Despite playing over 200 NRL first grade games, representing NSW in the State of Origin and playing for Australia, Eric Grothe Jnr’s main love has always been music.  Eric always kept his music and sporting life separate because this is no gimmick! A highly talented singer/songwriter/guitarist Grothe formed the firebrand heavy rock outfit SHINOBI in 2004. Teaming up with Eric […]

After announcing themselves to a new legion of fans with their sophomore effort, ‘Riot’, PARAMORE were armed to go forth and conquer.  With a swift and stratospheric rise, there seems to be no limit as to what PARAMORE can accomplish and this is nowhere more evident than on their latest album ‘Brand New Eyes’. It marks their fully fledged introduction […]

Frontiers Records unleashes the “Rock’n Roll Animal” ! GENE THE WEREWOLF international debut album to hit the stores in November Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of GENE THE WEREWOLF international debut album aptly entitled “Rock’n Roll Animal” on November 23rd in Europe. The band hails from Pittsburgh when in 2007 five musicians disillusioned from their previous experiences decided to join […]

Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses, New Album  – Everyone’s Alone In Store through Dark Horse Records / Inertia November 2nd 2012 Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses Australian Tour Tix on Sale Now “Think of it – six mighty men of rock who like to roll tobacco/snares/home, each taking a back seat when they need to, practically doing a Victorian-era […]

NSW Central Coast’s favourite sons After The Fall return triumphant in 2012, with hard won fourth album ‘Bittersweet’ and some serious lessons under their collective belt. The pop-rock quartet were one of the most successful acts to emerge from the ripe Central Coast punk/rock scene in the mid-00’s, tunes like ‘Mirror, Mirror’ and ‘Concrete Boots’ were radio and live staples for the band, who […]

Metropolis Touring, Tombowler and A Thousand Hills Present MxPx  2012 has been as big a year as any for ageless Bremerton, Washington trio MxPx. They served up their first full-length in five years in the form of ‘Plans Within Plans’, which punknews.org described as “a 35-minute blast from the past,” and “their most energetic, exciting, cohesive and effortless sounding album […]

KISS launch a MONSTER new dimension with 3D Augmented Reality London, Friday 12 October – KISS, Universal Music and Aurasma proudly launch an epic bonus to the band’s brand-new album Monster using 3D Augmented Reality technology. Celebrating the release of KISS’ landmark 20th studio album, fans are invited to download the free uView app now to bring the Monster artwork […]

HIGHWAYS THE MONSTER GOES RAWRR BREAKAWAY BRIGHTENER TOGETHER LIVE @ THE BREWHOUSE SATURDAY DECEMBER 8  Four of Australia’s most promising bands – Highways, The Monster Goes Rawrr, Breakaway and Brightener – are getting together for one special show at Sydneys Lie At The Brewhouse in Darling Harbour on Saturday December 8. Forming in 2011, Sydney pop-punk band HIGHWAYS has quickly gained momentum […]

To coincide with forthcoming release of the bands’ new album SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE, Melbourne rockers ZOOPHYTE are proud to announce a massive launch show at DING DONG LOUNGE on SATURDAY DECEMBER 8.  With the upcoming release of SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE on FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 the band are giving fans the chance to hear tracks from the album ahead of the release, with daily streams of new songs going up on the bands website. […]

IS EVERYBODY READY? LADIES & GENTLEMEN…THE ROLLING STONES RETURN TO LIVE ACTION WITH SPECTACULAR ARENA SHOWS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC  THE O2 ARENA, LONDON UK – TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 PRUDENTIAL CENTER, NEWARK USA – TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 www.rollingstones.com  Monday October 15 2012 -LONDON/NEW YORK – Ladies and Gentlemen they are back! The most […]

THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE TOUR AUSTRALIA 2013  The P!nk Sensation Continues! Extra Shows Across All Markets Tickets On General Sale 9am Tomorrow  TUESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2012 –  Australia’s love affair with P!NK continues! Following the overwhelming ticket demand during the pre-sale windows – and ahead of tickets going on general sale tomorrow morning at 9am – seven additional show dates have been […]

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment, SRH, Channel V and Blunt Magazine Present: Suicidal Tendencies, Unwritten Law & The Dudesons Australia 2012 Summer 2012 gets kicked in the face with a massive national tour featuring the legendary Suicidal Tendencies, Unwritten Law and Finnish pranksters The Dudesons. Taking the punk rock party right across Australia the tour will be the perfect way to […]

“NO RETREAT” ALBUM RELEASE OUT NOW – EONIAN RECORDS PRESENTS YOUNGBLOOD VIDEO TEASER (Indianapolis, IN) – Metallers Youngblood have released their debut full-length album: NO RETREAT October 9th in North America and throughout Europe on Eönian Records and distributed by Sony RED & Nightmare Records. Produced by Jeff Diehl (who has worked with such legends and luminaries as Gene Simmons, […]

Once in a while a band comes along who have crafted a sound that’s so unique it’s hard to believe they haven’t been playing together for decades; that band is MAYDAY PARADE. MAYDAY PARADE’s debut album ‘A Lesson in Romantics’ had Property Of Zack gushing that it was a “combination of spry, incisive pop-punk and sprawling, filter-free balladry”. MAYDAY PARADE […]

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE TO RELEASE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET ON NOVEMBER 30th RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE – XX 20th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE BOX SET CONTAINS NEVER BEFORE SEEN EARLY CONCERT FOOTAGE AND FULL 2010 FINSBURY PARK VICTORY CONCERT. RATM MARKS THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH RELEASE OF REMASTERED DEBUT ALBUM, ORIGINAL DEMOS AND TREASURY TROVE OF VIDEOS AND MUSIC. Rage Against […]

It has been 8 long years but pop punk titans BLINK 182 have finally announced their triumphant return to Australia! To make up for lost time, as well as performing at all 5 sold out Soundwave Festivals, Mark, Tom and Travis will be bringing their monstrous live show to sideshows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne! With a catalogue of hits […]

HOMEBAKE Music, Film & Arts Festival 2012 – The Global Edition … But wait, there’s more! For Release – Thursday, 11 October, 2012:  Not that long ago, we heralded our big announcement of Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival 2012 with a ‘Global Edition’ theme devoted to a mega array of fine talent celebrating the predicted December doomsday (of course, […]

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment are proud to present platinum selling, US pop rockers Gin Blossoms on their first ever Australian tour. Fuelled by mega-hits including Hey Jealousy, Found Out About You and from the Empire Records movie soundtrack Til I Hear It From You, Tempe Arizona quintet Gin Blossoms completed the classic crossover from college-circuit heroes to multi-platinum album sellers […]

Alice Cooper’s Old School: 1964–1974 Special Edition is the incredible true story of the Alice Cooper group. A career-spanning 4CD and eAlbum set taking you inside one of rock’s great bands in a unique full-length school yearbook and an array of amazing audio rarities direct from the depths of the band’s own vaults and personal collections, with unearthed gems also […]

Eric Clapton has been in the spotlight for close on fifty years and the portrait of his artistry is a complex one – from his early days as a guitar icon to a songwriter of great sensitivity, as well as an interpreter of everything from blues and jazz to rock and country music. He has fashioned albums in many different […]

Having recovered substantially from a well-publicised incident, Peter “Blackie” Black will take his band The Hard-ons back on the road in Australia in November and December! Hard-ons’ irresistible march around Australia was abruptly halted back in May due to the said incident. Blackie has since recovered well, in no small part due to the support of the Hard-ons’ fans and […]

PERTH’S ARTS MARTIAL ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘PROMISES WILL GET YOU NOWHERE’ AND ANNOUNCE SPECIAL LAUNCH SHOW WITH EMPERORS and FURTHER EARTH With the band’s razor sharp hooks, and the producer’s unparalleled skill for audio fidelity; the meeting of WA band Arts Martial and Melbourne-based producer Tom Larkin (Calling All Cars, Strangers, King Cannons) was always destined for great things. Unfolding as an amazing […]

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2012 – On the eve of the release of the band’s fourth album ‘Follow The Sun’, EVERMORE are thrilled to be joining MATCHBOX TWENTY, and very special guests INXS, on their national tour of Australia*. Evermore’s journey from three home-schooled brothers in country New Zealand to Australian chart toppers is the stuff of indierock folklore. The band have released […]

CRADLE OF FILTH RETURN TO SUPREME INFERNAL DECADENCE WITH NEW MASTERWORK THE MANTICORE AND OTHER HORRORS ON NOVEMBER 2, 2012 Cradle of Filth formed in Suffolk in 1991 and after a string of demo recordings released their debut album, ‘The Principle of Evil Made Flesh’ in 1994. The band have gone on to become one of the UK’s most successful metal acts, known […]

Northern Music Company & InsideOutMusic in association with Live Music Stage proudly presents: Devin Townsend’s sold out Retinal Circus extravaganza can be viewed live online at LiveMusicStage.com JOIN THE EVENT HERE – http://www.facebook.com/events/371121462965878/?context=create  On October 27th, renowned multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and now ringleader, Devin Townsend is gearing up for one of his biggest accomplishments to date: The Retinal Circus. Set to take place […]

JEFF LOOMIS is proud to present the brand-new song “A Liar’s Chain” recorded with his touring line-up consisting of the young talents Joe Nurre (Guitar and Vocals), Anup Sastry (Drums) and Greg Macklin (Bass). Jeff comments: “A Liar’s Chain is the first of three songs that I recorded with my band to officially debut online. We started playing it live on […]

BEVERLY MCCLELLAN ALBUM RELEASE & UK TOUR WITH STEVE VAI ‘Fear Nothing’ [Tour Edition} December 1 Blues rock powerhouse vocalist Beverly McClellan from smash hit TV show “The Voice” USA  is set to release her album “Fear Nothing” in the UK & Europe through Favored Nations on Dec 1 before embarking on the UK leg of her world tour with guitar […]

Legendary progressive rock veterans FOCUS are set to release their new studio album FOCUS X on November 5 via Eastworld Recordings. With their unique progressive rock Focus manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. The band is fronted by founder and musical genius Thijs van […]

Against Me! Announce 2013 BDO Side Show You asked for it, now here it is! Punk rockers Against Me! have announced sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne on top of their appearances at Big Day Out 2013. Dubbed by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 greatest live bands, you can’t miss their explosive live set as they play classics and tracks off their sixth studio […]

Ben Gillies’ Bento. The countdown to ‘Diamond Days’ album release begins! Fans have the chance to attend the album launch party! The sparkling debut album by Bento, DIAMOND DAYS, marks a new musical creation from Ben Gillies, drummer and co-founder of Silverchair. The first single Diamond Days has been embraced by fans at home and abroad. The catchy chorus along with […]