“I don’t know… the record industry is really fucked up right now, and luckily we don’t have to do a record, I mean we could feasibly tour forever and never have to do another record but the creative bug will bite you and that’s when you’ve got to give in. For me there’s no succumbing to it…” From Bio: Relentless […]

“…we’re going to challenge ourselves, there’s a lot of songs already there, but we don’t have a record yet, so it could go in to a lot of different directions. I think the intention is to just push the boundaries of what we think Simple Plan is and what our fans want, and still at the same time keep our […]

“All I want to say is great job keeping the pressure on Australia, one run through your country was not enough, we’ve only begun to infect your minds, and Gwar is returning for the next Soundwave festival, get ready for the biggest show in rock and roll history, get ready for GWAR!” From Bio: 2013 is a packed year for […]

“The album as a whole, I don’t know, we all just get in the studio and do our own thing, and whatever comes naturally comes out and we don’t really go in to change anything when it comes to albums, we do what we do best and that’s just work off each other for every song, and it’s what we […]

“We’re all really excited to play these new songs for the first time as Australia is actually the first stop on our tour, so we cannot wait to stop and see how this album will reflect live and I know we’ve already been practising and it sounds awesome, and I cannot wait to come to Australia and kick your ass […]

“I’d left a twenty year relationship where my identity was I’m Darren the guitarist in Powderfinger and that’s finished so I needed to work out who I was and what I wanted to do again, essentially start again.” From press release: Darren Middleton is best known from his previous life as guitarist and songwriter for Powderfinger.  The much loved Powderfinger […]

“… we’ll be getting to play the songs we’ve never played in Australia before, in fact there’s a few songs on the current tour we’re on that we’ve never played before and it will only be the second time we’ve ever played these songs on a set list, so we’re really looking forward to that.” From tour release: Periphery has […]

“Don’t take things too personally as well, but just try and do the best you can, it really is about the work and that’s all we intended to do with this record is to make a truly great album, and anything beyond that is a bonus and that’s really always been our main motivation.” From Bio: Spiderbait are considered Australia’s […]

“…it’s all about connecting with the crowd, if you’re going to do anything in front of an audience you need to connect with them, and if you can connect with them then people will enjoy what you’re doing, if you can’t then they don’t give a shit, doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re doing.” From Bio: “No matter […]

“I’m really proud of everything we’ve done over all these years, it’s really hard as we just want to keep this momentum going, and of course write our best album ever, an even better album, that must be the goal, as long as you’ve got that goal, that’s when you keep evolving and become a better band I guess.” After […]

“…if you’re a listener and everything hasn’t really worked out perfectly for you then give some of our songs a listen because I think that there’s still a lot of hope in the world and a lot of good things and you just have to look for them as they’re out there.” From tour release: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (TRJA) […]

“…it’s an ongoing thing, I think having a break freshened things up, and then being able to go back out on tour and playing songs kind of gives you a hunger and wanting more, really.” From tour release: Following the release of the bands fourth studio album, ‘Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action’ in August, and the daring, defiant and […]

“…I suppose we’ve just gone out to our little niche I suppose that it is that we do and yeah, we’ve gone for a fun record, something that people can maybe relate to a little bit and just chuck it on and enjoy it and there’s not too much thinking involved, you can just chuck it on and have a […]

“It’s a whole other experience for the listener from what I did last time through. Playing with these guys brings in layers and dynamic possibilities that just aren’t possible with me and an acoustic guitar, and these guys are great players we have killer chemistry. I’m excited to bring this.” From tour press release: Scott Kelly is a man that […]

“… it was time to capture that and just showing where Testament is today in our career. I see a new fan base of new metal heads out there and I thought it would be more appropriate to where we are today, more of the style we’re writing today. So it just made sense that it was time to do […]

“…you get to a certain point in your career, in your life, I’m always putting out records every couple of years, I had one out last year. I don’t know I think I just got to the point that enough people had said it to me over a enough amount of time and I said let me just think about […]

“We’ve done four albums in five years and the best thing we could do is just put one out every year and just keep it going, as people’s attention spans now days just wavers because there’s just so much out there, so the important thing is just to get on top of it and put out new music all the […]

“…we’re not sure yet, I think it’s going to be a maybe a little faster and maybe leave out some of the more poppy hits and go more with the punk stuff and I guess we’ll see how that goes after the first show or two.” For close to thirty years now The Offspring have been making music, the kind […]

“It’s what we’ve been doing in America and what we’ve wanted to do since we wrote and recorded the album over a year ago. It was written as a theatrical piece to be performed in its entirety, so we’re trying to do it all over the world now.” From tour release: Between The Buried And Me are returning to Australia […]

“The first time could be the last time, so I just want to make sure this is going to be the most kick ass show ever, not that I don’t do that for the other shows, but this one I think we’re going to add a couple of songs we haven’t done for quite a while to spice things up […]

“It’s amazing because they said once upon a time that live music had died, actually what it seems like is that live music has lasted and there’s a few generations out there appealing to different crowds at the moment which is fantastic. It’s amazing the resurgence, people come out and the crowds are there and it’s really good for music.” […]

“I think Stratovarius has played a major part in the power metal genre or melodic metal or whatever you say it, I also like the fact it’s a band with a positive vibe, I think it’s a unit band, I think there’s a little slot in the history of heavy metal, I think the legacy can be found on the […]

“I was just doing that because I wanted to do it, and we’re very lucky as we’ve always had a very loyal fan base, they’re quite rabid our fans, they stick there, they want more and they never sway, so they’re reliable.” From Tour Release: Since exploding onto the scene in 1991 with the release of their first single, Early […]

“I don’t know if I’ll ever know my craft or if I’ve got my diploma on the wall or whatever, it’s one of those things I’m working all the time to just explore and get better at what I do or at least try to figure it out as to what I do.” From album bio: After 25 years in […]

“Seems to me every time we go down there and play Soundwave we come back and we’ve received so many more fans each time around. It’s just unbelievable how big of a festival it is and how smoothly it runs, it’s one of the top festivals in the world and we just love being in Australia and touring there.” From […]

“For our Australian fan base it’s great because it is the first time they are going to hear Amorphis songs and we’re going to play stuff you know, not only the latest songs, we’re going to play as much songs of the history as we can.” From Tour Release: Amorphis  has been at the forefront of the scene for well […]

“If people like it, that’s great, that’s awesome, I make music for my fans, I make music for myself first, but I wouldn’t work so hard of it if I didn’t want to get it out to the world. I just do not care if there are naysayers or there’s the people that don’t like it or do like it, […]

“This is an album we can really put our stamp of approval on it and this is something we can really call Dream Theater because we felt like this is so representative of where we are as musicians and as people that if anybody asks ‘what is Dream Theater all about?’ well in 2013 this is our presentation, it’s who […]

“Well we didn’t really set out to make an album that sounds electro or anything like that, but for myself I listened to a lot of different types of music and we’d driven down that big guitar driven album a few albums now, and I think I was a bit bored of it, I wanted to do something different and […]

“In coming together it will always sound like Soilwork, but there’s always something, so for that it’s really exciting for me. So I’m grateful that I’m still excited about creating music and having to make that same damn album over again to be able to stay above the surface.” From Tour Release: Sweden’s SOILWORK have long been regarded by many […]