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DUSTY HILL

May 19, 1949 – July 27, 2021

THE STARS PAY TRIBUTE

TONY IOMMI “Sorry to hear about Dusty Hill,

RIP

Thank you and good night

BURIED TREASURE

Riches from the rock underground

Medicine Head

John Fiddler, one half of the original duo, looks back on early fame and forward to a possible re-formation

The Dead Deads

Meet the trio taking from Kiss’s book on how to make it, and Queen’s on how to play it

Cardinal Black

They’ve had iTunes hits, but promise that with their debut album “the best is yet to come”

Brian Setzer

The Stray Cats guitarist and big-band leader on “sexy” rockabilly, quiffs, moving to the UK, and being a heartthrob

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

The country-rockers on close encounters with marine life, backing Neil Young and continuing a family tradition

The HOT List

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

The Wildhearts

21st Century Love Songs GRAPHITE

ROUND-UP: BLUES

GA-20: walking the Dog with style. GA-20 Does

Manic Street Preachers

The Ultra Vivid Lament COLUMBIA

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Newman: earworms aplenty. Newman Into The Monsters’ Playground

KK’s Priest

Sermons Of The Sinner EX1

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month

Metallica

Metallica celebrate the 30th anniversary of their none-more-black classic with an army of famous friends

Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher 50th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Box Set UMC

Van Der Graaf Generator

The Charisma Years 1970-1978 VIRGIN/UNIVERSAL

Caravan

Who Do You Think We Are? MADFISH

BEST OF THE REST

Other reissues out this month

Rainbow In The Dark

Ronnie James Dio with Mick Wall & Wendy Dio CONSTABLE

Mutt Lange

His production technique might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange has overseen many classic albums

Saxon

Frontman Biff Byford hopes it’ll be fourth time lucky for the band’s ‘40th-anniversary’ tour

The Robin 2

Promoter and events co-ordinator Brett Hall on the Midlands music venue

Vans For Bands

The transport company’s Tarrant Anderson talks about how lockdown hit business, but how they were able to help the NHS

Tour Dates

Steelhouse Festival

Hafod-y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Wales

Stand Up And Shout For Ronnie James Dio’s Birthday

Dio Cancer Fund livestream

Mastodon

Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, USA

Within Temptation

The Aftermath: A Show In A Virtual Reality

Anthrax

40th Anniversary Celebration

Saving Grace

Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion

Bob Dylan

Marseille Shadow Kingdom, Bon Bon Club

Jamie Lenman

Birmingham The Castle & Falcon

The Lovely Eggs

London Highbury The Garage

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Well-travelled guitarist Bernie Marsden on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

30 MILLION PEOPLE CAN'T BE WRONG

By 1991, Metallica were a big fish in a relatively small pond. Then that summer they released the album Metallica. A multimillion-selling, game-changing monster, it sold far wider than to just the metal masses, and within months the band were catapulted into the super-league. Thirty years on, this is its story

CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION

With plenty of current and historical events in their native Canada to fuel their fire and ire, Crown Lands’ music wraps punk spirit in a luxury prog package that “draws a lot from Genesis and Yes and Rush”

DAYS & SUMMERS

In our exclusive extract and images from Janis Joplin’s fascinating scrapbook, bandmates, friends and family talk about that voice, her band Big Brother & The Holding Company, their classic Cheap Thrills album, and the largely unseen Janis behind the public persona

POWER GAMES

Plunged into anxiety hell by covid-19, Danko Jones’ dreams of rock stardom never seemed more impossible. Fortunately, new album Power Trio brings the band roaring back to life, with their sights set on conquering the world one riff at a time

SIX PACK

Danko Jones picks some rising bands that rev his engine

THE SECOND COMING

After quitting The Temperance Movement under a cloud, their former vocalist Phil Campbell says his new band The Byson Family is his rebirth.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DAVID CROSBY

Drugs can be dangerous. Don’t believe the hype. Global warming is real. America might be doomed. Life is short. Love works. Racists are stupid. These are just some of the things that shape his world view

NO LAUGHINGH MATTER

With covid still taking lives, and the Manic Street Preachers having have undergone their fair share of emotional upheaval recently, it’s little wonder their new album has its melancholic side

HEAVY METAL THUNDER

After more than 40 years with Judas Priest, guitarist KK Downing is loving life with his own band, but he still harbours grudges about his departure, and is still disappointed that he wasn’t asked back

WHATEVER HAPPEND TO THE HEROES

Forty-four years on from their first hit and almost 10 since their last album, The Stranglers have weathered storms and return with a new record dedicated to their late keyboard player