
Philip Wilding
Philip Wilding is a novelist, journalist, scriptwriter, biographer and radio producer. As a young journalist he criss-crossed most of the United States with bands like Motley Crue, Kiss and Poison (think the Almost Famous movie but with more hairspray). More latterly, he’s sat down to chat with bands like the slightly more erudite Manic Street Preachers, Afghan Whigs, Rush and Marillion. He ghosted Carl Barat’s acclaimed autobiography, Threepenny Memoir, and helped launch the BBC 6 Music network as producer and co-presenter on the Phill Jupitus Breakfast Show. Five years later he and Jupitus fronted the hugely popular Perfect 10 podcast and live shows. His debut novel, Cross Country Murder Song, was described, variously, as ‘sophisticated and compelling’ and ‘like a worm inside my brain’. His latest novel The Death And Life Of Red Henley is out now.
Latest articles by Philip Wilding

La Féline – Triomphe album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedHaunting prog pop with a Gallic twist.

Stone Sour and The Pretty Reckless at Brixton Academy, London - live review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedCorey Taylor unleashes his inner arena rocker

King Crimson - Sailors’ Tales album review
By Philip Wilding published
Three overlooked KC albums make up the core of this lavish box set

Bring Me The Horizon - 2003-2014 album review
By Philip Wilding published
From deathcore to electronica in just over a decade

Ian Gillan - The Voice Of Deep Purple: The Gillan Years album review
By Philip Wilding published
Three-CD set of singer’s often ingenious solo work

Joe Satriani - What Happens Next album review
By Philip Wilding published
Satriani unveils solo album and supergroup

Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits album review
By Philip Wilding published
Zack Wylde’s tenth album of metal, country and blues

Rtfact - Life Is Good album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedRussian actor-director-producer reveals a handsome nu-prog contender.

Fish - Suits album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedLavish reissue of Fish’s fourth solo album

Deep Purple - A Fire In The Sky – A Career Spanning Collection album review
By Philip Wilding published
Comprehensive three-disc set charts Purple’s career highs

Sixx:A.M.- The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack: 10th Anniversary Edition album review
By Philip Wilding published
Nikki Sixx’s descent into hell, revisited

War is over: How the Von Hertzen Brothers got their groove back
By Philip Wilding published
After being close to calling it a day, working on latest album War Is Over convinced them that they still had something to say

Producer Terry Brown on how Rush made A Farewell To Kings
By Philip Wilding published
Production maestro Terry Brown looks back at the creation of Rush's seminal fifth album, A Farewell To Kings

The real story behind how Rush made A Farewell To Kings
By Philip Wilding published
Rush’s seminal fifth album A Farewell To Kings celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Here, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and producer Terry Brown recall how they made it

Von Hertzen Brothers - War Is Over album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedAnd just when it looked like the three brothers had left us behind… peace is restored and we’re back in the kingdom of pomp, pop and 12-minute showpieces.

The Bloody Beetroots - The Great Electronic Swindle album review
By Philip Wilding published
Electro-rock collaborator’s hits and misses

Enter Shikari - The Spark album review
By Philip Wilding published
Fifth album shows the band are learning how to protest and survive

ELP - Fanfare: Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970-1997 album review
By Philip Wilding published
This huge box set brings a whole new meaning to the term ‘super-deluxe’

Montrose - Deluxe Edition Reissues album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedTwo-disc reissues for two landmark Montrose releases

Lionize - Nuclear Soul album review
By Philip Wilding published
Rock and soul sing out on band’s latest album

Motörhead - Under Cover album review
By Philip Wilding published
Motörhead run ramshackle over some of their fave tunes

Lunatic Soul - Fractured album review
By Philip Wilding published
Riverside man’s fifth solo album most personal and musical yet

Alter Bridge - Live At The 02 Arena + Rarities album review
By Philip Wilding published
Burnished arena rock reaches its zenith
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