Jon Hotten

Jon Hotten

Jon Hotten is an English author and journalist. He is best known for the books Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries and The Years of the Locust. In June 2015 he published a novel, My Life And The Beautiful Music (Cape), based on his time in LA in the late 80s reporting on the heavy metal scene. He was a contributor to Kerrang! magazine from 1987–92 and currently contributes to Classic Rock. Hotten is the author of the popular cricket blog, The Old Batsman, and since February 2013 is a frequent contributor to The Cordon cricket blog at Cricinfo. His most recent book, Bat, Ball & Field, was published in 2022. 

Latest articles by Jon Hotten

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Tarja: Until My Last Breath

By Jon Hotten published

Endearing, but slightly unhinged, ‘goth bird’ effort.

Bands & Artists
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Yes: Keys To Ascension

By Jon Hotten published

A delight for devotees, impenetrable as ever for outsiders. No change there, then.

Tracks & Singles
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Methods Of Mayhem: A Public Disservice Announcement

By Jon Hotten published

A web-aided rock star vanity project that almost works.

Albums
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Angel Witch: Simply Metal

By Jon Hotten published

In 1980, Angel Witch released their classic debut album. Class Rock evaluated it in 2010

Albums
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam perform during their 'Backspacer' tour at Gibson Amphitheatre on September 30, 2009

How Pearl Jam Beat Their Demons

By Jon Hotten published

With the release of their Backspacer album in 2009, Pearl Jam were a band who had resisted success and come back from the edge...

Interviews
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Marillion: Happy Faces

By Jon Hotten published

In 2008, Marillion got a Classic Rock journalist to play on the album Happiness Is The Road. This is the tale of that experience

Biographies
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Marillion: The Long Road

By Jon Hotten published

Originally sniffed at as early-Genesis copyists, eternally unfashionable, barely known outside their fearsomely loyal fan-base, Marillion have doggedly done their own thing for over 30 years.

Biographies
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One Vision: The Unseen Queen, As Photographed By Mick Rock

By Jon Hotten published

In this exclusive extract from Killer Queen, the limited-edition book of mostly unseen photographs of Queen from the archive of photographer Mick Rock, CR takes you behind the scenes.

Interviews
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