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Revenge of Riff Raff

The sordid internet afterlife of a 90s rock magazine

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Riff Raff was a legendary rock magazine based in London in the late 80s and 90s. A genuine working class rock mag, written and edited in a drug-N-Jack-D-fuelled haze, it was just too R n’R for its own good, falling behind more trainspotterly publications like Q, Kerrang, and Mojo. This website is an archive and kind of shrine to the writing of its greatest "hacks," who heroically defy the forces that destroyed the once mighty magazine by continuing to write about music, or at least listen to it through their shattered eardrums.

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Photo: Barrie Cadogan, Little Barrie

December 11, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Barrie Cadogan of Little Barrie on stage at Daikanyama Unit, Tokyo, on 10th December, 2010.
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Photo: James Dean Bradfield, The Manic Street Preachers

November 28, 2010 Add Comment Edit
James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Prechers on stage at Studio Coast in Tokyo on 26th November, 2010. Photo: Colin Liddell
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Photo: Simon Neil, Biffy Clyro

November 18, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil in action at Daikanyama Unit, Tokyo, on March 1st, 2010. Photo: Colin Liddell
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Live: Loud Park 2010 Day One

November 14, 2010 Add Comment Edit
DAY ONE Kicking off at 11am and closing around 10pm on two consecutive days, Loud Park 2010 offered up a grand total of about 22 hours o...
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Interview: Jean Michel Jarre

October 23, 2010 1 Comment Edit
SWATCH OUT! JEAN MICHAEL JARRE OVER EUROPE At a press conference announcing his first ever concert tour, Jean Michael Jarre, the French syn...
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The Fly Column: Axl X Film Review

October 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
The new film by 'Turn-around-bitch-I-wanna-park-my-bike' Lee. Described as "The Angriest Man in America," Axl, called...
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The Fly Column: The Dead Pool

October 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Every month in The Fly column we hope to run a dead pool, a list of those rock n' roll celebrities who are most likely to pop their pro...
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Photo: Loud Park 2010, Day One

October 17, 2010 Add Comment Edit
An "audio photo" of the final three acts at day one of Loud Park 2010. This reveals that Korn was slightly more noisy than Stone ...
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Photo: Kiss

October 17, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Kiss at a London press conference in 1996. Photo Mark Liddell
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Interview: Adam Levine, Maroon 5

October 09, 2010 1 Comment Edit
Maroon 5 get to the soul of pop When a band has a massive first album, as Maroon 5 had with Songs About Jane , it can be the start of an in...
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Photo: Lady Gaga

October 09, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Lady Gaga at Yokohama Arena, 17th of April, 2010. Photo: Colin Liddell
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Interview: Mike Howe & Duke Erickson, Metal Church

October 07, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Mike Howe and Duke Erickson Note:- The first page of this interview is missing. ........playing so fast," opines Duke. "For a w...
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The Fly Column: Coverdale and Page - the True Story

October 04, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Scene : an old abandoned castle next to Loch Ness, Scotland. A stretch-limo pulls up, and David Coverdale gets out.  David [ consulting Ha...
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Interview: Richard Archer, Hard-Fi

October 02, 2010 Add Comment Edit
British rock band Hard-Fi lives up to the hype Obsessed with the need for short-term profits rather than long-term gains, the British...
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Interview: Shannon Hoon, Blind Melon

September 27, 2010 5 Comments Edit
Tripping the Light Fantastic "I can't really pick what song I like the best or shit like that. It's not that simple ...
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Preview: Coldplay, Japan, 2006

September 25, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Coldplay keeps focus on fair trade image What is it with rock stars trying to save the World? Bono has his 'End World Poverty&...
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Album Review: Various "Peace Not War Japan"

September 25, 2010 Add Comment Edit
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (OR AT LEAST BUY THE CD) Nowadays, we live in a time of constant crises and conflict. As soon as one flashpoint in th...
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Live Review: Diamond Head, Milton Keynes Bowl, 5th June, 1993

September 23, 2010 1 Comment Edit
The appearance of Diamond Head was treated with a certain mixture of respect and curiosity by the still slumbering crowd, many of whom, if ...
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Photo: Ian Astbury

September 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Ian Astbury at Studio Coast, Tokyo, 14th of May, 2010 - his 48th birthday! Colin Liddell 14th May, 2010
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Interview: Gary Helsinger, Green Jelly

September 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
"We suck," say Green Jelly. But nobody's this good at being this bad. Inspired lunacy. No sacred cow is left unruffled, wi...
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Interview: Jeff Healey

September 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Blind Man's Bluff? Mark Liddell finds Jeff Healy in outspoken mode as the highly respected guitarist trashes the myth makers . ...
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Preview: Evanescence, Japan 2007

June 30, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Difficult journey to a smooth, mature sound That 'difficult second album' is one of the clichés of rock music, and like most cliché...
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Album Review: The End "Gusto"

June 25, 2010 3 Comments Edit
THE END are a London-based quintet, who have released their debut album, Gusto through Phil Manzanera's (of ROXY MUSIC fame) label, Mad...
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Album Review: Sofie Livebrant, "From Here to Here"

June 25, 2010 Add Comment Edit
The cover art strongly hints at Swedish songbird Sofie Livebrant’s musical talent. Looking like death warmed up (and in dungarees!), she’s o...
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Interview: Monty Colvin, Dane Sonnier, Alan Doss & Ben Huggins, Galactic Cowboys

June 20, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Space Invaders An intriguing band are the GALACTIC COWBOYS. They have recently released their self-titled debut album: a potent m...
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Preview: End of Year Concerts

June 20, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Music to get you in the festive spirit Music tastes differ from person to person, but less well known is that they also vary over time. The...
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The Fly Column: Nevermind the Boll**ks

June 20, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Scene: Courtney Love turns up on Axl Rose's doorstep in LA. She rings the doorbell, which is answered by Duff. Courtney : Hi Duff. Is...
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Live Review: Lady Gaga, Yokohama Arena, 17th April, 2010

April 23, 2010 Add Comment Edit
Lady Gaga is having a sweet, intimate moment. Perched on a piano stool tinkling the ivories in her underwear, she expresses her emot...
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Photo: AC/DC setlist, 12th March, 2010

March 31, 2010 Add Comment Edit
The set list handed out to journalists at AC/DC's gigs at the Saitama Super Arena in March 2010. My notes on their performance, written...
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Photo: Biffy Clyro setlist, 1st March, 2010

March 07, 2010 Add Comment Edit
The songs performed by Biffy Clyro at Daikanyama Unit, Tokyo, on 1st March, 2010. This was the set list used on stage by the band. Photo:...
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Riff Raff was a legendary rock magazine based in London in the late 1980s and 1990s. Edited by the ultimate music biz insider, Mark Crampton, and employing such talents as Mark Blake, Jerry Ewing, Mike Harris, Paul Smith, Chris Collingwood, Alan McCrorie, Simon Robinson, Lyn Guy, Anna Marx, Nick Douglas, Marion Garden, Peter "Grunty" Grant, Joe "The Crow" Mackett, Billy "The Kluck" Kulke, and, lastest and mostest, the incredible Liddell Brothers, Mark (a.k.a. "El Perro") and Colin (a.k.a. "Der Fly"). Unfortunately, Riff Raff 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-D-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 trainspotterly, nerdish, and politically correct 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, some of whom, luckily for the Rock Kosmos, still continue to write about music. This is the REVENGE of Riff Raff...Rock on!


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