The story of Humble Pie, the anti-supergroup By Max Bell In 1971 Steve Marriott’s mad mod-rock brew blew up big style, taking the rest of Humble Pie with him – for better and for worse.
Canned Heat: the badass blues band that death couldn’t kill By Max Bell Booze, barbiturates, suicide and overdoses – the twisted story of America's first great boogie-rock band
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) album review By Max Bell The Doors’ dog day afternoon
The Band – Music From Big Pink album review By Max Bell Expanded edition of the holy text of American roots music
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The triumph and tragedy of In Step and Family Style By Max Bell Overdoses, divorce and too much drink, but with a health scare that nearly killed him and the In Step album to make, Stevie Ray Vaughan looked like he was finally getting back on track...
Can: The making of landmark album Tago Mago By Max Bell In the heady days of 1971, German experimentalists Can pushed the musical envelope to the furthest fringes with their landmark album Tago Mago. Cue broken bones, acid-fried recording sessions, and terrified British actors
Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won review By Max Bell The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake as Zep's live album gets the remaster treatment…
The story of Stiff, the most anarchic record label of all time By Max Bell Drugs. Fisticuffs. A signing policy that included Motörhead, The Damned and Elvis Costello. Stiff Records wasn’t just the first indie label, it was also the most anarchic...
The Monochrome Set - 1979-1985: Complete Recordings album review By Max Bell Non-stop colourful pop excellence
Eric Clapton: Life In 12 Bars by Lili Fini Zanuck review By Max Bell In-depth look at Slowhand’s life and career, but with few new insights
The Doors - Absolutely Live album review By Max Bell Flawed but electrifying classic trip back to 1970
Stealers Wheel - The A&M Years album review By Max Bell More spokes to this Wheel than just that Reservoir Dogs moment
Steve Marriott’s Packet Of Three Watch Your Step – The Final... album review By Max Bell Manor Park’s finest caught just before his death
Eagles - Hotel California: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album review By Max Bell This could be heaven or this could be hell
The epic true story of Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane By Max Bell Say hello to Grace Slick. Lover to Morrison. Friend of Joplin. Arrested more times than Lemmy. Took more drugs than Winehouse. Mouth like a trucker
Earthbound: David Bowie And The Man Who Fell To Earth by Susan Compo review By Max Bell Mad times in New Mexico, ’75
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of...album review By Max Bell Chip off the old block
Neil Finn - Out Of Silence album review By Max Bell Easy on the ear, but nothing that stands out from the Crowd
10 deep cuts that show the genius of Tom Petty By Max Bell 10 lesser known classics from the catalogue of the great Tom Petty
Pentangle - The Albums album review By Max Bell At last. A definitive box set from folk-rock’s first supergroup
The strange lives and far-out times of The Grateful Dead By Max Bell We take a look back at The Grateful Dead's far out career, from the Summer Of Love through drugs, death, hanging with Hells Angels and creating a catalogue unique in American music
Metal Guru: The Life And Music Of Marc Bolan by Paul Roland - review By Max Bell Sad tale of a glamorous elf
Brian Wilson - Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology album review By Max Bell Collection of Brian’s fairly recent back pages
