CLASSIC Rock

Established 1998

Rockaway Beach

Butlins Bognor Regis

British Lion

Hastings Blackbox

Luke Morley / Hillbilly Vegas

London Islington Academy

Depeche Mode

London The O2

Michael Rother

London The Barbican

WELCOME

“ Let’s give ’em the works!” That was

WAYNE KRAMER

April 30, 1948 – February 2, 2024

LOOKING AT YOU

Stars pay tribute

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

Annie Nightingale

April 1, 1940 – January 11, 2024 

Melanie

February 3, 1947 – January 23, 2024

James Kottak

December 26, 1962 – January 9, 2024

AC/DC Announce Tour

Dates include Dublin and two at Wembley Stadium.

Joni Mitchell Wows Grammys

Singer-songwriter, 80, leads the cast at the 2024 Awards.

News

An auction of a huge collection of 122

Modern English

They didn't set out to write commercial songs, but they were happy when they found out their earning power.

The Gems

They hope that leaving “toxic” Thundermother will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Music Emporium. Sentinel Records, USA, 1969. £4,000.

Riches from the rock underground

NEWS

While Ozzy Osbourne officially announced his retirement from

Medicine Head

A duo back in the 60s, MH is now effectively just John Fiddler, whose new album is filled with love.

Taylor McCall

If acoustic hymns, weird gospel and “some real ripping guitar” floats your boat, climb aboard.

Led Zeppelin

Moby Dick

Scott Stapp

Returning with a new solo album, the Creed frontman reflects on his darkest times, and why music keeps pulling him through.

BASIC INSTINCT

Banned from MTV. Drunken shenanigans. USA-upsetting videos. Band members buggering off…After a stylistic detour with previous album Hot Space, with The Works Queen got back to basics, and returned to their rock roots and to the ‘real Queen’ sound.

THE BLACK CROWES

CHRIS ROBINSON & RICH ROBINSON

THE (DIS)COMFORT ZONE

They almost called it a day back in 2016, but with founder Bruce Soord bringing in creative partner Gavin Harrison The Pineapple Thief are still feeling rejuvenated and regenerated.

LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT

As with many bands of their vintage, plenty believed that Judas Priest would be gone before the 21st century arrived. But with the new Invincible Shield, their third genuinely great album in a row, their late-career purple patch continues.

The birth of heavy blues

When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London in 1966 he blew the minds of the British rock elite including Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Soon, however, they would follow his lead and develop an explosive new form of electric blues

EVER MEET LEMMY?

He’s been bitten by Shirley Manson, sung on stage with Alice In Chains, played Bush records to Bono, spent 15 hours a day for months with Tom Jones, lunched with Mr & Mrs David Bowie, is pals with Robert Downey Jr, Carlos Santana said he reminded him of Jim Morrison… He’s Gavin Rossdale, Bush frontman and more, and these are some of his stories.

The HOT -LiST

THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS THAT ARE ON YOUR RADAR

Judas Priest

Invincible Shield COLUMBIA

The Jesus & Mary Chain

Glasgow Eyes FUZZ CLUB

Alkaline Trio

Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs RISE

The Telescopes

Growing Eyes Becoming String FUZZ CLUB

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Dark Rainbow DEATH CULT/AWAL

Moon Safari

Himlabacken Vol 2 BLOMLJUD

Steve Hackett

The Circus And The Nightwhale INSIDEOUT MUSIC

Black Grape

Orange Head DGAFF

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE ROCK

Suicide Bombers: a cocktail of Finnish glam and

New Model Army

Unbroken EARMUSIC

The Black Crowes

Happiness BastardsSILVER ARROW

Thunder

Live At Islington Academy / Live At Leeds EARMUSIC

Gen And The Degenerates

Anti-Fun Propaganda MARSHALL

Ace Frehley

10,000 Volts MNRK MUSIC GROUP

Ministry

Hopium For The Masses NUCLEAR BLAST

Pissed Jeans

Half Divorced SUB POP

The Blinders

Beholder FUNHOUSE/EMI

Caligula’s Horse

Charcoal Grace INSIDE OUT MUSIC

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Lionheart: striking songs and A+ musicianship. Lionheart The

The Libertines

All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade VIRGIN/EMI

Mick Mars

The Other Side Of Mars 1313 LLC

Today Was Yesterday

Today Was Yesterday MUSIC THEORY

Modern English

1 2 3 4 INKIND

The Pineapple Thief

It Leads To This KSCOPE

Medicine Head

Heartwork LIVING ROOM/TALKING ELEPHANT

Walter Trout

Broken MASCOT LABEL GROUP/PROVOGUE

Headswim

Flood Live TRAPPED ANIMAL

John ‘Rhino’ Edwards

Just Sayin’ MOLANO MUSIC

Rick Wakeman

Live At The London Palladium 2023 FRAGILE/ESOTERIC

Von Hertzen Brothers

Live At Tavastia ADA

ROUND-UP: BLUES

Philip Sayce: invention and real crossover potential. MATT

Bruce Dickinson

The Mandrake Project BMG

Elbow

Audio Vertigo POLYDOR

Scott Stapp

Higher Power NAPALM

Russell-Guns

Medusa FRONTIERS MUSIC

Florence Black

Bed Of Nails FLORENCE BLACK

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month.

Big Big Train

The Likes Of Us INSIDE OUT

Cast

Love Is The Call CAST/ABSOLUTE

Honeymoon Suite

Alive FRONTIERS

Per Wiberg

The Serpent’s Here DESPOTZ

Neal Morse

The Restoration: Joseph Part Two FRONTIERS

Paul McCartney & Wings

Band On The Run (50th Anniversary Edition) CAPITOL

Alan Hull

Singing A Song In The Morning Light CHERRY RED

Various

All Systems Go – The Neat Singles Vol. 1 HNE RECORDINGS

High Tide

Sea Shanties ESOTERIC

Can

Live In Paris 1973 MUTE/SPOON

Colosseum

Elegy – The Recordings 1968-1971 ESOTERIC

Evanescence

Fallen (20th Anniversary Edition) CRAFT/CONCORD

Various

I See You Live On Love Street: Music From Laurel Canyon 1967-1975 GRAPEFRUIT

Hellacopters

Grande Rock Revisited NUCLEAR BLAST

Mama’s Boys

Runaway Dreams 1980-1992 HNE

The Dream Academy

Religion, Revolution & Railways CHERRY RED

John Mayall

Live In France 1967-73 REPERTOIRE

BEST OF THE REST

Other new reissues out this month.

The Waterboys

1985 CHRYSALIS

Omen

Escape To Nowhere (35th Anniversary) METAL BLADE

Frank Black And The Catholics

Frank Black And The Catholics / True Blue DEMON

Fucked Up

The Chemistry Of Common Life 15th Anniversary Edition MATADOR

Sniffin’ Glue And Other Rock’N’Roll Habits

Mark Perry OMNIBUS

Estrus: Shoveling The Shit Since 87

Chris Alpert Coyle and Scott Sugiuchi KORERO PRESS

The Greatest Band That Ever Wasn’t

Barrett Martin SUNYATA BOOKS

Teenage Wasteland: The Who At Winterland

Edoardo Genzolini SCHIFFER

Queen

Queen Rock Montreal MERCURY STUDIOS

Icons Of Rock: In Their Own Words

Jenny Boyd JOHN BLAKE

Dark Luminosity: Memoirs Of A Geezer (Expanded)

Jah Wobble FABER

Green Day

The American pop-punks might irk ‘real punks’, but their catalogue has generated sales that spell ‘huge success’.

Buzzcocks

Now fronted by Steve Diggle, the band play UK shows spread out between March and August.

BulletBoys

After a long time away, the rockers return for UK dates in March.

Feeder

Having released a new record that completes a trilogy, the band are currently on tour.

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Stranglers bassist/vocalist Jean-Jacques Burnel on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him