''The Rockpit'' is an Australian-based music interview and review website specialising in

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

, heavy metal and

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

. It is notable in that unlike many similar sites it concentrates on interviewing both emerging and 'classic' artists, often in depth, giving it more of a journalistic feel than many of its peers.

History and profile

''The Rockpit'' was established in 2009 and has interviewed many notable musicians including

Dave Mustaine David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and for his time as the lead guitarist of Met ...

Alice Cooper Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), known by his stage name Alice Cooper, is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusion ...

David Coverdale David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the founder and lead singer of the hard rock band Whitesnake. Coverdale was also the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976; he has had a solo car ...

, members of

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985 as a merger of local bands L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band's "classic" line-up consisted of vocalist Axl R ...

and many others. It averages at least two interviews a week. It covers musical releases and tours and festivals Internationally with regular Australian, European and US reports. It also supports local artists and gives equal time and space to emerging bands. In 2016 the website expanded its operations, adding a Podcast and increasing the number of interviews posted to one every two days, it also doubled its number of reporters and photographers. The Rockpit also established its new artist management and event booking arm Krunch Entertainment. In 2017 the Rockpit opened its online store, selling branded merchandise, unique photographs, and rare signed items from many of the bands it has covered.

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* Music magazines published in Australia Music review websites Magazines established in 2009 {{italic title