After years of promising to fulfil their potential, Welsh rockers, the Manics finally came through with a great album in 1998's ...
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Album Review: "Achtung Baby" U2
Another chapter of history is about to take shape as U2 serve up their first studio album since 87's Joshua Tree and 88's Rattl...
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Maxi Single Review: Kishidan "One Night Carnival"
I only ever watch the Japanese pop charts to see the videos of cute girl singers. But, just occasionally, among all the derivative po...
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Album Review: "Crime Pays" Thunderhead
Still very much woven into the tapestry that makes up a familiar pattern. Confused? Yo!...we are laying down the quilt of Hard Rock, s...
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Revenge Recommends: "America" by Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie is now best known for his straight acting role as the title character in the American medical drama series "House"...
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Live Review: Phil Collins, Wembley Arena, 1990
The Phil Collins tour machine comes to town for a record-breaking stint of god knows how many nights at first the Royal Albert Hall a...
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VIDEO REVIEW: "EDGEPLAY - A FILM ABOUT THE RUNAWAYS"
On my Facebook page, I humorously remarked about how Lars Von Trier's Melancholia is probably not the celebratory, good time film...
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Album Review: Big Country "Buffalo Skinners"
This album is like one of those Westerns where the homestead has been burned down, the womenfolk raped and murdered, and the cattle dri...
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VIDEO REVIEW: QUEENSRYCHE, "BUILDING EMPIRES"
10 years of growth encapsulated in one long-form video. 100 minutes in which to watch Queensryche grow from over made-up glam boys to &q...
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Album Review: Y&T, "Ten"
After perhaps a little too long in the dark Y&T have returned triumphant. The pitiful flicker of interest in 1987's Contagious, ...
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INTERVIEW: BRET MICHAELS, POISON
Joe Mackett unearths the truth behind the split, the recruitment of fretboard wizard Richie Kotzen, and the Native Tongue opus from an ex...
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Interview: Mark Rankin, Gun
Gunning for Glory The first time Gun and myself met was in an empty Town and Country Club, as the band were soundchecking prior ...
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Interview: Denis D'Amour, Voivod
FAR OUT From Quebec, Voivod, a band whose songs are inspired by the realms of Science Fiction. They're also a band who&...
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Preview: Delorean
The Argentinian writer and Nobel laureate Jorge Luis Borges once described the Basques as "a people who throughout history have don...
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Live Review: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, 20th April 1992
A chance for a load of stars to get all gushy over one of their kind who died of AIDs. Not the kind of gig you want to attend in pers...
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Interview: Yngwie Malmsteen
I DID IT MY WAY Swedish guitar maestro Yngwie Malmsteen tells Mark Crampton why he put the 'ice' on his recording deal...
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Photo: The Day They Stole Abbey Road
This is a picture showing the famous Beatles crossing in front of the Abbey Road studios in St. John's Wood, London. I used to live ...
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Album Review: Little Barrie, "King of the Waves"
Sometimes described as "the world's best rockabilly-soul-funk-surfer-mod-blues band," Little Barrie have hooked up with or...
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