Revenge of Riff Raff

CIRCLE OF SOUL's debut opus Hand Of Faith is one of the best records I've had my grubby little paws on all year. This LA-based,...

Album Review: Steve Hackett, "Genesis Revisited II"

November 15, 2012 Add Comment

What are we to make of Steve Hackett's penchant for occasionally going back to his Genesis roots, cherry picking the best songs fr...

Revenge Recommends: "Spirit Of 76" by The Alarm

November 09, 2012 Add Comment

A paean to youthful idealism (or juvenile naivety), Spirit of '76 was the epitome of the Alarm's earnest and heartfelt 1980s C...

Preview: Sheryl Crow

November 07, 2012 Add Comment

Sheryl Crow: Getting Personal with Politics If Barack Obama succeeds in becoming the 44th US President following the November 4th e...

Album Review: Gun, "Break the Silence"

November 02, 2012 Add Comment

It's possibly the greatest humiliation in rock. Gun, after all the great Glaswegian rock they have produced, are still best known fo...

Live Review: Gun, The Astoria, 12th February, 1990

November 02, 2012 Add Comment

TOP SHOTS Gun are on the brink of a big breakthrough that others like The Quireboys and Texas have managed to achieve. And judging...

Revenge...?

RIFF RAFF was a legendary rock magazine based in London in the late 1980s and 1990s. Unfortunately, it was just too R n' R for its own good. A genuine working class rock mag, written, edited, and translated into 16 European languages in a drug-n-Jack-Daniels-fuelled haze, often on the back of motorbikes, with spell checking by our staff of attentive rock bimbos (chosen purely for their blondeness and big knockers), it soon fell behind more nerdy and woke publications like Q, Kerrang, Mojo, Metal Hammer, and Horse & Hound. This website is an archive and kind of shrine dedicated to the writing of its greatest writers... BUT it is also a place for new talent to rise and shine. So, don't be shy! In the words of the immortal Fly, send in your "news, blues, and reviews" - and even interviews if you've got the balls to buttonhole your heroes!