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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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Colin Liddell (168) Mark Liddell (104) Joe Mackett (48) Mark Crampton (46) The Fly (23) Edwin Oslan (16) Simon Robinson (12) Peter Grant (10) Billy Kulke (9) Andy Nowicki (8) C.B.Liddell (8) Mike Harris (8) Paul Smith (8) Pippa Lang (8) Jerry Ewing (7) Lyn Guy (7) Marion Garden (6) Dan Grunebaum (5) Fred Varcoe (5) Nick Douglas (5) Nina Kouprianova (5) Alan McCrorie (4) Christopher Franklin (4) Mark Blake (4) Amanda Gentle (3) Anna Crampton (3) Julie Wilby (3) Matt Forney (3) Anna Marx (2) Chris Collingwood (2) Claudia Cooper (2) Dan Para (2) Geoff Banks (2) Jonathan Crampton (2) Mark Reynolds (2) Mark Termeer (2) Raymond Wilson (2) Suzi Elizabeth (2) Alison Burke (1) Blasting Vickers (1) Colin Goddard (1) Dirk Gently (1) Judy Lawley (1) Maggie Vapnargard (1) Mark Hadley (1) Paule Saviano (1)

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Salman Rushdie, under sentence of death by the Ayatollah's of Iran, stands on the stage in front of 72,000 with Bono's Satani...
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According to Bono, Zooropa was a snapshot rather than a rock'n'roll record. Recorded quickly, there is a further shift in the so...
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Summer Sonic to make some noise Largely inspired by English role models, the Japanese Summer music festival season has pretty much se...
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Album Review: John Wetton, "Raised In Captivity"

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British singer/songwriter John Wetton has treaded the boards with rock royalty and as such his sixth solo album is the latest gem in a c...
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Preview: Fuji Rock & Summer Sonic, 2008

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Album Review: Great White, "Elation"

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Album Review: Mr. Big, "What If..."

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Interview: Tony Clarkin, Magnum

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Album Review: Rush, "Clockwork Angels"

June 13, 2012 Add Comment Edit
In their time Rush have produced some of the finest recorded moments in rock history, be it guitar-driven hard rock, their late '70...
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Album Review: The Cult, "Choice of Weapon"

June 11, 2012 1 Comment Edit
If Ian Astbury had been at the Battle of the Little Big Horn he would have joined the Indians and still have got scalped as a paleface....
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Live Review: Nymphs, Marquee, 1992

June 09, 2012 Add Comment Edit
The natives are getting restless. Inger's late. Rumour has it that she can't find her favourite floppy stage hat. Truth is th...
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Video Review: Iron Maiden, "En Vivo"

June 05, 2012 Add Comment Edit
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Interview: Spike & Guy Bailey, The Quireboys

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Best Bitter A Bit Of What You Fancy established the Quireboys as bona fide British contenders. However, management changes, product...
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Album Review: Saxon, "Call To Arms"

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Call To Arms is the sum of the 30 years Saxon have been riding the proverbial Wheels Of Steel. Amidst the galloping, anthemic Heavy M...
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Album Review: Accept, "Stalingrad"

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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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