THE DARK AGES

WELCOME

How many guitarists, or other musicians, can claim to have

JIMMY PAGE

Thanks to the unexpected intervention of a discarded acoustic guitar,

The Church of ROCK’N’ROLL

As it is with so many fireballs of rock’n’roll (Prince,

BROTHERS OSBORNE WHAT WE LEARNED FROM...

The Brothers Osborne are full of contradictions. They’re proud country

LONDON CALLING

“I have the coronavirus,” Joe Bonamassa announces as he shakes

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SKIN

As the spokesperson and focal point of Skunk Anansie, Skin

OUT OF DARKNES

As a sometime music writer, Marilyn Manson knows the value

AC/DC PLUG IN!

The speculation is over: AC/DC are about to release their

50 Heavy Metal Years

JUDAS PRIEST CELEBRATE their 50th anniversary with a new photobook

RIP

The Canadian melodic hard rock community is mourning the passing

Lee Kerslake

Former Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne drummer Lee Kerslake has

Toots Hibbert

MICK JAGGER AND Bonnie Raitt are among those who have

BURIED TREASURE

Drama were a short-lived band, seemingly ruined by the success

NEWS

Diamond Head used lockdown to record a fortieth-anniversary remake of

Jakko Jakszyk

FOR THE PAST seven years, Jakko Jakszyk’s day job has

The OBGMs

“WE DON’T BELIEVE in playing by the rules,” states Densil

MY FIRST LOVE Free

I first heard Free when I was about ten. My

Jefferson Starship

BORN OUT OF SAN Franciscan psychedelic pioneers Jefferson Airplane, the

The Georgia Thunderbolts

WITH AN AVERAGE age of 22, The Georgia Thunderbolts are

Corey Taylor

This time last year, Corey Taylor was promoting a very

6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... Rews

SHAUNA TOHILL HAS just finished her hospital shift when Classic

The HOT LIST

Here’s the thing: rock’n’roll is in brilliant shape. Seriously, there’s

Power-pop

Crow-barred in somewhere between pop-rock and post-punk, you’ll have the

Tour Dates

Still got the blues? Want some more? Then get to

The Soundtrack Of My Life

“Everybody has heard me talk to death about the Motörheads

The Struts

An instant rock-down classic (as long as you ignore the

The Damned

Bands who have been going for ever often compete with

Public Enemy

What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? DEF

Nils Lofgren Band

Live album recorded pre-lockdown with E Street Band and Crazy

Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Backed into a corner, in the fourth round the Shakedown

Low Cut Connie

Like Jerry Lee Lewis and Ben Folds before him, Low

Brothers Osborne

Part ZZ Top, part Shania Twain (that’s a compliment), part

Hawkwind Light Orchestra

It stands to reason that a band as rooted in

Pallbearer

Doom is as old as metal itself, its parameters enshrined

Jim Kirkpatrick

Since replacing Andy Barnett in FM 12 years ago, guitarist

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

Montreal’s premier glam-slammers return with another dose of classic honky-tonkin’,

Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa puts out a new studio album every two

Osees

John Dwyer’s productivity is impressive. Apart from releasing albums at

Queen + Adam Lambert

Such was Queen’s studio brilliance that a succession of stopgap

Sevendust

Many a band are described as ‘survivors’, but this Georgia

Vice Squad

This album should be titled Battle For Britain, cos that’s

Ascension Of The Watchers

The second album from Fear Factory frontman Burton C Bell’s

Voodoo Six

Despite the succession of line-up changes over the years, including

Delta Spirit

Buzzing and invigorated after a lengthy six-year break from each

Jakko Jakszyk

It’s a rare talent that can throw their CV on

Tommy Lee

This record will have many Mötley Crüe fans screaming in

ROUND-UP: MELODIC

In 2018, Perfect Plan introduced themselves with one of the

Blue Öyster Cult

First new album in 19 years from the ultimate cult

Songhoy Blues

Has any band ever captured the pure, unadulterated joy of

Ozric Tentacles

Even space-rockers must work with the limitations of lockdown, and

Raven

Continuing the return-to-form reset begun with 2000’s One For All,

Blackfield

Aviv Geffen is huge in Israel: a counterculture generational icon

Smith & Myers

Acoustic projects are a dime a dozen, but not many

Dyble Longdon

It took former Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble a long

Gotthard

On October 5, 2010, Gotthard, singer Steve Lee perished in

Corey Taylor

For all his willingness to help out others with a

Devildriver

American metal grunts return with the first of a double

BEST OF THE REST

Pitched somewhere between the blazing hyper-sleaze of The Hellacopters and

Black Sabbath

There’s a persuasive argument that complication is the enemy of

Robert Plant

Robert Plant’s success at creating and sustaining a solo career

Big Country

Despite its The Compulsion Years Anthology subtitle, this is basically

The Doors

Following the aftermath of Jim Morrison’s Miami escapades, and the

Bob Mould

Solo gems and Sugar’s brilliance together in a beautiful box

Rory Gallagher

Thirty-song set in which a Rolling Stones cover is the

Tears For Fears

With 1985’s world-conquering album Songs From The Big Chair, Roland

Motörhead

As you’d expect, this is metallic KO. Metal overload. Over

Thin Lizzy

Seven-disc box set with all the hits and 74 -

Iron Maiden

April 14, 1980 was a good day to be a

Tom Petty

Petty’s Rick Rubin-produced, second solo album, as it was originally

John Lennon

Timed to celebrate Lennon’s eightieth birthday (while sadly approaching the

Dire Straits

Dire Straits were always a beauty-andbeast band, Mark Knopfler’s life-ravaged

Nickelback

It’s doubtful that Nickelback would be quite so reviled in

New Order

New Order’s first album Movement was overshadowed by not only

Linkin Park

It’s strange to think that in 2000 this album brought

BEST OF THE REST

Last year’s six-disc record of Zappa’s ‘73 Halloween shows came

Jimmy Page: The Anthology

Sonic sorcerer opens Zeppelin archive to reveal how magic was

Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades Of Pop Culture From Britain’s First Female DJ

The veteran DJ’s third memoir is as chatty as its

Ronnie Wood

Who wouldn’t love to be Woody: fun-loving guitarist in the

Queen: The Neal Preston Photographs

Every great rock’n’roll band has a great rock’n’roll photographer. Queen

Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?

Coming from English aristocracy, with a disgraced junkie father and

It Takes Blood And Guts

The Skunk Anansie singer’s account is as uncompromising as you’d

Dave Mustaine With Joel Selvin

For many, 1990’s Rust In Peace album is Megadeth’s finest

Idles

Nervous start, explosive finish. The Bristolian firebands live at iconic

The Black Moods

Streamed on Facebook, this live set is presented with a

Glen Matlock

A cautious yet welcome return to live music with an

Andy Fairweather Low

‘If you can’t fill up the dancefloor, see how many

Trivium

They’re huddled together in their rehearsal room in Orlando, Florida

Joe Bonamassa

’This one-off gives publicity to a good cause and a