Max Bell

Max Bell

Max Bell worked for the NME during the golden 70s era before running up and down London’s Fleet Street for The Times and all the other hot-metal dailies. A long stint at the Standard and mags like The Face and GQ kept him honest. Later, Record Collector and Classic Rock called.

Latest articles by Max Bell

The Fleshtones The Band Drinks For Free album cover
The Fleshtones - The Band Drinks For Free album review

By Max Bell Published

Roaring out of a garage in Queens

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Hiss Golden Messenger Heart Like A Levee album cover
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like A Levee album review

By Max Bell Published

Dark clouds ahead and the barometer’s falling fast...

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Steamhammer Mountains album cover
Steamhammer - Mountains album review

By Max Bell Published

Reissued third album from the super-sunny South Coast cats

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Silverhead 16 And Savaged album cover
Silverhead - Reissues album review

By Max Bell Published

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The London band from the 1970s who were almost almost famous

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Royal Southern Brotherhood The Royal Gospel album cover
Royal Southern Brotherhood - The Royal Gospel album review

By Max Bell Published

It’s a family affair.

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Dick Dale Live On The Santa Monica Pier album cover
Dick Dale - Live On The Santa Monica Pier album review

By Max Bell Published

One for the Dickheads.

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Peter Wolf A Cure For Loneliness album cover
Peter Wolf: A Cure For Loneliness

By Max Bell Published

The Woofa Goofa cuts a very stately rug.

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The Move band photograph
The Move: Move / ‘Shazam’

By Max Bell Published

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Gangsters of bruising British rock never sounded better.

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Donnie Fritts Oh My Goodness album cover
Donnie Fritts: Oh My Goodness

By Max Bell Published

Muscle Shoals stalwart doesn’t disappoint.

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The Stone Foxes: Twelve Spells

By Max Bell Published

Racket from the crypt.

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Jim Beviglia: Counting Down The Rolling Stones: Their 100 Finest Songs

By Max Bell Published

Who’s Driving Your Plane? (81)

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Alex Harvey: The Last Of The Teenage Idols

By Max Bell Published

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Exemplary and overdue chronicle of the great man from the Gorbals, spread over 14 discs.

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Paul Kantner: a tribute to Jefferson Airplane's cosmic guide

By Max Bell Published

The life and times of Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner, space explorer, a.k.a. Baron Von Tollbooth

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66 from '66 – Otis Redding

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Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul (Volt/Atlantic, October 15 1966)

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The White Buffalo: Love And The Death Of Damnation

By Max Bell Published

Houses of the unholy.

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Grateful Dead: The Best Of: Fare Thee Well

By Max Bell Published

All good things...

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Manfred Mann: The Greatest Hits + More

By Max Bell Published

Uh-huh, they were the Manfreds...

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Love: Reel To Real

By Max Bell Published

King Arthur and his knights.

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The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon – The Very Best Of

By Max Bell Published

They really weren’t like everybody else.

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Jon Bream: Dylan Disc By Disc

By Max Bell Published

We better talk this over.

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Joe Ely: Panhandle Rambler

By Max Bell Published

West Texas troubadour rocks the roadhouse.

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The Velvet Underground: Loaded: Re-Loaded

By Max Bell Published

It’s the beginning of a new age.

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Wolfmother: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

By Max Bell Published

Bloody hell, it sounds even louder now!

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Third World War: Third World War

By Max Bell Published

What happened before the great punk war, granddad?

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Gentlemans Pistols: Hustler’s Row

By Max Bell Published

Flintlock rockers bust their britches on third album.

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