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From the Classic Rock archive: August 2006

Cover of August 2006 issue.

• Page 4
• »  Elvis kicking ass in Sun Studios back in ’54, Dave
• »  GARY F@*KING MOORE
• »  HOW DO YOU SLEEP?
• »  FIGHTING THE "MARKETING VAMPIRES"... The main reason I write is in reference to
• »  A COMEDIAN WRITES...
• »  CLASSIC ROCK: “THE GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL MAGAZINE IN EXISTENCE TODAY" I
• Page 5
• »  'AVE IT!
• »  "A SHAMBLES!"
• »  "ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK LINE-UPS EVER!"
• »  "DRACONIAN RULES!"
• »  "SAME TIME NEXT YEAR?!"
• Page 6
• »  Blue skies, Puppets and tantrums
• Page 7
• »  Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson and The Kinks’ Ray Davies have
• »  Milton meltdown
• »  Breakfast with Alice
• Page 8
• »  Plant returns to solo roots
• »  Instant Live albums!
• »  R.I.P
• Page 9
• »  A bunch of jazz students get into to Neil Young,
• Page 10
• »  ROLLS-ROYCE
• »  Motörhead’s new studio album will be called Kiss Of Death
• »  MIKE PATTON
• Page 11
• »  Red Hot Chili Peppers’ new album Stadium Arcadium went straight
• »  CASBAH CLUB
• »  ROCK’N’ROLL ACCESSORIES
• Page 12
• »  WORLD TOUR
• »  The original Asia line-up of John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoffrey
• »  THE BEATLES
• Page 13
• »  ★ JOE BONAMASSA
• »  PROD BLUES BONAMASSA AND PROG CLASSICS
• Page 14
• »  * CLASSIC CLAPTON
• »  Slade’s catalogue is to be reissued in full by the
• »  CELTIC FROST
• Page 15
• »  ★ THE MENTORS
• »  Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has formed a production company
• »  JOHN FOGERTY
• Page 16
• »  ★ JUDAS PRIEST
• Page 17
• »  CHEAP TRICK DO DISCO?
• »  I WANT YOU TO WANT ME
• Page 19
• »  ROGER WATERS
• Page 22
• »  NEWKIDSONTHEBLOCK
• Page 23
• »  STARS IN THEIR EYES
• Page 24
• »  Tout of order
• Page 26
• »  B elieve it or not, in the early 1960s some young, blues-loving British...
• Page 29
• »  When a peer spoke out against rock music in the House of Lords in spring of
• Page 33
• »  BAND OF BROTHERS
• Page 36
• »  One of the great British rock guitarists of the 70s
• Page 38
• »  “WHITESNAKE’S EARLY DAYS WERE TOTALLY NECESSARY. I WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING.”
• Page 40
• »  NO FOOLIN’
• Page 41
• »  ONE OVER THE EIGHT
• Page 42
• »  WINDS OF CHANGE
• Page 43
• »  From the Delta to Donington, from Woodstock to Wolfmother, 100 blues-rock...
• Page 53
• »  JIMI’S ALBUM COLLECTION
• Page 55
• »  The
• Page 59
• »  Memo to Makowski
• Page 60
• »  Heyday revisited
• »  JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS Sinner
• »  THE SLEEPY JACKSON Personality
• »  MICK KARN Three Part Species
• »  VOIVOID Katorz
• »  OSAKA POPSTAR AND THE AMERICAN LEGENDS OF PUNK From Osaka To New York City
• Page 61
• »  METAL CHURCH A Light In The Dark
• »  THE SHEERSHOCK REVIVAL Electric Vibes
• »  CHICAGO XXX
• »  PRIMAL SCREAM Riot City Blues
• »  SONIC YOUTH Rather Ripped
• »  Divine retribution
• Page 62
• »  Trick a treat
• »  MONEEN The Red Tree
• »  VERTIGO 2
• »  NEIL YOUNG Living With War
• »  BULLETS AND OCTANE In The Mouth Of The Young
• »  LES CLAYPOOL Of Whales And Woe
• Page 63
• »  PAUL WELLER
• »  SHADOWS FALL Fallout From War
• »  GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS The Hard Stuff
• »  J.R. BLACKMORE Between Darkness And Light
• »  ANGELS AND AIRWAVES We Don’t Need To Whisper
• »  CASBAH CLUB
• »  GENEROUS MARIA Electrism
• »  SIOUX CITY PETE AND THE BEGGARS Necro Blues
• »  THE REMNANTS A Few Evenings With A Bastard
• »  KUBE
• »  JAKE LEG Jake Leg
• Page 64
• »  WINNEBAGO DEAL Flight Of The Raven
• »  PAUL DIANNO The Living Dead
• »  BREED 77 En Mi Sangre
• »  LESLIE WEST Blue Me
• »  TIGER BY THE TAIL Tiger By The Tail
• »  VARIOUS Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon
• »  SYLVAN
• »  SANDSTONE Looking For Myself
• »  PRIMITIVE INSTINCT Belief
• »  SENSITIVE TO LIGHT Almost Human
• »  ENNEADE Remembrance
• Page 65
• »  MOONSPELL Memorial
• »  VERRA CRUZ Emancipation Day
• »  ICEANE Under The Iron Sea
• »  PEEPING TOM Peeping Tom
• »  Forward to the past
• Page 66
• »  RICHARD BUTLER Richard Butler
• »  DANIEL WYLIE The High Cost Of Happiness
• »  Cosmic Rough Rider bares heart on second solo album. Following
• »  GORGOROTH Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
• »  THE B*MOVIE HEROES Calibrate
• »  THE BOTTLE ROCKETS Zoysia
• »  DMC Checks, Thugs & Rock’N’Roll
• »  SWEET & HOFFS Under The Covers Vol.1 Evangeline
• »  PAUL THE GIRL Little Miss Weird Inconvenient
• »  THE HIGH DIALS War Of Wakening Phantoms Rainbow Quartz Summer
• »  THE SLEEPING Questions & Answers Victory
• »  PROTEST THE HERO Kezia Vagrant
• »  ON TRIAL Forever Bad Afro More focus from the Copenhagen
• »  MAGENTA LANE Dancing With Daggers Paperbag
• »  HAWKSLEY WORKMAN Treeful Of Starling Universal
• »  SHOWADDYWADDY I Love Rock’N’Roll DMG
• »  JYNXT Bring Back Tomorrow Halo
• »  FREDDIE STEVENSON Body On The Line Juicy Creations
• »  FLASHPOINT Flashpoint www.bitchessin.co.uk
• Page 67
• »  SHELTER
• »  THE FORECAST In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen
• »  36 CRAZYFISTS Rest Inside The Flames
• »  PUBLIC
• »  CAMERA OBSCURA Let’s Get Out Of This Country
• »  FONY
• »  SILVER DIRT
• »  SUPERGROUPIES Supergroupies Livewire
• »  FLOGGING MOLLY Alive Behind The Green Door Side One Dummy
• »  ROBIN GUTHRIE Continental Rocket Girl
• »  PHARAOH OVERLORD 4 Ektro
• »  EGO PRIME Ego Prime www.egoprime.com Four-piece featuring keyboardist Harvey...
• »  DEAR SUPERSTAR
• »  KILLING MACHINE Metalmorphosis Mausoleum Like a Priest album with Rob
• »  BULLET Heading For The Top Black Lodge
• »  THE ROCKIT KING Saddle Up Scavenger Hunt Records
• »  HOWLIN’ RAIN S/T Birdman
• »  BERNARD Trail Of Tears Spinach With a sound like early
• Page 68
• »  Orgasmic
• »  SOUL ASYLUM Closer To The Stars – The Best Of The Twin Tone Years
• »  MÖTLEY CRÜE
• »  GARY JOHN BARDEN
• »  VARIOUS Full Metal Garage The Songs That Drove Metallica
• »  PORCUPINE TREE
• Page 69
• »  GRAM PARSONS The Complete Reprise Sessions
• »  THE DOORS No One Here Gets Out Alive Parts I-IV
• »  ROGER WATERS
• »  THE TRIFFIDS
• »  BLODWYN PIG
• »  Tasty preserve with additives
• Page 70
• »  Pure gold
• »  THE BYRDS
• »  JOHN CALE Paris 1919
• »  ARMORED SAINT March Of The Saint
• »  PERE UBU
• »  STRIFE Reissues
• Page 71
• »  RONNIE WOOD The Essential Crossexion
• »  FAMILY Bandstand
• »  QUARTZ Quartz
• »  PETE
• »  ROBERT FRIPP Exposure
• »  Successful Operation...
• Page 72
• »  Juicy fruit
• »  VARIOUS ARTISTS Like A Daydream
• »  NAZARETH The Very Best Of
• »  EAGLES The Complete Greatest Hits
• »  SEBADOH III
• Page 73
• »  No substitute needed
• »  VARIOUS ARTISTS Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 1
• »  WILLIE NELSON The Complete Atlantic Sessions: Shotgun Willie, Phases And...
• »  ATARI TEENAGE RIOT Atari Teenage Riot 1992-2000
• »  NITZER EBB Body Of Work
• »  HIGH TIDE Reissues
• Page 74
• »  CRAZY HORSE The Complete Reprise Recordings 1971-73
• »  STRANGEWAYS Reissues
• »  NEW YORK DOLLS From Here To Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set ■■■■■■ ■■■■
• »  YES
• »  DR. FEELGOOD
• »  DEEP PURPLE
• Page 75
• »  * EMI’s Metal For
• »  DEEP PURPLE
• »  WHrTESNAKE
• Page 76
• »  SCORPIONS
• »  HAWKWIND
• »  SAXON Best Of
• »  MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Michael Schenker Group
• »  MEGADETH Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying?
• »  MANOWAR
• »  POISON Open Up And Say... Ahh!
• »  QUEENSRŸCHE Operation: Mindcrime
• Page 77
• »  A bit of a Brucie bonus!
• »  Q&A with Bruce Dickinson
• »  INXS Rock Star INXS: The DVD
• »  EAGLES Farewell 1 Tour Live From Melbourne
• »  THE BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND 40th Anniversary Celebration
• »  KELLY
• Page 78
• »  VARIOUS ARTISTS Coachella
• »  DIO
• »  HAYSEED DIXIE
• »  GREEN DAY Interactive Music Challenge
• »  THE GUN CLUB Live At The Hacienda 83/84
• »  This one goes up to... one
• Page 79
• »  FACTORY RECORDS THE COMPLETE GRAPHIC ALBUM Matthew Robertson
• »  BANG YOUR HEAD: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEAVY METAL David Konow
• »  THE METAL COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO HEAVY METAL, VOLUME 2: THE EIGHTIES Martin Popoff
• »  THE EIGHT LEGGED ATOMIC DUSTBIN WILL EAT ITSELF Martin Roach
• »  VOLUME Oliver Gray
• »  The writing of the Wall
• Page 84
• »  JEFF BECK
• Page 85
• »  FOREIGNER
• »  KEITH EMERSON
• »  LOSTPROPHETS
• Page 90
• »  MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP / FASTER INFERNO
• »  DONOVAN
• »  DOWN
• »  DRUGDEALER CHEERLEADER
• »  WHITESNAKE
• Page 91
• »  THE PINK TOOTHBRUSH
• Page 92
• »  MONSTERS OF ROCK Milton Keynes Bowl
• Page 94
• »  GLENN TIPTON
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• »  WHO IS VAN OCCUPANTHER?