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L7's Bricks Are Heavy was a breath of fresh air in a scene that quickly became stale
By Classic Rock Magazine Published
Pretend We’re Dead might be Bricks Are Heavy's best-known track, but Shitlist, Everglade and Wargasm proved L7 were canny songwriters.

Steve Harris defends Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying – and names the one radical thing he’d change about if
By Dave Everley Published
Do you love Iron Maiden’s eighth album? You’re in good company

The two millennial classics that turned Jimmy Eat World into low-key emo royalty
By Paul Travers Published
Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity and Bleed American should be in every post-hardcore fan’s record collection

The chilling prophecy and unthinkable tragedy that overshadows one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s greatest albums
By Mark Blake Published
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s final album of the 70s is forever linked to the fatal plane crash that followed – but did Ronnie Van Zant predict it?

“I spend more time writing emails than playing guitar. It bums me out”: Elder’s Through Zero is a bid to find balance
By Phil Weller Published
Burnt-out leader Nick DiSalvo got sick of washing dishes in Boston and started a new life in Berlin, which inspired the psych rock giants to make their broadest, brightest album yet

Nine Monster Magnet albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Ken McIntyre Published
Buying guide Monster Magnet have a gift not for invention, but reinvention... and these are their best albums

The family business that kept Kate Bush in the charts but out of sight
By Ben Myers Published
How her vision, clarity and support of siblings and established musicians made her prog’s first pop star – and pop’s first prog star – by the age of 21

Expanded edition of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul includes a previously unreleased John Lennon song that was hidden in the vaults for decades
By Scott Munro Published
The song Little Girl will now see the light of day as part of the expanded and remixed version of 1965's Rubber Soul - out in October
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