YES – Every Album, Every Song in the 80’s
The eighties was the decade in which the wheels came off the wagon for Yes. After a glorious decade in the seventies, they’d approached...
Decades: Uriah Heep in the 70s
As a fan of Uriah Heep since Look At Yourself in 1971, I inevitably wondered if a book charting the first decade of the...
Big Big Train – Between the Lines; the story of a rock band
Grant Moon … (Burning Shed ..hardback, £49.99)
Some bands explode onto the scene and make an immediate impact, while others take an eternity to...
Steve Hackett – Every album, every track
For Steve Hackett’s prodigious output of solo releases since 1975’s Voyage Of The Acolyte, twenty-seven and counting, excluding ‘live’ albums and collaborations - we...
BON JOVI 1984-94, A Photographic History by Ross Halfin
Bon Jovi is the latest book of pictures by photographer to the rock gods, Ross Halfin. It runs to 400 pages and this unique...
MATT PHILLIPS Answers the Ultimate Question about Dance Rock: Level 42
This is a book of groove and virtuosity... gloriously abundant & dignified —
Dave Barbarossa novel ‘Mute’ – A story about rock’n’roll, and the lies we tell...
It’s 1999 and Daniel Earl is 25 and now famous. He’s the keyboard maestro in a band which’s become successful, with his bandmates Dave...
GONG – On Track: Every Song, Every Album
Not too many bands can ever claim to have come from their own planet, or to create their own universe, but so successful...
Book Review: ‘Bullet for my Valentine: Scream Aim Conquer’ by Ben Welch
A traditional Welsh Cawl is made by filling a pot with bacon pieces, leek, lamb chops, handfuls of oatmeal and spoons of flour, slices...
The Band FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Fathers of Americana
While I was growing up, I was hugely into the typical stuff, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin etc, much like most...