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From the Classic Rock archive: Summer 2005

Cover of Summer 2005 issue.

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• »  Send your letters to: Communication Breakdown, CLASSIC ROCK, Future Publishing,
• »  MEET CLASSIC ROCK GREG PRATO New York-based writer Greg Prato
• »  CANAL BOAT ON THE LOOSE AGAIN I know that some
• »  THE WIZARD OF FLOYD In your article on 16 R&R Myths [CR81],
• »  MISSING: BRITISH GUITAR HERO Can’t help but notice that Ritchie
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• »  LETTER OF THE MONTH
• »  DO YOU DO REQUESTS?
• »  TEXT CROCK!
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• »  The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour
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• »  Wylde tamed by cycle gang
• »  Ted Nugent has been ordered to pay support of $3,500
• »  TOUR BUS SURVIVAL
• »  Perry’s Party
• »  Don’t Quote Me
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• »  Introducin g ★ THE CASANOVAS Meet the band that studied at the
• »  HOW TO BE AN ANGUS
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• »  MARSHALL
• »  Iron Maiden will conclude their Early Days tour with a
• »  SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
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• »  • • Whaddya mean Freaky Ti i ther onTVanyo go O
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• »  Historic rock
• »  Saved!
• »  Sonic Boom Boys frontman Geoff Starr has passed away. Hanoi
• »  ROBIN BECK
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• »  WORLD TOUR
• »  Billy Corgan is trying to set up a reunion with
• »  HYSTERIA
• »  Don’t Quote Me
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• »  ★ DRUNK HORSE
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• »  BRITAIN’S BEST TRIBUTE BANDS * RAINBOW RISING
• »  New York Doll, a documentary of the 2004 reunion of
• »  THE POSIES
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• »  Shelby Lynne
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• »  ★ DICK DESTINY AND THE HIGHWAY KINGS
• »  Night Ranger have cited a lack of rehearsal time for
• »  ERIC JOHNSON
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• »  ★ KISS
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• »  BLIND MELON
• »  TOUR BUS SURVIVAL
• »  Institute, the new group formed by exBush leader Gavin Rossdale,
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• »  Pink Floyd: the road to re-formation
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• »  LIVE 8: WHO ROCKED?
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• »  DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL Donington Park, Leicestershire
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• »  GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
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• »  JON ANDERSON
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• »  Band of bruvvers
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• »  NEW ROSE
• »  ROCK’N’ROLL SUICIDE
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• »  Teenage kicks and busted Lips
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• »  Live
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• »  GARY MOORE
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• »  BRIAN ROBERTSON
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• »  SCOTT GORHAM
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• »  SNOWY WHITE
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• »  ERIC BELL
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• »  ROBIN GEORGE
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• »  THIN LIZZY – A GUIDE TO THE STUDIO ALBUMS
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• »  JOHN SYKES
• »  JOHNNY THE FOX
• »  BAD REPUTATION
• »  BLACK ROSE: A ROCK LEGEND
• »  CHINATOWN
• »  RENEGADE
• »  THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
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• »  The world according to
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• »  I’M (NO LONGER) EIGHTEEN
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• »  hen Soundgarden’s world tour wrapped up in 1997, it seemed
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• »  HOW BEN SHEPHERD TURNED DOWN NIRVANA.
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• »  IF BEN SHEPHERD HAD HAD HIS WAY, THERE WOULD’VE BEEN MORE ’GARDEN ALBUMS...
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• »  FAITH NO MORE AND SOUNDGARDEN. TWO OF THE ERA’S BIGGEST
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• »  Greetin g s from He moved to LA. He joined Brides Of
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• »  With an uncompromising shock-rock sound, a skin-flaunting sex bomb for
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• »  Plasmaticbag
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• »  In 1970 Deep Purple ushered in a whole new era
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• »  THE IN ROCK ALBUM, SONG BY SONG.
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• »  THEY ALSO ROCKED IN ROCK WASN’T DEEP PURPLE’S ONLY PURPLE PATCH.
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• »  Something about his new life in Brazil suits Wayne Hussey.
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• »  With the Mötley Crüe reunion and nostalgia for 80s metal
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• »  How the members of two of the biggest LA bands of the 80s ruled Sunset Strip.
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• »  Introducin g ★ THE ANSWER They were one of Classic Rock ’s tips
• »  HOW THEY MET
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• »  If you were an American hairspray rocker in 1985, the
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• »  HIS MOST ROCKING MOMENTS.
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• »  FOWLEY’S ENGLISH ALL-GIRL BAND.
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• »  Old Dog, new tracks
• »  RICHARD CHEESE Aperitif For Destruction
• »  QUIDAM surREvival
• »  STATIC-X Start A War
• »  THE CRIBS The New Fellas
• »  A PERFECT MURDER Strength Through Vengeance
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• »  SPIRITUAL
• »  FRAMESHIFT An Absence Of Empathy
• »  DRUNK HORSE In Tongues
• »  THE ALLAMERICAN REJECTS Move Along
• »  SON VOLT Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
• »  ROUND-UP : SLEAZE By Sleazegrinder SNATCHES OF PINK
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• »  Take a load off
• »  IAN HUNTER
• »  PART CHIMP
• »  VARIOUS ARTISTS Punk-O-Rama 10
• »  THE IRON MAIDENS The Iron Maidens
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• »  MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK Commit This To Memory
• »  FINCH
• »  DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Stand Up
• »  STEVE WALSH
• »  BILL JANOVITZ AND CROWN VICTORIA Fireworks On TV
• »  HULK Cowboy Coffee & Burned Knives
• »  ROUND-UP : PROG ROCK By Nick Shilton
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• »  Progging up a storm
• »  BIOHAZARD
• »  SILVERSTEIN
• »  STEVE HOWE
• »  COWBOY JUNKIES Early 21st Century Blues
• »  THE DEPARTURE Dirty Words
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• »  ADRIAN BELEW Side Two
• »  NIKKA COSTA Can’tneverdidnothin’
• »  NO HOPE IN NEW JERSEY Steady Diet Of Decline
• »  STACKRIDGE Sex And Flags
• »  DOGS Turn Against This Land
• »  ROUND-UP : EXTREME By Tommy Udo
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• »  PAUL GILBERT
• »  THE POSIES
• »  PENNYWISE
• »  LAYNE
• »  BRIAN SETZER
• »  FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS Livin’ In The City
• »  ROBIN BECK
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• »  ALANIS MORISSETTE Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
• »  BILLY TALBOT BAND
• »  GOLDFINGER Disconnected Notice
• »  OBITUARY
• »  And other new releases out this month...
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• »  ROUND-UP : MELODIC ROCK By Dave Reynolds
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• »  Getting Iggy with it
• »  COZY rOWELL
• »  SOFT MACHINE Out-Bloody-Rageous – An Anthology 1967-1973
• »  DAVE MASON It’s Like You Never Left
• »  DOWNLINERS SECT Reissues
• »  LACUNA COIL The EPs – Lacuna Coil/Halflife
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• »  TOYAH The Safari Records Singles Collection Part 1: 1979-81
• »  ALAN HULL We Can Swing Together – The Anthology 1965 -1995
• »  NECROMANDUS Reissues
• »  NEKTAR
• »  VARIOUS UFO Friends & Family: Alien Relations
• »  Croc-rockin’ treats
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• »  LEGS DIAMOND
• »  ENGLAND’S GLORY The First & Last
• »  MY DYING BRIDE Anti Diluvian Chronicles
• »  GREEN ON RED Here Come The Snakes
• »  ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND American University, Washington, DC 12/13/70
• »  GRIN Grin Featuring Nils Lofgren
• »  Blitz and pieces
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• »  BILLY NICHOLLS Forever’s No Time At All: The Anthology 1967-2004
• »  FATES WARNING Awaken The Guardian
• »  GENERATION X Reissues
• »  FAIRPORT CONVENTION Reissues
• »  The Witch is back
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• »  DIRTY TRICKS Reissues
• »  SHAM 69 The Albums
• »  SPOOKY TOOTH Spooky Two
• »  BADFINGER Day After Day – Live
• »  THE ASSOCIATES The Affectionate Punch
• »  ANDY FRASER BAND Andy Fraser Band
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• »  ROGER McGUINN
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• »  REISSUES: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Reissues
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• »  STEVE WYNN What I Did After My Band Broke Up/ Visitation Rights
• »  KALEIDOSCOPE
• »  JONI MITCHELL Songs Of A Prairie Girl
• »  Hooray for Hollywood
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• »  Brothers in armistice
• »  PENTAGRAM Reissues
• »  THE BLUES
• »  TWELFTH NIGHT Twelfth Night
• »  LUKE HAINES Luke Haines Is Dead
• »  THE FALL Reissues
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• »  VARIOUS ARTISTS New Waves: 45 Original 45s From The Post Punk Era
• »  PHIL MANZANERA
• »  GRAND DRIVE
• »  POPUL VUH Reissues
• »  RICKIE LEE JONES Duchess Of Coolsville
• »  REISSUES: Riot, Helix and Icon reissued on new Rock Candy label VARIOUS...
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• »  Thin on the ground
• »  POISON Greatest Video Hits
• »  PRINCE Sign ‘O’ The Times
• »  BILLY CHILDISH
• »  PAUL McCARTNEY In Red Square
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• »  HELLOWEEN
• »  LA GUNS
• »  VARIOUS Krautrock Meeting 2005
• »  M3
• »  SPEAR OF
• »  Behind a tainted Smile
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• »  ★ PORTABLE MP3 PLAYERS ★
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• »  MOSTLY AUTUMN
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• »  BLACKFOOT
• »  PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• »  BAD RELIGION
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• »  MÖ MÖ OTRHEAD/SAXON/GIRLSCHOOL
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• »  SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
• »  LES PAUL 9OTH BIRTHDAY SALUTE
• »  STYX
• »  THE TEARS
• »  AUDIOSLAVE
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• »  MOTLEY CRUEWembley Arena Pavilion
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• »  ROCK AND METAL NIGHT AT THE BLACK SHEEP BAR
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• »  TOP 15 ROCK FRACAS St FISTICUFFS