Harking back to a forgotten age of guitar pyrotechnics, poodle barnets and power ballads, Cockpit have arrived, ready to show the dross of today's bands how it's really done.

Squeezing stadium-sized rock into the pubs and clubs of the North West, Cockpit are a versatile, accomplished and ever-so-slightly camp tribute to those back-combed bohemoths of yesteryear.

Set your amps to 11, tune in that air guitar and prepare to smell the glove: The ultimate rock genre-tribute is here. For those about to rock, we salute you...