CLASSIC ROCK

Established 1998 Editor Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Those

WELCOME

Let’s be honest, rock concert films can be

GET ’EM WHILE THEY’RE HOT!

Record Store Day returns on April 12.

RECORD STORY DAY UK

Here’s a mini-checklist of what’s on offer this year.

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

Mike Ratledge

May 6, 1943 – February 5, 2025

Joey Molland

June 21, 1947 – March 1, 2025

Jamie Muir

July 4, 1945 – February 17, 2025

Dave Jerden

July 25, 1949 – February 5, 2025

Roberta Flack

February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025

David Johansen

January 9, 1950 – February 28, 2025

Rick Buckler

December 6, 1955 – February 17, 2025

Bad Co. And Crowes For Hall Of Fame?

But Maiden and Motörhead are overlooked again.

Sabbath Villa Park Update

Ozzy will be doing “little bits and pieces” with the band.

NEWS

Luke Morley releases his third solo album, Walking

Lacuna Coil

With a splendid new album, after 30 years the Italian gothic metallers are showing no signs of slowing down.

Sons Of Silver

With Springsteen a guiding hand, their big riffs and big choruses suggest big things to come.

Page “Humbled” By Film Success

But Jimmy fears AI proposal as “exploitation”.

Nirvana reunite – again!

This time with Post Malone fronting the band.

NEWS

Mötley Crüe were forced to postpone a Las

Bumblefoot

The one-time GN’R guitarist is now solo again, and has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it.

Himalayas

Meet the Welsh rockers with stadium experience and a co-write with Brian Johnson.

Bush Glycerine

A song that its writer thought he’d ripped off from someone else’s at first, it became their biggest US hit and helped its parent album Sixteen Stone sell more than six million copies.

Steven Wilson

Mr Busy on his new solo album, the wonder of space, being a control freak , being prog (or not), Porcupine Tree…

The Damn Truth

They were saved by the rock community, they’re produced by Bob Rock and dug by Billy Gibbons, they’re true to themselves…

AF**KIN' WASTE OF GOOD SMACK

CR presents the first in an exclusive series from Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

THE ITALIAN JOB

Lights! Camera! Music! Problems. With an updated version about to hit cinema screens, we look at the making of Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii , with recollections from drummer Nick Mason, director Adrian Maben and the man behind the new mix, Steven Wilson.

A PRAYER ANSWERED

With the way paved by monster hit Livin’ On A Prayer , Bon Jovi ’s world-conquering third album Slippery When Wet propelled the band to superstardom in a blaze of perfect-rock glory.

THE NOT SO ODD COUPLE

On paper it might look like a strange marriage, but Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and one-time shredder Richie Kotzen ’s joint musical venture is no vanity project.

ON THE RUN

For a while in the late 70s, Gary Moore was the hottest guitarist in the coolest rock band around. After leaving Thin Lizzy he made some creditable solo albums in the early 80s, then he struck rock gold with Run For Cover .

TOAST OF THE TOWN

The Darkness have always been – in their own words – uncool, but it’s their defiance that makes them the eccentrics that they are, as demonstrated on new album Dreams On Toast .

WHEN IN ROME

Actor Stephen Dorff on his appearance on The Darkness track Weekend In Rome .

MAKING WAVZ

Second time’s a charm for Rush’s Alex Lifeson as he returns with a new album alongside his collaborators in Envy Of None . “I want to expand my horizons,” the guitarist says.

THE NAME OF THE GAME

As A Boy Named Goo turns 30, Goo Goo Dolls John Rzeznik and Robby Takac tell the story of the album that took them from an underground punk/alt.rock group to the mainstream.

THE HOT LIST

ARIES PHOTOGRAPHY NOLA/PRESS With spring almost upon us

Masters Of Reality

The Archer MASCOT

Amplifier

Gargantuan ROCKOSMOS

The Residents

Doctor Dark CHERRY RED

The Waterboys

Life, Death And Dennis Hopper SUN

Herman Rarebell & Friends

What About Love METALVILLE

Wolfgang Flür

Times CHERRY RED

Dave Stewart

Dave Does Dylan SURFDOG

Giovannie And The Hired Guns

Quitter FAT POSSUM

Santana

Sentient CANDID

Epica

Aspiral NUCLEAR BLAST

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

The Getmines: chunky riffs and arena-rocking choruses. PRESS

Envy Of None

Stygian Waves KSCOPE

My Morning Jacket

Is ATO

Dead Meadow

Voyager To Voyager HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS

Butler, Blake & Grant

Butler, Blake & Grant 355 RECORDINGS

Raging Speedhorn

Night Wolf SPINEFARM

The Horrors

Night Life FICTION

Bryan Ferry And Amelia Barrett

Loose Talk DENE JESMOND

Don Airey

Pushed To The Edge EARMUSIC

Mark Morton

Without The Pain SNAKEFARM

IQ

Dominion GEP

ROUND-UP: COUNTRY

Bed Of Roses could be Caylee Hammack’s

Those Damn Crows

God Shaped Hole EARACHE

Motorpsycho

DET NORDENFJELDSKE GRAMMOFONSELSKAB

Bloodywood

Nu Delhi FEARLESS

Reagan Youth

Life And Times Revisited Volume III CLEOPATRA

The Damn Truth

The Damn Truth SPECTRA MUSIQUE

Phil X & The Drills

POW! Right In The Kisser FRONTIERS

Tyla J Pallas

Gilding The Lily KING OUTLAW

Mitch Ryder

With Love RUFF

L.A. Guns

Leopard Skin CLEOPATRA

Love Is Noise

To Live In A Different Way CENTURY MEDIA

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Gotthard: a return of the joie de vivre

Smith/Kotzen

Black Light/White Noise BMG

Gin Lady

Before The Dawn Of Time RIPPLE MUSIC

The Night Flight Orchestra

Give Us The Moon NAPALM

Powder Chutes

Powder Chutes POWDER CHUTES

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month.

Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate

Punk Rock Fiesta! KENYON

Dirty Honey

Mayhem & Revelry Live DIRT

Dead Pioneers

Po$t American HASSLE

Cradle Of Filth

The Screaming Of The Valkyries NAPALM

Miki Berenyi Trio

Tripla BELLA UNION

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes

Live At The Greek (25th Anniversary Edition) THE ORCHARD

Quireboys

Hey You! The Parlophone Years 1989-1993 LEMON/CHERRY RED

Alter Bridge

One Day Remains (20th Anniversary) CRAFT The

Pentangle

The Albums 1968-1972 SVART

Wishbone Ash

At The BBC 1970 – 1988 MADFISH

Various

Motor City Is Burning: Michigan Anthology

Van Der Graaf Generator

World Record ESOTERIC

Dio

The Complete Albums 1983-1993 UMR/MERCURY

Rush

R50 UME/MERCURY/ANTHEM RECORDS

Motörhead

Motörhead ACE

Various

Time! Gentlemen! Pub Rock Rhythm ’N Grooves & Rarities 1974-1982 CHERRY RED

Various

Jingle Jangle Morning: The 1960s U.S. Folk-Rock Explosion CHERRY RED RECORDS

Andy Summers And Robert Fripp

The Complete Recordings 1981-1984 PANEGYRIC

Big Big Train

Bard ENGLISH ELECTRIC RECORDINGS

Cowboy Junkies

Whites Off Earth Now!! COOKING VINYL

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac 1975 To 1987 RHINO

Yes

Close To The Edge Super Deluxe Edition RHINO

Midlife Crisis

33 Goes 45 WILD KINGDOM

Oasis

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants BIG BROTHER RECORDINGS

Various

Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction To German Electronic Music 1970- 1980 BUREAU B

Roger Waters

The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux Box COOKING VINYL

The Folk Implosion

Dare To Be Surprised JOYFUL NOISE

Camel

Reissues ESOTERIC

Pete Townshend

The Studio Albums UNIVERSAL MUSIC RECORDINGS

One To One: John & Yoko

Dir: Kevin MacDonald DOGWOOF

Bowieland (Walking In The Footsteps Of David)

Peter Carpenter MONORAY

The Yardbirds: The Most Blueswailing Futuristic Way-Out Heavy Beat Sound

Peter Stanfield REAKTION

Smile: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection Of Brian Wilson

David Leaf OMNIBUS PRESS

London Calling New York New York

Peter Silverton ROCKET 88

Men Of A Certain Age

Kate Mossman NINE EIGHT BOOKS

Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love A People’s History

Richard Houghton SPENWOOD

The Pretenders

Pulling together strands of various music styles, Chrissie Hynde steered the regularly changing band to deserved major success.

Essential Classics

Pretenders REAL, 1980 Conflating punk, new

Superior Reputation cementing

Pretenders II SIRE, 1981 Having released

Good Worth exploring

¡Viva El Amor! WARNER BROS., 1999

Avoid

Loose Screw ARTEMIS, 2002 There’s no

Essential Playlist

Precious Pretenders Tattooed Love Boys Pretenders

LEVE!

Asia

The Geoff Downes-led new line-up play the band’s first three albums, one per night, in April.

Tygers Of Pan Tang

The band show their claws at headline shows and festivals.

Kula Shaker

The current tour ends in May, and you might hear some brand-new songs from the next album.

Tour Dates

Uriah Heep

London Palladium

Opeth

London The Roundhouse

Frank Black

London Palladium

The Godfathers

London The Garage

Nick Lowe And Los Straitjackets

Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion

Beth Hart

London Eventim Apollo

Frank Turner

London Alexandra Palace

Peter Perrett

London Islington Assembly Hall

Split Dogs

London The Grace

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Deep Purple guitarist and solo artist Simon McBride on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him