Ken McIntyre
Classic Rock contributor since 2003. Twenty Five years in music industry (40 if you count teenage xerox fanzines). Bylines for Metal Hammer, Decibel. AOR, Hitlist, Carbon 14, The Noise, Boston Phoenix, and spurious publications of increasing obscurity. Award-winning television producer, radio host, and podcaster. Voted “Best Rock Critic” in Boston twice. Last time was 2002, but still. Has been in over four music videos. True story.
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From commercial peak to critical reappraisal, it's been a helluva ride for two of rock's good guys, Hall & Oates

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They took the best bits of 70s rock, refried it with stoner metal, doused it with a sour mash whiskey marinade and barbecued the lot. Them's good eatin'...

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As Sonic Temple reaches its 30th birthday, we speak to Billy Duffy about how The Cult created one of the greatest rock records ever made

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They toured with Sabbath and laid the foundations for stoner rock. This is the chaotic tale of Sir Lord Baltimore

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Was Woodstock really the peace and love apogee of the hippie dream? Sha Na Na – whose career stemmed from Woodstock – and festival organiser Joel Rosenman explain what really happened

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Some of the freakiest, funkiest, sassiest tracks in history, guaranteed to improve any record collection

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They're the missing link between the Manson and Partridge Families, punk rock brats turned power-pop kingpins and they're heading out on tour with Melvins in October. But who are Redd Kross?

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A Billboard charting album, slots at Ozzfest, touring with Slayer and appearing on Late Night With Conan, so what's up with Lamb Of God?

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Their name is 7Horse. Some call them the Two-Man Rolling Stones, and they make dangerous rock'n’roll for dangerous times

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Soul survivor still going strong.

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California mega-festival Desert Trip takes place over two weekends in October, with a line-up featuring some of the biggest names in rock history... but not everyone's convinced by 'Oldchella’

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In the mid-80s, as glam glittered, preened and prospered, AC/DC looked like a band out of time. Then along came horror writer Stephen King…

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In the mid-90s, New York was a hotbed of freaks and weirdos. From Unsane to Prong, we look back at the metal scene that thrived in the city’s dark underbelly

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Eddie Spaghetti goes grits and gravy.

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Scandinavian rockers deliver the punk-rock goods.

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Norwegian hellraisers return for another round.

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Half a century in, the Mountain man shows he’s still at the peak of his game.

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Sons Of Anarchy, murder ballads and craft beer: it's been a wild ride for The White Buffalo

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The best bands, the best NEW bands, and the coolest places to visit: a rock'n'roll city guide to the place where the American Revolution began…

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Like the last few decades never happened, Def Leppard are riding high, with a fine new album and a US arena tour. So where did it all go right for the Sheffield rockers?

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Blitzkrieg’s frontman revisits the dawn of NWOBHM.

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No clichés. No fashion statements. No hits. So when the music industry imploded around their ears, it didn’t matter a jot. If anything, it only made Clutch more successful than ever…
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