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This month’s contributors

NIALL DOHERTY Niall Doherty is a music journalist

Shoot To Thrill

Classic rock images available on wearables, mugs, tote bags and other items

RIP

Thank you and good night

Tawny Kitaen

August 5, 1961 – May 7, 2021

Florian Pilkington-Miksa

June 3, 1950 – May 20, 2021

Phil Naro

March 13, 1958 - May 2, 2021

“He told whopping porky pies”

Roger Waters aims new blows at David Gilmour

NEWS

Iron Maiden will not be inducted to the

Counting Crows

Frontman Adam Duritz on mental illness, dairy produce, romance, the band’s new EP and shaving off his dreads

Megadeth fire Dave Ellefson

Bassist is ‘let go’ following accusations of “grooming”

Mojothunder

With a 9/10 review last issue for their debut, here’s a rock’n’roll band you need to listen to

SOCRATES DRANK THE CONIUM

Riches from the rock underground

NEWS

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has had a

MY FIRST LOVE

The Doors L.A. WOMAN

NEWS

A newly remastered version of Nightwish‘s album Once

Doogie White

The well-travelled singer on his solo album, fronting Alcatrazz and working with ‘difficult’ artists

Rich Ragany And The Digressions

Meet the former Role Model who’s making happiness from heartache with his new band

Wishbone Ash

Blowin’ Free

Dennis DeYoung

The former Styx singer on bowing out, his new album, and the disappointment of no last Styx reunion tour

Gojira

The French metallers on their spooky house, the influence of Mike Oldfield, and inspiring people to change the world

Weezer

Perennially boyish punk-poppers pay sunny homage to 80s glam-metal

ROUND-UP: MELODIC ROCK

Hardline: a band having fun. Hardline Heart, Mind

Stöner

Ex-Kyuss duo reunite to try to rekindle old glories on this debut, with varying results

ROUND-UP: BLUES

John Hiatt (left): blues with country flavourings. ZACH

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

He’s worked with Neil Young and Lady Gaga, but Willie’s boy has his own thing going too

ROUND-UP: SLEAZE

The Boatsmen: a facemelting masterclass. The Boatsmen Versus

Styx

American AOR veterans’ spirited, pandemic-defying return

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month

Motörhead

One of the greatest live albums, now greater

Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers

Unholy grail completes six-decade sonic saga

Def Leppard

Joe Elliott does a thorough job curating Leppard’s 21st-century collection

BEST OF THE REST

Other new releases out this month

You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: The Biography Of Nico

Discovering the woman behind the enigma

Thunder

The British rockers have rarely come up short over their 30-year-plus recording career. Let’s take a closer look…

Essential Classics

Back Street Symphony EMI, 1990 The youthful ebullience

Superior Reputation cementing

All The Right Noises BMG, 2021 Recently Luke

Good Worth exploring

Behind Closed Doors EMI, 1995 Although Thunder’s third

Avoid

The Thrill Of It All B LUCKY, 1997

Essential Playlist

Dirty Love Back Street Symphony Backstreet Symphony Back

Tour Dates

Festivals

An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World

The Islanders Arms A glacial display of superiority

Electric Boys

Ups!de Down livestream 

Cradle Of Filth

‘Dracula Spectacular’ livestream 

Gruff Rhys

London Islington Assembly Hall

The Soundtrack Of My Life

Singer, songwriter, radio host and actor  Dee Snider  on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him

LOOKING IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR

Thirty years in, Pearl Jam’s story is one of fame, fortune, fighting to keep control of their career, their destiny and their integrity, and having to suffer more than their fair share of tragedy. “We’ve always looked out for each other,” says Eddie Vedder. It’s what’s kept them going

MIKE McCREADY ON TEN

PJ’s guitarist looks back at the making and the aftermath of their game-changing debut

THE SEVEN WEEKS THAT CHANGED ROCK

The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)

METALLICA

METALLICA

POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE

SPIN DOCTORS

ROLL THE BONES

RUSH

ON EVERY STREET

DIRE STRAITS

PSYCHOTIC SUPPER

TESLA

NO MORE TEARS OZZY

OSBORNE

PRETTY ON THE INSIDE

HOLE

USE YOUR ILLUSION

GUNS N’ ROSES

SCREAMADELICA

Bobby Gillespie: “We always believed we were fucking

TROMPE LE MONDE

PIXIES

WRETCH

KYUSS

BADMOTORFINGER

SOUNDGARDEN

NEVERMIND

NIRVANA

BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

LUST FORLIFE

A collaboration between Cult guitarist Billy Duffy and The Alarm frontman Mike Peters when their main bands are inactive, Coloursøund is a labour of love rather than a ‘supergroup’

The Hendrix Of The Sahara

With its West African grooves, his Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar mastery, soul-steeped vocals and a socio-political theme, Mdou Moctar‘s new album looks set to take him out of Africa and on to the world stage

MAN DOWN. AGAIN.

After Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, the band responded with the then biggest-selling album of their career. When Steve Hackett left two years later, could they survive this second loss? In our exclusive book extract, Collins, Rutherford, Banks and Hackett tell how they again triumphed in the face of adversity. 

THE CROW ROAD

Given the musical talent on board and Led Zep’s manager behind them, Stone The Crows should have been a success story.  Instead it’s one of tragic death and unfulfilled potential

As The Crow Flies

A six-song essential STC playlist

The HOT List

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

The Sheepdogs

Keep On Loving You

Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves

I Want You

Don Broco

Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan

Steven Wilson

Anyone But Me

The Tea Party

Summertime

IDestroy

G.O.D

Tigercub

Beauty

Who Are... Lovebreakers?

Singer/guitarist Jack Perry answers our questions

Lovebreakers

Family Man

The Glorious Sons

Daylight