Heaven – so who out there reading this thought they would be seeing a reformation of these Aussie rock legends in 2012?  Well as many of you are well aware, it’s happening and it’s happening in less than two weeks from today with the Heaven Twenty Twelve Tour!  Whilst 2001 saw a lineup of Heaven support Judas Priest, significantly […]

Press release: Australian rockers Raise The Flag, return on their ‘Bon But Not Forgotten’ Celebration to the No. 1 rocker in the world Bon Scott. On what would have been Bon’s 66th Birthday they pay homage to the legend singer. On the rhythm section, Izzy Osmanovic, (Screaming Jets), and Rogue Shark Mick Adkins splitting the twin Marshall stacks and taking […]

“I think for me it’s the reaction and hearing the kids sing every night, it kind of makes everything we do worthwhile, and it gives you a lot of cool emotions when you’re on the road for so long and you’re in the studio for so long and when you actually see the result in some ways.” Back in Australia […]

“It’s not a very cool thing today to really have saxophone on an album and we were like is it “legal” to have a saxophone on the album, but me and Dave love stuff like Michael Bolton so we were like we have to have saxophone on this song.” When I first discovered Swedish melodic rockers H.E.A.T back in 2008 […]

“I was just welcomed amazingly by the fans, you just do your best and put it out there and hope that people get it, hopefully things will happen like it did for the first song.  That’s all we can hope for you know.” The sudden and unfortunate passing of original Gotthard vocalist Steve Lee in 2010 left a void in […]

“When we started this band we could barely play our instruments, we were kids so I think we reached a time when we became much better musicians, and you can really tell that.” Renowned Swedish punk outfit, Millencolin, are celebrating twenty years with the release of The Melancholy Connection on June 1. This assemblage of B-sides, a follow up to […]

  Tour press release: “This week, one of Australia’s most extraordinary electro-rock groups will begin their highly anticipated national Reunion tour. DEF FX will be bringing their electronic beats and samples, rock/metal instrumentation and grunge vocals first taking over Australia in the early 90’s to the stage to bring back a killer live show. DEF FX draws comparisons with artists […]

If you are familiar with the name Ryan Roxie, then you probably fall into one of two categories.  Category one, you are familiar with his involvement as a guitarist with the likes of Slash’s Snakepit, or more prominently, spending a decade between the years 1996 and 2006 and now once again in 2012 as guitarist with Alice Cooper.  Category two, […]

“The core of the whole music business should always be a band that writes music that they love without thinking the reactions of media, fans or labels.  Honest and true music will always gather fans and listeners.” Whatever you previously knew of Finnish melodic death metal band Before The Dawn over their 13 year and 6 album history, well you […]

“This time around I just wanted to have a good time just making a record with these guys and I think there’s a lot of different feels and stuff but its all pretty rock and roll and that’s pretty indicative of what it is that I do.” He needs no real introduction, he’s undoubtedly one of the most recognizable people […]

“We try to call it melodic heavy rock and I think that’s the best words to describe the whole thing, but it’s got a lot of variation and some things on the album.” On the eve of releasing their seventh album ‘Stones Grow Her Name’ and with over 16 years as a band, Sonata Arctica are continuing to make amazing […]

“It’s great that we can still do this after nearly 30 years and have songs that have their own lives such as The Final Countdown, but also being able to release new albums and gain new fans.  It’s amazing, I’m laughing myself to sleep every night!” I can remember vividly back to the day I purchased Europe’s 1986 release The […]

For someone who has long been hailed as one of the premiere vocalists in the melodic rock sphere for nearly 30 years, it surprised me somewhat to be reminded that Damage Control is only Jeff Scott Soto’s fifth solo album.  With a career spanning beginnings as the vocalist for Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, through to the mighty Talisman, contributing vocals […]

“I guess it’s just some kind of a release you know, I mean every day you’ve have to walk around and you’ve got to go to the supermarket and you have to pet your cats and you don’t really get to freak out that much, so when I get to play a show I just get to freak out as […]

“Our message is important, I think people understand it, people are inspired by it and kids need punk rock.  When you come to a punk rock show, you should go berserk.  If you’re drinking – get wasted, if you’re in the pit – beat the shit out of your best friend, then get up, dust yourself off and go back […]

Since their re-emergence after a couple of years hiatus, with new album Requiem and a swag of major festival appearances, The Getaway Plan have slowly, but surely, reclaimed their status as one of Australia’s leading rock bands.  Following on from their 2012 Big Day Out appearances and a recent run of regional dates, in the coming weeks the band will […]

“Justin really got himself together and now he’s fighting fit and a better guitarist and singer and performer than he ever was, even back then, it’s just great to be and I’m really privileged to be back with them.” The Darkness, have possibly the best biography out there at the moment: “There have been two albums. There has been a […]

Formed back in 1987 by former Waysted vocalist Danny Vaughn ; Brooke St. James (guitar), Jimi Kennedy (bass), and Michael Clayton (drums), Tyketto and their classic albums Don’t Come Easy and Strength In Numbers have forged the band a reputation over 20 plus years, that is still as strong as ever in 2012.  Since getting back as a touring entity […]

“You can’t really say oh this band is really popular in Australia because they’ve sold a lot of albums, because you just don’t know what sales are worth anymore.  We’ve always done very well, we’ve never been a multi-million selling band but we’ve always done very well on the live circuit.” Swedish melodic death metal trash rockers Arch Enemy are […]

Formed in Malmo, Sweden back in 2002, Crazy Lixx have undoubtedly been one of the bands leading the charge in putting the Swedish “sleaze/hard rock” scene on the map worldwide.  Following on from the debut release Loud Minority, the bands second release New Religion saw Crazy Lixx come out with some massive anthemic rock.  Unfortunately however, one thing that has […]

Official Tour Press Release: “Rewind to August last year – CALLING ALL CARS released their second album, the ARIA charting “Dancing with a Dead Man”, and set off on a tour cycle around the country. Taking their triple j featured album to the masses on the back of national airplay and hot supporting cast that introduced Redcoats and Boy In […]

Official Tour Press Release: “STONEFIELD are at it again…hands off the handlebars, feet in the air, full speed ahead!  And since when has it been any different for these four siblings from rural Victoria?  Their last 12 months has resembled a downhill speed race that encompassed three continents, appearances at the biggest music festivals in the UK and Australia, a […]

“Well that’s kind of the feeling we had when we first got back together and all got in the same room.  We went into it realistically, knowing that there’s a great chance that it couldn’t work, but right when we started writing everything really clicked, so for us we were really confident after that first writing session.” With the ‘Tell […]

“It was just special, there were these anthems that made you feel like you were a part of something but at the same time you could just go and enjoy yourself and sing along.” Their album Radiosurgery has been out now for over six months and in support of it New Found Glory were back in Australia to play some […]

“We like to get into it from the get go! Big opening song and get the crowd involved as soon as possible. We like to get as close to the crowd as possible. I normally end up over the monitors and hanging off the front of the stage. I like to feel that connection with the crowd.” From Official Bio:  […]

“You know, people want to hear a band be genuine and if they like what we’re doing, that’s great, if not, there’s going to be a percentage of people who do, and we’re a genuine band and that’s kind of our attitude now.” Train are most well-known for their amazingly friendly radio hits ‘Drops of Jupiter’ and of course the […]

Having just released their third album, Sultans Of Sin, the Stockholm, Sweden based Dynazty have unleashed a collection of storming killer hard rock songs that are set to propel the band amongst the leaders of the Swedish contingent of rock bands dominating the hard rock scene worldwide such as Crashdiet, H.E.A.T, Hardcore Superstar and Crazy Lixx.  Having formed in 2007 […]

“We didn’t box ourselves in, we threw everything at the wall and basically I don’t know, we showcased nearly everything that we know that we’re capable of doing on this record, so I feel like since the last record, it’s your first record, you just kind of do everything and just throw everything out there.” In 2009 a band called […]

“Controversy is always a positive thing even if it’s in a negative way, like any of that Government censorship crap where they try to stop people from doing what they want to do, it’s just like putting gasoline on the fire and it always works in our favour in the long run.” From Official Bio:  Returning with the ceaselessly hostile […]

It’s as hard to believe that 14 years has passed by since Cold Chisel’s last studio album, Last Wave Of Summer, as it is to then ponder that it’s now been some 28 years since the album before that, Twentieth Century, when Cold Chisel “broke up”.  No Plans, the newly released seventh studio album from arguably Australia’s most iconic rock band, […]