Latest articles by Johnny Sharp
Kiss's extraordinary rock juggernaut in full flight on official Des Moine bootleg
The third and earliest show in Kiss's official bootleg series, Des Moines 1977, finds a distant audience enjoying an upfront performance
From primal emotion to forlorn boogie, GA-20's songs shine
Trad-blues trio GA-20 get closer to the source on third album Crackdown
Grand Theft Audio's Pass Me The Conch: the 90s-style dance-rock revival starts here
Re-formed Britrockers Grand Theft Audio are down to a duo on Pass Me The Conch, with no ill effects
Lonely Robot - A Model Life: "Still a Robot, but still invitingly human."
Not yet ratedJohn Mitchell solo project retains momentum on fifth album
Mick Jagger's day began in prison: it ended with an "impossible to satirise" TV interview
A seismic cultural shift: Watch Mick Jagger try and explain the counterculture to the editor of The Times, a lord, a bishop and a jesuit priest
Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and the true story that's almost too good to be true
Was inmate Merle Haggard in the audience when Johnny Cash played at San Quentin prison?
Petrol Girls' Baby is an exhilarating, incandescent rebel yell of an album
Austria-based British agitpunks Petrol Girls sharpen their hooks on third album Baby
Fight for your right to create havoc: How the Beastie Boys caused a crime wave
The Beastie Boys video that had unintended consequences: thousands of Volkswagon owners complaining that their Beetles and Golfs had been vandalised
It could have been a gorilla suit: How Angus Young became rock's most iconic schoolboy
With glam rock sweeping the charts, Malcolm Young was determined AC/DC wouldn't be left behind.... so he dressed the band like the Village People
Watch the historic interview that introduced the real David Bowie to the world
David Bowie was the name on everyone's lips in early 1973 - and then he did he first televised full UK interview
What happened when Shooter met The Wolf
Ever the maverick, Shooter Jennings teamed up with rapper Yelawolf, and the result is a heartland rock record spiked with thrash, country, electronica and moonshine recipes
NWOBHM footnotes Prowler finally achieve the full package
Forty years on, the Chris Tsangarides-produced Reactivate becomes a debut album for Essex rockers Prowler
The making of Kayak's farewell album Out Of This World
In 2021 Kayak released their 18th album Out Of This World. At the time, they didn't realise it would be their final farewell
Richard Thompson runs from beauty to cacophony on Grizzly Man soundtrack
Folk elder statesman Richard Thompson's soundtrack to Werner Herzog film Grizzly Man soundtrack is available again
Sleazy Swedes Crashdiet bring the bangers on Automaton
Crashdiet appear in rude health on sixth album Automaton, sleaze metal sleaze beefed up with thrash and power
Roger Chapman: a performer first, a recording artist second
Former Family man Roger Chapman's first solo stirrings, boxed with bonuses
Von Hertzen Brothers' new album Red Alert In The Blue Forest is a captivating experience
Nordic arena proggers Von Hertzen Brothers glow with righteous ire on Red Alert In The Blue Forest, album number eight
Jenny Hval - Classic Objects: "casts a potent spell"
Not yet ratedNorwegian storyteller weaves another dreamlike web
Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark: "grabs the listener by the lapels"
Not yet ratedThe clock is running down on us all; Marillion are counting the seconds on their lushly pre-apocalyptic new album
Stereophonics keep up the good work on Oochya!, with a few surprises
No rest required for Stereophonics ahead of their revved-up twelfth studio album Oochya!
The making of Jethro Tull's The Zealot Gene
Ian Anderson discusses making the new Jethro Tull album The Zealot Gene, the band's first for 18 years
The 40 greatest Yes songs ever
In Prog Magazine's biggest ever reader vote, you chose your favourite ever Yes songs
Dion calls upon the celebrity guest list once more on the lively Stomping Ground
Dion the wanderer roams with Billy Gibbons, Eric Clapton and more on Stomping Ground
