Martin Kielty
Not only is one-time TeamRock Online News Editor Martin an established music journalist, having written for The Daily Record, The Sun, The Herald, The Scotsman and many others, but he’s also penned several books on music history, including SAHB Story: The Tale of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, a band he once managed, and the best-selling Apollo Memories about the history of the legendary and infamous Glasgow Apollo. For Louder, Martin has written for Classic Rock and Prog on the print side, and at one time had written more articles for Louder's websites than any other writer on our books (and he's still not far off that top spot, if you're asking). He’s appeared on TV and when not delving intro all things music, can be found travelling along the UK’s vast canal network.
Latest articles by Martin Kielty

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Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form

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Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975

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With musical talent to spare and Led Zeppelin’s manager behind them, Stone The Crows should have been a success story. Instead it’s one of tragic death and unfulfilled potential

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Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison struggle to keep their list down to five

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In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig…

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16-track release was filmed in Brighton during 2022 tour

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Foster worked with Phil Collins, Jeff Beck and many others in a live and studio career spanning seven decades

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Star Trek icon releases new version of title track with Steve Vai in full flow, mixed by Jurgen Engler

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Well, what else do you call the 2024 follow-up to last year’s Ultimate Greatest Hits tour?

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The song was nearly seven minutes long – but the Dutch prog jesters only had four minutes to play it. The solution? PLAY IT FAST!

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King Crimson downed tools as Robert Fripp's battle with Universal Music escalated. It’s a war he’s waged since the 1970s, he says, on behalf of artists everywhere

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In 2020, Clannad released the career-spanning anthology, In A Lifetime, and announced they would soon be calling it a day. From Harry’s Game and Robin Of Sherwood, to drugs and miscarriages, vocalists Moya and Pól Brennan run through the highs and lows of the last 50 years

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says the band are revisiting their early influences as they plan their 6th album

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YouTuber Paschalis Theotokis’ latest video features clips from 70 Slipknot covered in just 7 minutes

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Corey Taylor says Slipknot are on the verge of reaching their peak - even though they’ve already been around for 17 years

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor confirms bandmate Clown is keeping stage name after comedy show comment is reported as fact

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Corey Taylor tells Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian he felt “crestfallen” when record label blocked him from joining thrash icons in 2007

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Despite previous reports, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says there’s nothing much happening with 6th album

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor accepts he should have taken more time after spinal surgery before going back on tour with Slipknot - but he didn’t want to

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says he regrets calling producer Rick Rubin ‘overrated’ and ‘overpaid’ - and hopes for chance to make amends

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Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor reveals tips for trashing hotel rooms - even though he’s only done it once

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Corey Taylor hails Big 4 of thrash and picks one album as greatest - as Slipknot bandmate Clown confirms release of Officer Downe movie

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Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says he’d just be a “dick from Iowa” if he didn’t speak his mind in interviews
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