Mojo Magazine December 2019 Back Issue

NEIL YOUNG
From high up in the Rockies, the patron saint of Doing Your Thing delivers his latest thunderbolt, forged with the help of weed hits, eco ire and rock’s most storied backing band: Crazy Horse.

MARK LANEGAN
His elemental voice took him from peak grunge to eight-day coma to solo salvation. The takeaway? “You don’t have to get shittier as you get older.”

BETTY WRIGHT
How to survive and thrive in showbiz’s rigged game, with one of ’70s soul’s great unsung voices. “Don’t cry over spilt milk,” she advises.

THE ROLLING STONES From Olympic to Altamont via Hyde Park and Cotchford Farm, Ethan Russell’s peerless photographs tell the story of Let It Bleed, their first masterpiece.

CATE LE BON
In her west Wales hometown with Britain’s most unusual songwriter, fêted by John Cale, Deerhunter and more for psychedelic spirit and studio suss.

LOU REED
As a book of his complete lyrics emerges, Reed’s partner Laurie Anderson offers blazing insight into his world – Rotten Rita, Newspaper Joe and all.

R.E.M.
Folk rock gave way to glam, irony and volume as Athens’ finest unleashed their Monster. Twenty-five years on, the band relive a divisive album and watershed tour.

DEBBIE HARRY
The Blondie singer has told her own story at last: adoption, acid, punk, Bowie’s junk, the secrets and lies. But why did it feel like pulling teeth?