“It's Such A Trap”: Meg Mac Refuses To Be Another Tragic Tale On 'It's My Party'

Rod Whitfield, Journalist

Rod Whitfield

Rod Whitfield is a retired musician and long-time music writer. He joined his first band on drums way back in 1987, playing in myriad original rock acts before hanging up the sticks and retiring in 2015. In 1995, he joined Forte Magazine, Geelong’s premier street press magazine, as a journalist and has not stopped writing about music since. He has written for The Music, UK Prog Magazine, Beat, was The Buzz Magazine’s chief rock and metal writer for eight years, and has worked for countless online publications and zines. 

Since retiring from the original band scene, he has become a novelist, and at the time of writing he is completing work on his fourth book, the third work in a trilogy based on an upcoming fantasy/combat/adventure video game, as well as designing the narrative of the game itself. Keep an eye out for the release of Brides of Vampira in the coming years. 

Features / Music
After A Quarter-Century Making Music, The Waifs Are More In Tune Than Ever
"It's become an inter-generational thing, we're the band you can bring your parents to."
Features / Music
Return Of The Damned: Near Misses & Getting Busy
"The pilot fell asleep and we nearly crashed into a mountain! Luckily we managed to wake him up and he pulled up at the last minute."
Features / Music
Kingswood Are Back, But You May Not Recognise Them
"It was literally like, 'Okay, cool guys, this is funny, now where are the real songs?' And we said, 'No, this is it.'"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kingswood - After Hours, Close To Dawn
"Prepare for something very, very different."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Zen Robotic - Zen Robotic
"A strong, deep, atmospheric independent release."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Mother's Cake, AlithiA, Qlaye Face, Greenthief
"Mother's Cake are equal parts Led Zeppelin, old school funk and nu-school psychedelia."
Features / Music
Getting Out Of Dodge & Into The Opera House
"I'm looking forward to getting out of the US for a little while so I can avoid watching its daily collapse,
Features / Music
How "A Bunch Of Bozos From Melbourne" Turned Into Global Touring Machines
"What the fuck are we doing here? How is our fucking band playing in Bucharest?"
Features / Music
Underoath's Busy Rebirth Won't Keep Them Outta The Surf In Aus
"I don't know what that means in terms of the traditional 'make a record, tour' cycle, I think we're just trying to see what shakes loose."
Features / Music
The Dunies Are All About Having Fun When Making A Record
"You can do so much with that technology. You can go anywhere, as long as you've filmed the stuff for it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Ocean Grove - The Rhapsody Tapes
"An Aussie band that could be about to explode."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hadal Maw - Olm
"This album is a beast."