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.
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Two-disc reissue for former Purple man’s solo debut

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Not yet ratedMarillion return for another weekender, this time with Panic Room and iamthemorning in tow

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Recently re-formed funk-rockers show they’re more than just a great memory

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Not yet ratedThe band that put the ‘super’ back in supergroup

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NWOBHM’s near miss

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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

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Not yet ratedAll Neal Morse, all the time.

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Not yet ratedA welcome reappearance for the pop-proggers’ hard-to-find live album.

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The Mute Gods’ second album watches the world burn

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Playing Marbles: five go mad in the Netherlands

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Rock’n’roll’s nearly man’s golden years

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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…

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Not yet ratedCanadian trio aim for the Stooges, end up with Jet

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Mastodon take on the £50 record store challenge

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Everything you wanted to know about Frank Zappa but were afraid to ask

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Duo’s 13-track song cycle that’s all at sea

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Not yet ratedTriple-disc reissue of one of Fish’s overlooked gems.

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Not yet ratedEthereal, uplifting second album from New Jersey band.

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Not yet ratedTravel (and collaboration) broadens the mind of former Genesis man. “This might well be the best album I’ve done,” he says…

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Odds-and-sods compilation of Rod hits and obscurities, and covers of Rod

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Film director, horror nerd, shock rocker, movie buff, rock and roll showman. Hammer travelled to the west coast to witness Rob Zombie (and Alice Cooper) in full gory flight...

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Not yet ratedDouble disc live set from band’s acclaimed Kings Place shows

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Not yet ratedInstrumental concept set at the bottom of the deep blue sea
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