
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

Moving Structures - Awake album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedInstrumental concept set at the bottom of the deep blue sea

Phil Collins - Not Dead Yet book review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedAnd then there was one – with surprising tricks in their tale

Geddy Lee: "I Don't Know How Many Opportunities Rush Have Left To Play Live"
By Philip Wilding published
Film Producer, baseball collector, solo star and Bluejays fan, Geddy Lee on being sacked by his band, going back to basics and why Rush Limbaugh had to be stopped...

John Wesley: "There’s heartbreak in my material – I had a lot to work with"
By Philip Wilding published
With a title inspired by one of the greatest and most troubled writers of the 20th century, John Wesley’s latest album tells a story of troubled times and lessons learned

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Reissued album reviews
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedTrilogy/Brain Salad Surgery/Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends – Ladies And Gentlemen Emerson Lake & Palmer - all repackaged, remixed and reworked once again

Meet Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, probably 2016's best supergroup
By Philip Wilding published
Meet Giraffe Tongue Orchestra, the supergroup featuring members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon and Dillinger Escape Plan that gives you a zoology lesson as well as being a musical chameleon

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Tygers Of Pan Tang album review
By Philip Wilding published
Reinvigorated NWOBHM hopefuls return

Korn - The Serenity Of Suffering album review
By Philip Wilding published
Former nu metal kings bring the noise

Buried Alive: How Avenged Sevenfold Learned To Go On Living
By Philip Wilding published
Using some of The Rev's final ever songs, Avenged Sevenfold scored their first ever number one album, but lost their best friend. The band's first tour without him was equally bittersweet...

Rush: "We Were Just Happy That We Were Still Around After 2112"
By Philip Wilding published
Ten days to make an album, endless tours and a concept album that saved their career, Rush look back on their first live album and the journey that lead them there

Hater - Hater album review
By Philip Wilding published
Seattle supergroup’s blissed-out debut

Hey! Hello! - Hey! Hello! Too! album review
By Philip Wilding published
Round two for Ginger’s pop alter ego

Dizrhythmia - Too album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedLong overdue second LP from Jakszyk, Harrison, Thompson, Dinesh supergroup Dizrhythmia

Marillion - F.E.A.R. album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedOn what’s undoubtedly one of the finest albums of their entire career, Marillion deliver dark truths with an incredible lightness of touch on F.E.A.R.

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra album review: Broken Lines
By Philip Wilding published
As oxymorons go, ‘supergroup’ must be right up there; for every Them Crooked Vultures, a Bad English. So where does that leave Giraffe Tongue Orchestra?

Hey! Hello! album review: Hey! Hello! Too!
By Philip Wilding published
Round two for Ginger Wildheart’s pop alter ego.

Opeth album review – Sorceress
By Philip Wilding published
Mikael Åkerfeldt and co wrench diversity from adversity on the brand new Opeth album. Read our review here

Q&A: Why Wes Borland's turned to the prog side
By Philip Wilding published
You may know him as the guitarist of nu metallers Limp Bizkit, but don’t let that put you off. As it turns out, Wes Borland is plenty prog too, especially with his brand new solo album.

Steve Rothery - Postcards From The Road – Volume 1 book review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedCandid snapshots from Marillion’s back pages.

Tilt - Hinterland album review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedFish alumni Tilt finally deliver debut album.

Frank Zappa - reissued albums review
By Philip Wilding published
Not yet ratedPlush Frank Zappa reissues and a new warts and all live set

10 Of The Greatest Welsh Anthems Ever Written
By Philip Wilding published
From Tom Jones to Budgie and the Manics, it's no wonder that Wales is known as the Land of Song. Here are 10 incontestable reasons why.

Kansas - Always Never The Same album review
By Philip Wilding published
Kansas meet the LSO at Abbey Road.
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