Latest articles by Neil Jeffries
The epic story of Foreigner 4, the AOR masterpiece that helped shape 80s rock
Foreigner 4 is one of the greatest rock albums of the 80s – and one of the most expensive
"His Midas touch is confirmed": Bernie Marsden covers the greats on posthumously released album
Classy covers from late guitarist Bernie Marsden on Icons, the fourth album in a series of five
Fifty reasons why three Canadian oddballs became a treasured part of rock history
Rush's career-spanning box set R50 is a chronological 50-track anthology that documents the trio's five-decade arc
Jon Anderson effortlessly recreates the best of Yes on new album Live – Perpetual Change
Looking for a hit of classic Yes in 2025? Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks deliver it on new album Live – Perpetual Change
The wild story of Aerosmith’s spectacular 1980s fall and rise
They started the 80s in drug-addled disarray and ended it bigger than ever
The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks
The drugs really were working for Aerosmith on 1976’s classic Rocks album
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
The deluxe edition of UFO's final studio album with Michael Schenker still functions highly
The one with the balls. Michael Schenker's Last stand. And a masterclass from all five of them
Album review: Bryan Adams - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2024
Bryan Adams reinvents his wheels again
Terry Wilson Slesser and friends successfully conjure up the ghost of Paul Kossoff
Back Street Crawler singer Terry Slesser sang on Pyromania and auditioned for both AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Now he's finally made a solo album
Steve Howe ranges far and wide on Guitarscape
Instrumental solo album from Yes/Asia guitarist Steve Howe
Brian Johnson on the worst and best cars he's ever owned
In 2009 AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson joined the ranks of celebrity authors - but forget the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, it was all about cars
Pete Townshend finds new ways to play old songs on Live In Concert 1985-2001
Live In Concert 1985-2001 comprises 14 discs of live recordings from The Who guitarist Pete Townshend
Black Country Communion stick to a winning formula on V
V is the fifth album from the retro-styled supergroup featuring Bonham, Bonamassa, Hughes and Sherinian
Grand Slam's lack of originality tires on second album Wheel Of Fortune
Phil Lynott's old band are back for a second spin
The forgotten late 70s David Coverdale solo albums that sowed the seeds for Whitesnake
David Coverdale’s late 70s solo albums, White Snake and Northwinds, are overlooked – but without them, Whitesnake wouldn’t exist
The 40th anniversary edition of Def Leppard's Pyromania finds them digging for diamonds
Def Leppard's difficult third album, which lit the blue touch-paper for the band, now expanded with demos and live albums
“Keyboards were the new thing. There was this attitude: ‘They sound big and they sound cool’”: how Rush swapped guitars and kimonos for synths and mullets in the 1980s
A deep dive into Rush’s divisive 80s period, when side-long epics were out and synths came in
Gun sparkle on the ninth album, Hombres
Cocky and reloaded, Gun are firing on all six cylinders again on album number nine, Hombres
"It was a pretty low time. We weren't sure of the kind of band we wanted to be": How time took its toll on Rush as they worked on the follow-up to Signals
For 1984's Grace Under Pressure, Rush brought in Supertramp producer Peter Henderson: It was not a good fit
That mix that made Deep Purple great was never stronger than on Machine Head, and never clearer than it is now, on its 50th anniversary edition
This reissue of Deep Purple's 1972 album Machine Head adds remixes, Montreux and BBC live sets, audio fairy dust and more
"Wakeman's genius-level playing and careful modernising have given the music legitimate new life": Rick Wakeman reinvents his past on Live At The Palladium 2023
Live At The Palladium 2023 is a four CD set that revisits Rick Wakeman's classic solo works and Yes
"His thirtieth studio album outside of Genesis, it's as wide-ranging as the catalogue that precedes it": Steve Hackett voyages to multiple ports on The Circus And The Nightwhale
Prog maestro and former Genesis man Steve Hackett extends his catalogue on wide-ranging solo album The Circus And The Nightwhale
