WELCOME

Many musicians who have been in massively successful

CLASSIC ROCK

Contributing writers Marcel Anders, Geoff Barton, Tim Batcup,

SUN KING RISING

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Unseen Led Zep Footage Unearthed

Fan-shot film from a 1970 LA show discovered in a drawer.

Queensrÿche

They’re back with a new album, and still with the signature sound they say “will always be in our DNA”.

NEWS

Dave Sherman Died September 6, 2022 Doom-metal veteran

The Rock World Pays Tribute

Queen Elizabeth II April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022

Hendrix At 80

New live album in November.

NEWS

Todd Rundgren releases a new studio album, Space

Archers Of Loaf

Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52.

Birth

Meet the San Diego quartet delivering premium 70s prog elements for modern ears.

Riches from the rock underground

MIRKWOOD

NEWS

UFO had to cancel the final leg of

Gun

With an unplugged album and a new single filled with nostalgia, the Glaswegian band are thrilled to be back.

October Drift

Autumnal alt.rockers prove they belong somewhere with their latest album.

Bonnie Tyler

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Francis Rossi

Status Quo’s grand statesman on un-Royal behaviour, his pal ‘ Reg’ (aka Elton John) and the fear of slowing down.

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts

From punk rock madness to shelved studio albums, Tuk Smith has had no choice but to embrace the chaos.

NICE GUYS Don't Always FINISH LAST

It’s been “a fight from day one”, say Alter Bridge’s Mark Tremonti and Myles Kennedy, but now they are now reaping the rewards. The pair are also living proof that you don’t have to be an asshole to sell loads of records, pack out stadiums and be a rock star in 2022.

HIS BARK MATERIALS

Diamond Dogs was the point at which an unsettled David Bowie was shedding his glam-rock skin and shaping up to become the ‘plastic soul’ man of his next album. It was also, he said, “my most difficult album”.

SAINTS & SINNERS

How the maverick Britrocker survived another messy divorce to shack up with his “bit on the side”: Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

Fronted by vocal powerhouse Joyce Kennedy, Mother’s Finest were simply too ahead of the game: black musicians playing rock. If they’d arrived a decade later they could have been huge

THE LAST STRAW

It’s 35 years since Marillion’s final album with Fish was released, and it was a tumultuous journey for all involved. From the influence of alcohol, to incessant touring schedules and the final, bitter split, this is the inside story behind Clutching At Straws.

A BEATIFUL NOIZE!

With the release of a new box set of Slade live albums, Noddy Holder looks back over the band’s glittering career and recalls the shows that delivered the magic.

ON THROUGH THE NIGHT

Dark times won’t stop the newly chart-bothering Massive Wagons, they assure us – and neither will the bullies, bigots and bent politicians skewered on new album Triggered! As frontman Baz Mills bluntly tells us: “Fuck ’em…”

RAISE YOUR FIST AND YELL

It was the final album the Three Amigos line-up of Motörhead made – and wasn’t their best. Iron Fist, which even Lemmy said was “inferior to anything else we’ve ever done”, marked the end of the band’s golden period.

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta CLOUDS HILL

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

Dead Furies: worth climbing a mountain for. RAUNO

Massive Wagons

Triggered! EARACHE

ROUND-UP: BLUES

Troy Redfern: travelling at pace creatively. ADAM KENNEDY/PRESS

Joe Lynn Turner

Belly Of The Beast MUSIC THEORIES/MASCOT

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month.

Motörhead

Iron Fist (40th Anniv. Edition) SANCTUARY

David Bowie

Moonage Daydream – Music From The Film OST PARLOPHONE

Sweet

Greatest Hitz: The Best Of Sweet 1969-1978 BMG

The Libertines

Up The Bracket ROUGH TRADE

Eric Clapton

The Complete Reprise Studio Albums Vol 1 WARNERS

BEST OF THE REST

Other reissues out this month.

Dio: Dreamers Never Die

BMG

Porcupine Tree

A journey through the masterworks of these defiant prog pioneers – now reunited, revived and raring to go.

Wishbone Ash

Andy Powell launches a new tour with a rejigged line-up and a nostalgic 70s headspace.

Laurence Jones

Guitarist reaches Destination(s) Unknown with his new album.

Coheed And Cambria

The band will be co-headlining with Thrice and are looking forward to fans going “crazy”.

Tour Dates

REVIEWS

Michael Monroe 60th Birthday Bash Helsinki Ice Hall

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Jellyfish founder member and keyboard player Roger Manning Jr on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him