
Stephen Dalton
Stephen Dalton has been writing about all things rock for more than 30 years, starting in the late Eighties at the New Musical Express (RIP) when it was still an annoyingly pompous analogue weekly paper printed on dead trees and sold in actual physical shops. For the last decade or so he has been a regular contributor to Classic Rock magazine. He has also written about music and film for Uncut, Vox, Prog, The Quietus, Electronic Sound, Rolling Stone, The Times, The London Evening Standard, Wallpaper, The Film Verdict, Sight and Sound, The Hollywood Reporter and others, including some even more disreputable publications.
Latest articles by Stephen Dalton

Steve Earle - So You Wanna Be An Outlaw album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Hard-core singer-songwriter pays tender tribute to old friends and fallen heroes

Steve Hackett: "I’m proud to say this music is still inspiring people"
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedThe former Genesis guitarist continues his successful shows in which he showcases his solo work and revisits some of his old band’s classics

It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper And Beyond review
By Stephen Dalton published
Over-familiar Fabumentary lacking magic and mystery

Avatarium - Hurricanes And Halos album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Glorious orgy of excess from versatile Swedes

Peter Hook & The Light - Four live albums album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Well-known pleasures and buried treasures

Blondie - Pollinator album review
By Stephen Dalton published
New-wave legends rediscover their mojo on all-star eleventh studio album

Life Of Agony: “We finally got to make the record we’ve been dying to make”
By Stephen Dalton published
With their singer’s identity-related stress alleviated, the New Yorkers reckon they’re now hitting their stride

Body Count - Bloodlust album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Rap-metal elder statesmen rage against the machine

Depeche Mode - Spirit album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Essex electro-rock titans rage with the machines

Steel Panther - Lower The Bar album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Metal porno-parodists take the filth amendment on their fifth

Steel Panther - Lower The Bar album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Metal porno-parodists take the filth amendment on their fifth

The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Psychedelic veterans reset the controls for a starry synth-rock supernova

The Damned live review: The original punks show no signs of slowing down
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedCaptain Sensible, Dave Vanian and co rattle off 40 years of classics to a psyched crowd of both old and young fans

Vangelis - Delectus reissue album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Thirteen remastered archive albums from the Greek maestro’s Olympian peak period

Black Grape - It’s Great When You’re Straight... Yeah: Deluxe Ed. album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Expanded reissue for Shaun Ryder’s post-Happy Mondays masterpiece

Sixx: AM - Prayers for the Blessed, Vol.2 album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Second album in nine months from Nikki Sixx’s productive post-Crüe crew

Leonard Cohen – September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016
By Stephen Dalton published
Classic Rock pays tribute to the late, great Leonard Cohen

Various Artists - The Bristol Heavy Rock Explosion album review
By Stephen Dalton published
A welcome celebration of the West Country’s unsung hard rock scene

Steel Panther, live at Wembley
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedHeard the one about the ‘joke’ band that plays to bigger audiences than many of the big names they lampoon lovingly?

Rob Reed live in Wiltshire - review
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedRob Reed's Mike Oldfield-inspired album makes a live appearance in Wilshire

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Revisiting the Texan extremists at their volatile career peak

The Pretenders - Alone
By Stephen Dalton published
Chrissie Hynde reveals her rootsy Americana side with help from some Nashville friends

Suede - Coming Up 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Expanded and repackaged bohemian rhapsodies from Suede’s imperial peak.
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