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SIMON SPENCE – FEELING SUPERSONIC: FROM MADCHESTER TO BRITPOP BACKSTAGE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Who would have thought that 2024 was the year of Oasis, and it looks like that will be repeated in 2025. The Gallagher brothers, [...]
DERYCK WHIBLEY – WALKING DISASTER: MY LIFE THROUGH HEAVEN AND HELL GALLERY BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER It was something of a surprise when now-former Sum 41 band leader Deryck Whibley announced he was picking up the pen to write his [...]
DAVE HEATON – DE LA SOUL J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS De La Soul are the godfathers of underground and alternative hip-hop. Having made their debut in 1989, the influence the rap trio have had is undeniable. Despite this, very [...]
ALVIN TAYLOR AND KEN LAMBERT – ALVIN TAYLOR: DRUM MAJOR 2 MAJOR DRUMMER: CANDID STORIES FROM A MAJOR ROCK ‘N ROLL DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Alvin Taylor is a world renown drummer, and one hell of [...]
JOHN FOXX – ELECTRICITY AND GHOSTS: THE VISUAL ART OF JOHN FOXX ROCKET 88 BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Before John Foxx was John Foxx, he was Dennis Leigh. As Dennis Leigh (his real name), he attended Harris College Of Art in Preston [...]
CORY duBROWA – AN IDEAL FOR LIVING – A CELEBRATION OF THE E.P. (EXTENDED PLAY) HOZAC BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Veteran music journalist Cory duBrowa has released a love letter to the musical format that is the EP. Longer [...]
