Neil Jeffries

Neil Jeffries

Freelance contributor to Classic Rock and several of its offshoots since 2006. In the 1980s he began a 15-year spell working for Kerrang! intially as a cub reviewer and later as Geoff Barton’s deputy and then pouring precious metal into test tubes as editor of its Special Projects division. Has spent quality time with Robert Plant, Keith Richards, Ritchie Blackmore, Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore – and also spent time in a maximum security prison alongside Love/Hate. Loves Rush. Aerosmith and beer. Will work for food.

Articles by: Neil Jeffries

Vardis Red Eye album cover

Vardis: Red Eye

By Neil Jeffries published

NWOBHM heroes’ fifth album, after a 30-year hiatus.

Tommy Bolin photograph

Deep Purple: Long Beach 1976

By Neil Jeffries published

Double live CD captures the Tommy Bolin line-up on top form.

Will Ritchie's Rainbow rise... or plummet down to Earth?

By Neil Jeffries published

Why Ritchie's Blackmore's return to rock might not work... and how it just might

AndersonPonty Band: Better Late Than Never

By Neil Jeffries published

A marriage made in prog-jazz heaven.

Michael Monroe: Blackout States

By Neil Jeffries published

The ‘Double M’ is back, and he’s still rock’n’roll crazy after all these years.

Bernie Tormé: Blackheart

By Neil Jeffries published

Strat-strangling axeman throws down a dirty dozen.

Live: ZZ Top and Thunder

By Neil Jeffries published

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It’s Texas time again...

Live: UFO

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First night of the UK tour to promote the duck-dodging band’s new album A Conspiracy Of Stars.

Live: Thunder / Reef

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Roll away the stone! Two Brit rock institutions brought back to life.

Live: The Cadillac Three

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They’re southern. ’Nuff said.

Tyla J Pallas: Best Of The Nineties And The Naughties 1994-2014

By Neil Jeffries published

Solo round-up from the former Dogs D’Amour frontman.

Live: Ginger (And Friends)

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Still Wildhearted after all these years.

Live: Down 'N' Outz / Vega

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Joe Elliott's World of Mott: a screwdriver jiver's delight.

Celebrating Steve Clark

By Neil Jeffries published

Remembering Def Leppard's Steve Clark, April 23, 1960 –January 8, 1991

Bryan Adams: Tracks Of My Years

By Neil Jeffries published

A great American songbook. Sung by a Canadian.

Various Artists: Celebrating Jon Lord

By Neil Jeffries published

Gone but not forgotten, a true Rock Legend.

Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour ’74 Expanded Deluxe Edition

By Neil Jeffries published

Irish blues idol’s 40th anniversary box set par excellence is a package ‘beyond fabulous’.

Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour ‘74 (Deluxe Edition)

By Neil Jeffries published

40th anniversary edition of Rory Gallagher’s most celebrated recordings.

Manny Charlton: Sharp/Sharp Re-loaded

By Neil Jeffries published

As in Nazareth, classic songs reworked. Sharply.

Status Quo: Status Quo Live! Boxset

By Neil Jeffries published

The seminal Frantic Four Live! album – with extra boogie bang for your buck.

Bryan Adams: Tracks Of My Years

By Neil Jeffries published

Six years after a 10th album called 11, Bryan Adams releases his 11th album... Tracks Of My Years containing 10 classic covers (plus one of his own).

Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades of Blue

By Neil Jeffries published

Joe Bonamassa's 11th solo studio album has landed. But is it business as usual or blues with a twist?

Virgil & The Accelerators: Army Of Three

By Neil Jeffries published

Young Brit trio get heavy with the blues.

Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades Of Blue

By Neil Jeffries published

Instrument-packed eleventh solo studio album is classy but sometimes cluttered.

Status Quo: Status Quo Live!

By Neil Jeffries published

The Quo's 1997 Glasgow set gets a 5-CD extension