WELCOME

As milestones go, half a century is a

CRAZY CRAZY NIGHT!

With the biggest, brightest pyro display since Krakatoa and the Big Bang.  Kiss blow 2020 into the stratosphere

RIP

Thank you and good night

Gerry Marsden

September 24, 1942 – January 3, 2021

Alexi Laiho

Announced January 4, 2021

William ‘Jesus’ Jellett

June 6, 1948 -January 8, 2021

“After Neil died, music didn’t seem important”

Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee pay tribute on the first anniversary of Peart’s death

NEWS

Ozzy Osbourne is close to completing his thirteenth

W.E.T.

The mostly studio-based supergroup return with a new album, still aiming to keep melodic hard rock alive

Austin Meade

Meet the preacher’s son with rock in his bones and a gift for telling stories that resonate

PETE BROWN AND PIBLOKTO!

Thousands On A Raft, Harvest UK, 1970. £280+

NEWS

The Black Crowes release an expanded, remastered, 30th-anniversary

Transatlantic

The progressive supergroup’s latest LP is so huge they had to name it twice (yes, really). Neal Morse fills us in

AND THE WINNER IS…

We asked you to vote for the Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020. Here is your winner

MY FIRST LOVE

John Mayall THE BLUES ALONE

NEWS

Sammy Hagar says he is grateful to have

Walter Egan

The West Coast/Americana crossover artist has a new album, based on ex-super-groupie Pamela Des Barres

Mason Hill

It’s been a long time coming, but these young Scots are ready to rock and conquer

Accept

I’m A Rebel

Ricky Warwick

The Black Star Riders frontman on his new solo album, his debt to Thin Lizzy, and Joe Elliott telling him how to sing

Cats In Space

They embrace the 70s, are wary of the ‘business’, and reckon there are lots of potential fans out there

The Hot List

WE LOOK AT 12 ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR AND THE ARTISTS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR

The Dead Deads

Hey Girlfriend

DeWolff

Yes You Do

Moon City Masters

Takin’ It Back

Hot Breath

Bad Feeling

The Quins

Wild Ones

Bonavega

Ladyman

Brothers In Exile

Last Orders

Who Are The Snuts?

Brimming with confidence, they’re determined to not be like any other band that came before them

The Snuts

Always

The Dust Coda

Limbo Man

The Middlenight Men

Rat Star

The Lickerish Quartet

Snollygoster Goon

And Keep An Ear Out For

Mammoth WVH

Foo Fighters

Medicine At Midnight 

W.E.T.

Retransmission 

Lucero

When You Found Me

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

SHYGA! The Sunlight  Mound 

The Telescopes

Songs Of Love And Revolution 

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

Nerve Button: ragged rock’n’roll glory. Nerve Button Volume

Transatlantic

The Absolute Universe:  Forevermore 

Lonely The Brave

The Hope List 

Steve Hackett

Under A Mediterranean  Sky 

The Pretty Reckless

Death By Rock And Roll

Steven Wilson

The Future Bites 

Inglorious

We Will Ride 

Death By Unga Bunga

Heavy Male Insecurity

The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Kiwi Jr

Cooler Returns 

Black Honey

Written & Directed 

Jason Bieler & The Baron Von Bielski Orchestra

Songs For The Apocalypse

The Dead Daisies

Holy Ground 

Love And Death

Perfectly Preserved 

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Creye: a deft fusion of pop sensibilities and

John Mayall

The First Generation 1965-1974

Jet

Get Born 

Death Angel

The Enigma Years:  1987-1990 

Creepy John Thomas

Trippin’ Like A Dog And Rockin’ Like A Bitch

J Mascis

Fed Up And Feeling Strange (Live And In Person 1993 – 1998)

The Black Keys

Brothers 

Curved Air

The Albums 1970-73 

Buzzcocks

United Artists Singles Box Set 

Fraternity

Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings  1970-1974 

Disco Zombies

South London Stinks

Byzantium

Halfway Dreaming: Anthology 1969-75

Magnum

Dance Of The Black Tattoo

Seduce

Too Much Ain’t Enough

Dave Alvin

From An Old Guitar: Rare And Unreleased  Recordings 

Fumble

Not Fade Away: The Complete Recordings  1964-1982 

Jon Anderson

Song Of Seven 

The Seekers: Meetings With Remarkable Musicians

John Densmore 

Do What You Want: The Story Of Bad Religion

Bad Religion With Jim Ruland 

Every Record Tells A Story: A Vinyl Handbook

Steve Carr 

Leonard Cohen: Untold Stories: The Early Years

Potrait of the Canadian poetsage as a young man

Rock Camp, The Movie

Fly-on-the-wall view of the real-life School Of Rock.

The Ballad Of Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull 

On Track... Crosby, Stills & Nash: Every Album, Every Song

Andrew Wild

New wave/post-punk

After punk came a new wave of bands determined to do things differently – and often sounding very unalike

Essential Classics

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense 1999 It

Superior Reputation cementing

The Jam Sound Affects 1980 The Jam hit

Good Worth exploring

Simple Minds Early Gold 2003 It’s easy

Essential Playlist

The Teardrop Explodes Reward The Pogues Sally MacLennane

Tour Dates

A Bowie Celebration/ Lazarus

Two major streamed events celebrate the work of the starman, with much pomp, splendour and an A-list cast

Kris Barras Band

Kris-Mas Party livestream. 

Kiss Goodbye To 2020

Dubai Atlantis The Palm 

The Darkness: Streaming Of A White Christmas

London Indigo At The O2 

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Producer and Garbage drummer  Butch Vig on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

Drones

Our Hell Is Right Here

LESLIE WEST

October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020

THE STARS PAY TRIBUTE

I will never forget you, my hero. I

THE GOLD STANDARD

Brian May and Roger Taylor look back at 50 years of Queen: the incredible journey of four young musicians with “an insane confidence and a precocious belief in our own unique talents” who conquered the world

GUAR ANTEED TO BLOW YOUR MIND

Eleven Queen songs you never hear on the radio but should

FELL ON BLACK DAYS

From child model and actor to rock frontwoman with The Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen’s life followed an upward curve. Then suddenly tragedy struck and it became life-threatening turmoil

FLOWER POWER

Now bolstered by the songs and shriek of new frontman Glenn Hughes, The Dead Daisies are a supergroup to take seriously. High time, then, to settle the debate over whether this is a ‘real’ band or just a rich man’s plaything

MICK FLEETWOOD

He arrived in Swinging Sixties London as a dyslexic school leaver and aspirant drummer – and discovered a world of blues, booze, women and global success with Fleetwood Mac. But even after a half-century of making incredible music, perhaps his greatest achievement is keeping the wheels on rock’s greatest soap opera

BRICK BY BLACK

For years they watched other bands get the breaks while they didn’t, but The Dirty Nil’s one-step-at-a-time climb has finally paid off

STEVEN WILSON

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

Down Under Pressure

Before Bon Scott became a star with AC/DC, he sang with rising Aussie rockers Fraternity. Following the release of a new box set from the band, his old mates from those days tell their story