Nick Hasted
Nick Hasted writes about film, music, books and comics for Classic Rock, The Independent, Uncut, Jazzwise and The Arts Desk. He has published three books: The Dark Story of Eminem (2002), You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks (2011), and Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues (2016).
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Maximum rock’n’madness

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Garage-rock revived with conviction on duo’s second

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Rebels with a cause: Holding out a hand to the the deserving, the disenfranchised and the down and out, Boston’s Dropkick Murphys are on a mission

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Autobiography recalls much more than Morrissey

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The ‘Not Famous’ Augustines have been downed by money problems in 2016. And their plight is a chillingly familiar one for bands operating at a time when the record industry is in free fall

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Not yet ratedAfter a tumultuous 31-year career of inter-band fall outs, the reunited country rockers strut their stuff at a London double-header

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Keep your head when there’s a gun pointed at it, careful what you do when you're under the influence… And all the other things that 50 years in rock’n’roll has taught Glenn Hughes

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Blues queen stretches out

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Southern rockers smash a home run.

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Patchy solo picks, from ’85 to ’98

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The drugs don’t work for ambient Swedes' disappointing debut

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Bumper out-takes from legendary live album.

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Bluesman’s resurrection blazingly confirmed.

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As Axl Rose's friends in the legal profession issue takedown orders left, right and centre, attempting to remove images from the web, we reveal why he's doing it. And why he shouldn't

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Boss-beloved upstate New Yorker’s 10th.

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Wide-ranging rarities from the Texas Tornado.

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The Beach Boys maestro celebrates Pet Sounds’ 50th birthday.

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Not yet ratedBilly McCarthy’s anthemic wonders test the water for what might become the big time.

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Melbourne garage kings ain’t stopping on eighth.

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Not yet ratedThe southern rockers’ fifth is their toughest and tenderest album to date.

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Punk Springsteen’s Ryan Adams-produced debut, plus demos.

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Not yet ratedNew jokes, same punch-line on a triumphant tour.
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