Latest articles by Jon Hotten
Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling
Nothing in rock’n’roll is irreversible these days. Quo set out to prove a point.
Status Quo: The Frantic Four’s Final Fling
Souvenir live recording of last year's reunion shows
Is your favourite venue about to close?
The live circuit is one of the few thriving areas in music. But a combination of strict licensing bureaucracy and government legislation is putting it under threat.
Is your favourite venue about to close?
The live circuit is one of the few thriving areas in music. But a combination of strict licensing bureaucracy and government legislation is putting it under threat.
Gentle Giant: The Power And The Glory
The boy Wilson’s at it again with another fine spruce up.
Jethro Tull: A Passion Play (An Extended Performance)
A Steven Wilson re-tweak of the obtuse Tull gem.
Dio: The Sports Fan
Work hard, play hard - or at least RJD had inherited his onetime band leader's passion for 'soccer'.
Face Off: Chris Robinson
Having left behind the fame, drugs, egos and other baggage that came with the job, the one-time Black Crowes singer is now a changed man, and comfortable with his place in the world.
Steel Panther: All You Can Eat
No joke: the cats are back with an expertly crafted tribute to the hair-metal era.
Velvet Revolver: Libertad
Not yet ratedThe collision between GN’R rock and STP roll may have been brief but it left behind a second album destined to become a cult classic.
Guns N’ Roses: Use Your Illusion I and II
Not yet ratedBoth the pinnacle of success and the beginning of the end, the two Use Your Illusion albums were monumental achievements.
Alice In Chains: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Rock’s most unlikely comeback continues in impressive style with Sabbath-inspired album.
Black Star Riders: All Hell Breaks Loose
Thin Lizzy men rebrand for an album that “echoes rather than imitates classic Lizzy”.
