
Geoff Barton
Geoff Barton is a British journalist who founded the heavy metal magazine Kerrang! and was an editor of Sounds music magazine. He specialised in covering rock music and helped popularise the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) after using the term for the first time (after editor Alan Lewis coined it) in the May 1979 issue of Sounds.
Latest articles by Geoff Barton

Peter Hammill - From The Trees album review
By Geoff Barton published
Sparse of instrumentation yet filled with meaning and emotion as mortality beckons

Jake E. Lee - 10 pivotal moments from a rollercoaster career in rock
By Geoff Barton published
Ten vital videos from Jake E Lee's three-decade ride on rock's great merry-go-round

The story of Black Sabbath in the 70s
By Geoff Barton published
Ozzy’s career with Black Sabbath lasted for almost the entire 1970s – and it changed rock forever. Here he looks back over the decade that made his career, invented heavy metal, and more.

Cozy Powell - The Polydor Years album review
By Geoff Barton published
Not yet ratedTriple tub-thumping trauma

A II Z - The Witch Of Berkeley album review
By Geoff Barton published
Live and not so dangerous

Grand Funk Railroad - Trunk Of Funk Vol 1/Trunk Of Funk Vol 2 album review
By Geoff Barton published
Bulging Trunks – no budgie-smugglers here

Ronnie Montrose - 10x10 album review
By Geoff Barton published
Hit-and-miss collection of the late guitar maestro’s unfinished works

Riot -The Official Bootleg Box Set 1976-1980 album review
By Geoff Barton published
A live Riot in your home, six times over

Hard Stuff - The Complete Purple Records Anthology 1971-1973 album review
By Geoff Barton published
Hard going

Widowmaker - Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977 album review
By Geoff Barton published
A nice pair from short-lived, pop star-fronted British supergroup

Saxon - The Solid Book Of Rock album review
By Geoff Barton published
Lavish collection of Saxon’s studio albums from 1991-2009 plus bonus material

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Reissues album review
By Geoff Barton published
Not yet ratedELP me if you can, I’m feeling down…

Kiss - Kissworld: The Best Of Kiss album review
By Geoff Barton published
Another two-disc selection of random Kiss klassics and kurios for your kollection

Sammy Hagar - All Night Long album review
By Geoff Barton published
Well my friends the time has come to raise the roof and have some fun.

Pye Hastings - From The Half House album review
By Geoff Barton published
Not yet ratedCaravan frontman Pye Hastings' solo debut – at the youthful age of 70

Circle - Terminal album review
By Geoff Barton published
Not yet ratedOff-kilter hoopla from Finland’s pilates-loving weirdos Circle
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