
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

Manic Street Preachers: "We always wanted to be massive"
By Philip Wilding published
Twenty years and seven albums down the line, the Manic Street Preachers thought they might have hit the buffers. Then recording 2007’s Send Away The Tigers assured them that they had a future

The Weeks - Easy album review
By Philip Wilding published
Mississippi country rockers make their best album yet

Of Potato Heads And Polaroids: My Life Inside And Out Of Pearl Jam review
By Philip Wilding published
PearlJam man opens up his photo album

Glenn Hughes - Play Me Out album review
By Philip Wilding published
Two-disc reissue for former Purple man’s solo debut

Marillion Weekender, Holland - live review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedMarillion return for another weekender, this time with Panic Room and iamthemorning in tow

Dan Reed Network at 100 Club, London - live review
By Philip Wilding published
Recently re-formed funk-rockers show they’re more than just a great memory

Chickenfoot - Best+Live album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedThe band that put the ‘super’ back in supergroup

Tokyo Blade - Knights Of The Blade album review
By Philip Wilding published
NWOBHM’s near miss

How family tragedy fuelled Mastodon's proggiest-ever album
By Philip Wilding published
A family tragedy fuelled the creative fires behind Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand. Prog meets the band to discuss their proggiest release since Crack The Skye

The Neal Morse Band - Morsefest 2015 DVD review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedAll Neal Morse, all the time.

Frost* - The Philadelphia Experiment album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedA welcome reappearance for the pop-proggers’ hard-to-find live album.

The Mute Gods - Tardigrades Will Inherit The Earth album review
By Philip Wilding published
The Mute Gods’ second album watches the world burn

Marillion - Marbles In The Park review
By Philip Wilding published
Playing Marbles: five go mad in the Netherlands

Derringer -The Complete Blue Sky Albums 1976-1978 album review
By Philip Wilding published
Rock’n’roll’s nearly man’s golden years

They've been written off, broken up, reunited. Now Thunder want even more…
By Philip Wilding published
Having come back strongly in 2015 with Wonder Days, new album Rip It Up sees Thunder raise the bar even higher. Danny Bowes explains how they managed to do just that…

Bleeker - Erase You album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedCanadian trio aim for the Stooges, end up with Jet

What happened when we took Mastodon record shopping
By Philip Wilding published
Mastodon take on the £50 record store challenge

Frank Zappa FAQ by John Corecelli review
By Philip Wilding published
Everything you wanted to know about Frank Zappa but were afraid to ask

Blackfield - Blackfield V album review
By Philip Wilding published
Duo’s 13-track song cycle that’s all at sea

Fish - Field Of Crows album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedTriple-disc reissue of one of Fish’s overlooked gems.

Owel - Dear Me album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedEthereal, uplifting second album from New Jersey band.

Steve Hackett - The Night Siren album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedTravel (and collaboration) broadens the mind of former Genesis man. “This might well be the best album I’ve done,” he says…

Rod Stewart - Sir Rod Stewart And Some Of His Early “Faces” reissue album revie
By Philip Wilding published
Odds-and-sods compilation of Rod hits and obscurities, and covers of Rod
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