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From the Classic Rock archive: February 2005

Cover of February 2005 issue.

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• »  SEX AND DRUGS AND ROCK’N’ROLL No.238
• »  HANG ON JUST A GODDAMN MINUTE
• »  PROG FROCK
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• »  PUNK?! THAT’S NOT CLASSIC ROCK!
• »  PRIEST: IN IT FOR THE MONEY? I’m glad the Judas Priest reunion isn’t about...
• »  LETTER OF THE MONTH!
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• »  MOTLEY CRUE ARE BACK
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• »  CRUE ,REUNION CRÖNOLGY
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• »  SLEEVENOTES THE INSIDE STORY OF A CLASSIC ALBUM COVER
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• »  Dimebag R.I.P.
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• »  The next big things, as predicted by our inside man.
• »  Floyd royalty fury
• »  Paul Rodgers joins Queen!
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• »  Great Scott!
• »  Simmons goes back to school
• »  What’s happenin’ in the world of melodic rock
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• »  RIFFS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
• »  The regeneration game!
• »  A panoramic view over the world of prog rock.
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• »  Classic line-up discuss ‘Ace Of Spades’ for Classic Album DVD.
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• »  STUDIO REPORT
• »  ALL THE GOSSIP THAT’S FIT TO PRINT, AND SOME THAT ISN’T IN THE WAKE OF THE...
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• »  BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS
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• »  Hear it on the radio
• »  Styx to play UK tour
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• »  WHO’S DOING WHAT, WHERE THEY’RE DOING IT, AND WHEN...
• »  DON’T QUOTE ME!
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• »  Former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson on their new DVD, his new band,...
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• »  Random rock’n’roll recollections CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY
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• »  A new club night and compilation series, ‘Guilty Pleasures’ embraces all the...
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• »  Within Temptation
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• »  Dream Evil
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• »  Mad Capsule Markets
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• »  Twenty-five years ago, AC/DC frontman Bon Scott died in tragic circumstances....
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• »  Michael Browning took over as AC/DC’s manager in November 1974. His...
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• »  Mark Evans joined AC/DC as bass player in March 1975 before his personality...
• Page 41
• »  iF YOU WANT A WOMAN AND YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ONE, THEN
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• »  HERE HAVE BEEN SOME
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• »  WARRANT
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• »  EMINAL THRASH AND RAP METAL PIONEERS (SOME would say inventors), Anthrax were...
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• »  ENIGMATIC ALEX
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• »  “I JUST GOT BORED WITH WEARING BLACK A LOT THE TIME. FOR ME IT BECAME SO...
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• »  HIS APPEARANCE AT WOODSTOCK MADE JOE COCKER A SUPERSTAR WHOSE RISE SEEMED...
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• »  Androgynous trio Placebo continue to enjoy major success in the UK. Ian...
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• »  AIs for A&R ‘guru’ John Kalodner, whoplayed a pivotal role in the careers of...
• Page 81
• »  Resurrection shuffle
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• »  Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
• »  American
• »  Spock’s Beard
• »  Simple Plan
• »  King’s X
• »  Hopesfall
• »  Arena
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• »  Psychic TV
• »  Jess Roden & The Humans
• »  Bubble
• »  Kreator ‘Enemy Of God’
• »  The Pocket Rockets
• »  Street Dogs
• »  Bad Wizard
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• »  Pubert Brown- Fridge Occurrence
• »  Steriogram
• »  Hipslinky
• »  Jawbone
• »  Donovan
• »  Waysted
• »  Clutch
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• »  Fu Manchu
• »  The Tracie Hunter Band
• »  Minus 5
• »  Pete Brown & The Interoceters ‘Live’ (Mystic)
• »  Stray Cats
• »  Magenta
• »  The Waxwings
• Page 86
• »  Let’s Twist again
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• »  Feeder
• »  Paul Gilbert
• »  SNFU
• »  Budgie
• »  GWAR
• »  Helldorado
• »  The Witnesses ‘Tunnel Vision’ (Howler Records) Part of you wants to be...
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• »  King Kurt
• Page 90
• »  Single cream
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• »  Upp
• »  Desmond Child & Rouge
• »  Steve Ellis ‘An Everlasting Soul (The Anthology)’
• »  Witchfynde
• »  The Pretty Things
• »  Black Widow
• »  Wishbone Ash ‘Backbones’ (Talking Elephant)
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• »  Graham Parker ‘The Real Macaw’ (Lemon)
• »  The Brian Jonestown Massacre ‘Peppermint Wonderland’ (Teepee)
• »  Egg
• »  Killswitch Engage ‘Killswitch Engage’
• »  Electric Light Orchestra
• »  The Yardbirds
• »  King Crimson
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• »  The Dead zone
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• »  Eight by three
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• »  Billy Joel
• »  Spirit
• »  Faster Pussycat
• »  Various
• »  Racing Cars
• »  Bang Tango
• »  Brian Auger
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• »  Damned fine
• »  This is your
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• »  An undervalued or
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• »  Ted Nugent
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• »  Blood transfusion
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• »  Incubus
• »  Utopia
• »  The Exploited
• »  A Perfect Circle eMOTION (Virgin)
• »  Pop noodles
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• »  Emerson Lake & Palmer Live At Montreux (Eagle)
• »  Various
• »  The Doobie Brothers Live At Wolf Trap (Sanctuary) As hugely influential...
• »  Dennis DeYoung The Music Of Styx: Live With Symphony Orchestra (Grand...
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• »  Jackyl
• »  Gluecifer Royally Stuffed
• »  Simon & Garfunkel Old Friends: Live On Stage (Columbia) After their prior...
• »  The Enid Something Wicked This Way Comes (Cherry Red)
• »  Show stopper
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• »  Alright me old cock?
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• »  The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard (Ed.)...
• »  Thrills ’n’ Pits
• »  Coghlan And Quo Steve Myatt (Aureus, £16.99) Unless it’s Moon, Bonham or...
• »  Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Vision
• »  Mr Big: Ozzy, Sharon And My Life As The Godfather Of Rock Don Arden with Mick...
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• »  Loud and proud
• Page 108
• »  A gig too far?
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• »  Blitzkrieg rock
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• »  Speakers
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• »  THEY DID IT SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO