and […]
South Africa might be one of the countries closest geographically to Western Australia but we don’t get to hear a lot of music from that continent in general. I had the Black Cat Bones […]
Australia has a great rock scene at the moment from the older names that thread through the country on a regular basis to the young kids just starting out. There’s so much to see […]
Back in the days of old I must admit to having a serious gig addiction, living in a major city in the UK with a legendary venue on the doorstep made it rather difficult […]
When you grow up loving a Hard Rock so much it inspires you to become a musician you don’t give up fighting for that big break. After one knock back you come back stronger and […]
The Rockpit has been supporting great music since we began in 2009 and one of the very first bands we spoke to was H.E.A.T. on the eve of their second release ‘Freedom Rock’ in […]
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 […]
The 1993 MTV performance by Nirvana would have to be one of the most iconic performances to date. Shaping the musical influences of many musicians and listeners alike – this performance will continue to do […]
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 […]
The Rockpit was created to champion the Hard Rocking bands that no one else did in the mainstream media and one of the bands that we’ve been with all the way is H.E.A.T. who […]
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 […]
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