Nanci Griffith

WELCOME

T his isn’t the editorial I had planned

This month’s contributors

HENRY YATES Henry Yates is a longtime ClassicRockcontributor

CHARLIE WATTS

June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021

THE STARS PAY TRIBUTE

“I love you my fellow Gemini. I will

RIP

Thank you and good night

Don Everly

February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021

Walter Yetnikoff

August 11, 1933 – August 9, 2021

Plant & Krauss New Album

Meanwhile, the official Led Zep documentary is finished

Bo-Rap 2 Film A Possibility?

Brian May reveals that Queen are “looking at ideas”

NEWS

The man who as a baby featured on

The Barenaked Ladies

They're back with a new album – and the frontman’s secret project with Geddy Lee “that I can’t talk about”

Amyl And The Sniffers

The Aussie punks know their time in the sun could be brief, so they’re shooting for the Moon

MY FIRST LOVE

The Beatles RUBBER SOUL

NEWS

Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth and pop

Herman Rarebell

As well as touring his new art project, he’s itching to set the record straight on his contribution to the Scorpions

Troy Redfern

Hats off to the Herefordshire slide guitar player risking it all for rock‘n’roll

Jane’s Addiction

Been Caught Stealing

Samantha Fish

The Kansas City gunslinger on smashing up guitars, shooting down sexists and shaking off the covid blues

Blacktop Mojo

Hammered Phil Collins covers? Celine Dion karaoke? Just everyday goings-on for this Texan quintet

THE ART OF WAR

Of course, every band and artist will tell you that their latest record is something special. Iron Maiden are no different – except that with the proggy Senjutsu they are right. We talk to Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith and Nicko McBrain about old dogs and a very good new trick

GINGER WILDHEART

His is the story of the young Geordie who grew up with a violent stepfather, eventually escaped into the redemptive arms of rock’n’roll, and went on to become a prolific and acclaimed songwriter whose music has embraced rock, pop, punk, thrash, country, metal and more. While he has operated in many guises, it’s with The Wildhearts that his star has shone brightest

GUITAR’S GREATEST LIVE MOMENTS

A huge amount of rock’n’roll is built on great live guitar work. All the players featured here – and many more besides – have laid down enough killer solos, licks and riffs to fill more magazines than we’ll ever have the time or manpower to make

THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Listening to Don Broco’s new album will leave you fired up. This aggression, combined with a disregard for genre boundaries, has taken the British alt.rockers to the charts and beyond

AT THE SIZE OF IT

At the dawn of the 90s Mr. Big were just another LA hard rock band who could barely get arrested. Then along came monster hit To Be With You, which turned them into accidental pop stars

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Taking the pulse of a world turned to ashes, Mark Tremonti’s fifth album with his own band was born from self-doubt, fears for his unborn child – and a local karaoke bar. “Things weren’t turning around,” he says. “They just kept getting worse.”

Making Their Mark

The essential Tremonti playlist

THE HARD STUFF ALBUMS

Iron Maiden Senjutsu PARLOPHONE Seventeen studio albums in and

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

Grindhouse: wizards of balls-out raunch. Grindhouse Sex Punk

THE HARD STUFF ALBUMS

Roger Taylor Outsider UMUSIC Queen drummer’s sixth solo album,

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Houston: we don’t have a problem. Houston IV

THE HARD STUFF ALBUMS

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Buckingham RHINO Amid much turmoil, the

ROUND-UP: BLUES

Joanne Shaw Taylor: making a statement. CHRISTIE GOODWIN/PRESS Joanne

THE HARD STUFF ALBUMS

Yes The Quest INSIDE OUT MUSIC Prog veterans’ first

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month

THE HARD STUFF REISSUES

SAM EMERSON/PRESS Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy: Deluxe Edition

Uriah Heep

Every Day Rocks BMG

THE HARD STUFF REISSUES

JUERGEN D ENSTHALER Faust 1971-1974 BUREAU B Box

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month

THE HARD STUFF BOOKS & DVDs

GETTY Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story Paul

Siren Artist Management

Even with gigs returning, band manager Adam Parsons sees a difficult future still ahead for the whole live music industry

Solid Entertainments

Promoter Stephen Stanley on getting live gigs back “in a safe way”

Empyre

Playing festivals and tours, they’re out to rebuild lost momentum

Bloodstock

Catton Park, Derbyshire

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Singer, guitarist, songwriter Melissa Etheridge on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to her