Photo: Chelle Carr, Rock Shots Photography About ten years of Absolutely 80s, the reformation of Kids in the Kitchen for Pure Gold Live and touring with Culture Club on their 2016 Australian Tour The 80s is remembered for many things. Leg warmers, big shoulder pads and even bigger hairdos. It was a decade of excesses. Fortunately, the fashions and the …

PHOTO COURTESY PETER SMITH It has been quite some time since Sharon O’Neill has performed in Melbourne but next month the very popular singer/songwriter will be hitting the stage of the iconic Palais Theatre in St. Kilda, along with many of her contemporaries from the 70s/80s and 90s, for Pure Gold Live and she is really looking forward to the …

  For many of us, when we think of the Brewster brothers we think of The Angels; of their brilliant guitar playing and the classic songs they co-wrote with Doc Neeson. Songs such as ‘Marseilles’, ‘Take A Long Line’, ‘Shadow Boxer’ and, of course, the most famous of all ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’. Songs that have …

  Photo courtesy Rockin’s Crib Every song tells a story… In this last week, I was privileged to receive a copy of Grace Knight’s new solo album Fragile, a beautiful album written by her fellow Eurogliders’ band member, Bernie Lynch. It was such a pleasure listening to this album and equally as pleasurable to talk with Grace a few days …

  Few performers in this country, or anywhere else for that matter, could command the sheer presence of Dragon frontman Marc Hunter. The man exuded a kind of charisma that simply couldn’t be ignored and he had the talent to back it up. While most people are well aware of his artistry as a singer and performer, he was also …

The Summer of 2016 has been sizzling with the sounds of some of the country’s best rock acts in one huge line-up including Jimmy Barnes, The Badloves, Mark Seymour, The Angels and a  recharged Noiseworks. The band’s bass player, Steve Balbi took some time in between gigs and recording to talk to us about the tour and the many other …

  Dragon is a band that is always searching for new and different ways to approach their live shows; things that might be fun to do. And, as founding member and bass player, Todd Hunter explains in this recent interview with Rock Club 40, that is pretty much how they came up with the idea for the Countdown Years Tour. “Let’s just …

  David N. Pepperell talks to Rock Club 40 about ‘100 Greatest Australian Singles’ a book by David N. Pepperell and Colin Talbot Growing up in Melbourne at a time when rock ‘n’ roll began to hit the airwaves, David Pepperell was always interested in music, right from the time his parents bought him a radio when he was a …

  Dividing his time these days between New York and Australia, singer Jack Jones is currently back in the place he calls ‘home’ for a very special, limited season of ‘All You Need is Love’, a production that showcases 30 Beatles masterpieces carefully selected from the vast Beatles catalogue and performed by four extremely talented singers backed by the 40 piece Strawberry Fields Rock …

I spoke to Jess the morning of the day she was heading to Tamworth for nine headlining performances. She is keen to perform at Tamworth again and to meet up with friends and to road test some new songs. “I will be test running a few new songs at Tamworth which is exciting, that I have only just written. I’ve …