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HENRIK FREISCHLANCER BAND

“HAVING US ON STAMPS IS QUITE A THING FOR ME”

Steve Harris talks to CR about Iron Maiden being honoured by the Royal Mail.

RIP

Thank you… and good night.

Terry Hall

March 19, 1959 – December 18, 2022

Kim Simmonds

December 5, 1947 – December 13, 2022

Rick Anderson

August 1, 1947 – December 16, 2022

Jet Black

August 26, 1938 – December 6, 2022

Vivienne Westwood

April 8, 1941 – December 29, 2022

Lydon Wants PiL To Be Eurovision 2023 Entry

Although he says the competition is “disgusting”.

Iggy/DC?

Pop claims he was approached to join Angus and co!

NEWS

Dee Snider opened a can of worms by

Wig Wam

Frontman Åge Sten Nilsen on straitjackets, cognac, and getting into character as his crazed alter-ego Glam.

Connor Selby

Meet the latest young blueser finding a future from digging into the genre’s rich past.

THE SHIVER

Walpurgis, Maris Musik, Germany, 1969. £1,400.

NEWS

Steven Tyler is facing a lawsuit from a

The Winery Dogs

Drummer Mike Portnoy on power trios, bad band names and why these Dogs are the modern-day Who.

MY FIRST LOVE

Soundgarden SUPERUNKNOWN

NEWS

With his next batch of tour dates due

The Subways

Stars of the British noughties guitar wave return to form with their new album, eight years after the last one.

Dangereens

Fancy a ‘pocket symphony of hard times and gorgeous melodies’? Us too. Get in!

King’s X

Goldilox

Steve Vai

The virtuoso’s virtuoso on his lost biker-rock record, its doomed singer, and terrifying moments on two wheels.

JEFF BECK

June 24, 1944 – January 10, 2023

AGE IS JUST A NUMBER; ROCK’N’ROLL IS FOREVER

They might not have achieved the status or sales of the other three bands in the unofficial Big Four of Big Rock, but Uriah Heep have stayed the course for 50-plus years and are currently enjoying a new golden era.

A HEROES' JOURNEY

Too musicianly and too old for the ‘punk’ tag to fit, The Stranglers were nevertheless its bad boys. Hugh Cornwell tells the story of their summer-of-punk-classic second album.

MAGNUM OPUS

It’s a heart-warming story: in 1972 a teenage hopeful’s many-times-rejected demo finds its way into the hands of the maverick young boss of a new label, who decides to give it a go. The eventual result is a commercial and cultural phenomenon: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells.

Black Star Riders

Wrong Side Of Paradise EARACHE

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE ROCK

The Oxys: fist-raising, torn-jeans, dead-inthe-gutter rock’n’roll. The Oxys

Those Damn Crows

Inhale/Exhale EARACHE

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Ten: an album of delicate sophistication. Ten Something

Dinosaur Jr

Puke + Cry: The Sire Years 1990-1997 CHERRY RED

S*M*A*S*H / These Animal Men

The New Wave Of New Wave DEMON

Various

Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s Volume 2: The Freakbeat & Psych Years EDSEL

Heavy Metal Kids

The Albums 1974-76 CHERRY RED

In The Court Of The Crimson King: King Crimson At 50

PANEGYRIC

Ry Cooder

Whether reshaping roots music or making emotive soundtracks, Cooder’s records have always reflected that X factor called class.

Essential

Classics

Superior

Reputation cementing

Good Worth exploring

Chicken Skin Music REPRISE, 1976 While punk burned

Avoid

Blue City OST WARNER BROS, 1986 You won’t

Essential Playlist

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times

Black Star Riders

The boys are back in town, for a tour beginning in February.

Jesse Malin

The Big Apple troubadour plays a 20th-anniversary tour.

Stone Broken

Titled Come Closer, phase two of the tour for 2022’s Revelation takes them to more intimate venues.

The Cure

London Wembley Arena

Fields Of The Nephilim

London Shepherds Bush Empire

Clutch

London The Roundhouse As reliable as taxes.

Frank Turner

Tunbridge Wells Forum

Alter Bridge/Halestorm/ Mammoth WVH

London 02 Arena

Volbeat / Skindred/ Napalm Death

London Wembley Arena

The Hu

Birmingham O2 Institute

The Dead Daisies / FM / Graham Bonnet Band

London Kentish Town The Forum

Therapy?

Stoke-on-Trent The Sugarmill

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Skindred frontman Benji Webbe, on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

Royal Mail

royalmail.com/ironmaiden

Chrysalis CATALOGUE

STONE DEAD

STONEDEADFESTIVAL.CO.UK

KISS

KISSONLINE.COM ROBOMAGICLIVE.COM

URIAH HEEP

WWW.URIAH-HEEP.COM WWW.SL-MUSIC.NET

THE GUITAR SHOW

WWW.THEGUITARSHOW.CO.UK

THE GIG CARTEL

THEGIGCARTEL.COM

JOE BONAMASSA

JBONAMASSA.COM

The Damaned

Hollywood Vampires

BONNIE RAITT

SUZI QUATRO

TO GETHER WE'RE LOUDER

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