Emma Johnston
Emma has been writing about music for 25 years, and is a regular contributor to Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog and Louder. During that time her words have also appeared in publications including Kerrang!, Melody Maker, Select, The Blues Magazine and many more. She is also a professional pedant and grammar nerd and has worked as a copy editor on everything from film titles through to high-end property magazines. In her spare time, when not at gigs, you’ll find her at her local stables hanging out with a bunch of extremely characterful horses.
Latest articles by Emma Johnston

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"The meat is so sweaty"

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Guitarist and singer Samantha Fish picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the greatest cover version of all time

By Emma Johnston Published
Where many bands coast on past glories thirty years in, Skunk Anansie have served up something special

By Emma Johnston Published
From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

By Emma Johnston Published
The UK punk who conquered the US looks back on his life and the scene that made him on ninth solo album

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With a new album, a new Wildhearts, a new countryside home and a new head-space, Ginger Wildheart is enjoying a new lease of life

By Rich Hobson Published
"Five were f***ing horrible." Skunk Anansie icon Skin shares what it was like being buddies with David Bowie and Lemmy, and run-ins with 90s boybands

By Emma Johnston Published
The former Hüsker Dü/Sugar man with many hats on is getting back to basics on his new album

By Emma Johnston Published
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale has been addicted to rock’n’roll since she was a kid

By Emma Johnston Published
Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label

By Emma Johnston Published
A shiny gold vinyl release as Frank Black's crowning solo glory hits 30

By Emma Johnston Published
Amyl And The Sniffers have really started something. And thank f*** for that

By Emma Johnston Published
Sarcasm and actual tunes as one of rock’s true one-offs resurfaces

By Emma Johnston Published
Praised by Brian May, feted by Eric Clapton and Dolly Parton, Grace Bowers is on the road to stardom – and she's still only 18

By Classic Rock Magazine Published
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more

By Emma Johnston Published
Alice In Chains mainman Jerry Cantrell keeps it dark on solo album number four

By Emma Johnston Published
Good vibes galore on the 11th album from tireless Californian pop-punk lifers The Offspring

By Emma Johnston Published
Riffs and sky-high choruses galore on Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy’s third solo record, The Art Of Letting Go

By Emma Johnston Published
Formed in 1977, highly influential punk rock Los Angelenos X have made what they say is their final album

By Emma Johnston Published
Kings of noise the Jesus Lizard have returned to reclaim their crown

By Emma Johnston Published
Addiction can be beaten. Understand money. Put your partner first. Don’t hold grudges. Clothes maketh the man. These are among the things that shape Duff McKagan's world view

By Emma Johnston Published
Sarcasm and cheap thrills abound from Aussie rockers Dune Rats

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2013 album Asymmetry marked the moment the Australians grew into their own sound – fuelled, they said themselves, by being based at “the arse end of the arse end of the world”
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