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G’day ROCKDOGZ!!!!Finally the new album has surfaced. Yeah, we know it’s been a while, I won’t bore you with the numerous reasons as to why it’s taken so long to get the record out but we are very happy to announce that it available via us now & hitting stores in Australia on July 4th. Stand by for news on release dates in other territories as it comes to hand. We are fired up! Say G’day at a gig.
Dave TALON
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ROLLERBALL NEW ALBUM!!
Long regarded as one of the country’s most incendiary live bands, Rollerball are ready to tear the roof off. Sharing stages with stoner legends Queens Of The Stoneage, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu, Budgie & Oz rock royalty The Angels & Rose Tattoo Rollerball are the the real deal. Take a mix of AC/DC, Kyuss, Blue Oyster Cult & Thin Lizzy & you get a hint of the unique Rollerball sound. Massive riffs, surrealist lyrics, tribal rhythms & pounding grooves, this is hard rock without irony, pastiche or plagiarism. From turbo charged belters, prog mind melters, sing along shanties & epic stoner jams, Submarine is an album that demands to be heard from start to finish. Prepare to dive.
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Brisbane riff masters return Album number three for Rollerball sees the hard-rocking locals sounding stronger than ever. The influences are glaring, but that’s never really mattered with this band – their scuzzy swagger allows them to get away with a particularly Detroit Rock City-esque riff in the galloping title track. They also convince when they slow down to a hard rock groove such as in the almost funky strut of Youth Bailed (Back To Hell). With such wonderfully knuckleheaded stuff like that, you wouldn’t be out of place for expecting a whole record of denim ‘n leather anthems. But there’s a willingness to explore a range of moods on this record, as Rollerball sound equally powerful in the violin-infused brooding rock of Your Lullaby and the extended desert chugging of Tame Existence. It’s an album where Kiss and Kyuss are musical allies, a point not lost on legions of Australian gig-goers who have caught them firing up pubs and festivals for many years now. Time has allowed them to hone their riff-heavy tunes, which have lost none of their old garagey grit, but have more defined peaks and troughs. It’s proof that a band can sound simultaneously raw and solid as steel. The less patient may balk at the 15 minutes and 39 seconds of Never A Rodeo, but I am one of (I imagine) many who can quite cheerily take in a slowed-down-Steppenwolf psych-metal epic. Luckily, Rollerball also provide plenty of opportunities to boogie. **** MATT THROWER |