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gals, raking through the past and unearthing those memories we never really forgot, but forgot to quite remember!
InstrumentalThis month we’re making funny noises merely by waving our hands in the air and then we’re taking a good look at a really big organ. Settle down missus, we’re talking Hammonds here – and no, not that one off Top Gear.
Rock On ScreenThis month is a Pink Floyd special; all art house weirdness and exploding piles of vinyl to the fore not to mention the odd giant hammer or two.
Live At Fillmore EastWe’re reached 1969 in our history of New York’s famous venue. The Who launch Tommy, Jimi plays Auld Lang Syne and everyone gets a free tambourine as the 60s draw to an end and the Fillmore hosts a staggering who’s who of rock n roll.
History Of FestivalsOur legendary series this month goes down to Texas for a Pop Festival that was a rock festival, we go to Powder Ridge in Connecticut, buy a tab of acid and get a shot of heroine free, bargain! Then it's off to the East Midlands for a classic British metal fest in 1980. We sit in a massive field with 600,000 others to watch just three bands at Watkins Glen and we fill a Party Seven can of beer with wee and throw it at the stage in Reading 1973. This is the history they don’t teach you in school.
Obscure Guitarist Heaven: Steve Hillage
Everyone knows your Jimis, Jimmys, Jeffs and Erics but in this new series, we look at some of rock’s most brilliant axe men who deserve greater recognition. This month the space-cadet supremo and his glorious Om riff.
Struck From The RecordWe drag out the big heavy rock guns this month with a look at ELP’s Manticore and Deep Purple’s Purple Records. Vanity labels they may have been, but they were also home to some of the most bowel shaking rock music, not to mention the finest Italian progressive rock ever – which we always thought should have been called Spaghetti Rock. We are drunk though.
We tell you how to get your hands on enough money for a night out if you’ve got two very old albums by one of heavy rock’s legendary and critically unpopular bands.
So Uncool they’re Cool….We get our game face on and declare fearlessly that we love Phil Collins and that he is not only a genius but also very cool. Yes, we have worn Hawaiian shirts and no, we never looked as good as Phil. Oh and by the way, the man can play the living hoo-hah out of the drums and hold a tune too. And write a song. Oh and he’s sold 150 million solo records. Yes you read that right. 150 mill. Lend us a tenner till Friday Phil.
State We’re InThis month we pull on our dungarees, say, for no good reason, yee-haw and drink ourselves blind on moonshine. Our celebration of songs with states in the titles has reach the always difficult to spell Tennessee.
Genius: Frank ZappaA mini epic look at the bewildering artistry of Mr Z and his performing guitar. From the Mothers to Varese via the Yellow Shark Orchestra, there is no one before or since who has made Zappa style music. He is peerless in a genre he created for himself. Which when you think about it, is rather clever. Contains references to yellow snow and big…err…thingies.
Fantastic But ForgottenIts late 60s New York this month as we revisit a fantastic blues band that should have been huge and who produced one classic album and one classic FM radio hit: The Blues Project.
Free StuffThis month you can win over four and half hours of Deep Purple, an important folk music movie or get battered by Ronnie James Dio’s mob. This way for free DVDs – yes it really is free. Which is rather cheap really all things considered.
We revisit the golden age of the EP, a genre of 7 inch waxings that were both glamorous and great value; four tracks for the price of only slightly more than a normal single, EPs even had their own chart for a while. The Beatles Twist And Shout is a classic and says so much about the era it comes from.
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