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 …

Photography: Dot Hopkins This was only the second Day on the Green to be held in Nagambie. The first, in January 2014, was a great success and Saturday’s event was certainly a big hit with the fans. With a very impressive all-star line-up that featured Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier, Models, Diesel, Baby Animals and headliners, Icehouse, how could you …

  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 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 …

  Photos: KEV HOWLETT Models are about to embark on a national tour, kicking off with two special shows at Melbourne’s Flying Saucer Club this weekend, in which they will showcase two of their albums. I caught up with founding member and lead singer/guitarist, Sean Kelly, to talk about what has been called their first National Tour of the 21st …

  Australian pub band Screaming Jets are currently on their ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Rampage Tour’ across Australia as well as preparing to release a newly recorded album. Their front man Dave Gleeson recently took a break from his domestic chores to chat about the tour, the album, domestic violence and, of all things, Papua New Guinea Idol.   It was …

  He was best known to millions of fans around the world as the lead singer of Australia’s and, arguably, the world’s greatest rock band, AC/DC.  But to Mary Renshaw and John and Gabby D’Arcy, he was a very dear friend. John D’Arcy was Bon’s roadie and a good mate; Gabby was a fan and a close friend of Bon’s …

  I had the pleasure recently of catching up with singer/songwriter Jon Stevens who is currently on the road promoting his latest album, ‘Woman’; an album packed full of emotion, energy and, as he puts it, songs about ‘love and loss’ and arguably his finest work to date. And he gets to share some of those songs with his fans on …