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COOLER HEADS PREVAIL
SPRING 2024
THE PARTY THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH
SPRING 2024
MAKE THEM WONDER WHY
SPRING 2024
NOTHING TO SCOWL AT
SPRING 2024
FUCK THIS BAND AGAIN
SPRING 2024
HEARTLAND HEROES
SPRING 2024
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
SPRING 2024
WAYNE KRAMER: THE FINAL INTERVIEW
SPRING 2024
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING
SPRING 2024
THE HOLE TRUTH
Winter 2022
FREAK ON A LEASH
Winter 2022
PURPLE MOUNTAINS’ MAJESTY
Winter 2022
COMPLIANCE ROCK O’CLOCK
Winter 2022
DOUBLE FANTASY
Winter 2022
DILLY DALLY FEEL FREE
Winter 2022
Robert Cray: JUMPIN’ IN THE NIGHT
November 1988
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN: SURFIN’ LSD
October 1988
Iggy Pop: Animal Instincts
September 1988
The Rod Stewart Interview
September 1988
MEGADETH: when fusion comes to call
March 1988
DAVID LEE ROTH CLIMBS BIG ROCK!
March 1988
The Cars: The 50,000 Mile Tune-up
January 1988
BRIDGE OVER ROGER WATERS
November 1987
20 YEARS OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
November 1987
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SOUTHERN DEATH?
August 1987
Around The Clock With The PSYSCHEDELIC FURS
June 1987
GIVE US VAN HALEN
April 1987
Tina Turner Chants!
February 1987
THE HEAD ON THE CURE
December 1986
ON THE (HARD) BEAT WITH RUN-DMC
December 1986
R.E.M. Notes From Near Normal Town
November 1986
THE MEAT PUPPETS BE HEP!
November 1986
David Lee Roth’s Revenge
October 1986
I Confronted METALLICA On Their Own Terms!
October 1986
An Exciting Interview with BLACK SABBATH!
September 1986
Drinking (And Drinking Lots More!) With The REPLACEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 1986
BILLY IDOL: NICE DAY FOR A NEW ALBUM
August 1986
THINKING OF BABYLON, DREAMING OF PRINCE
July 1986
HUSKER DU: Not Bohemia, But Estonia!
June 1986
PSYCHIC GRUEL AND MOTLEY CRUE
April 1986
THE ULTIMATE OZZYY!
March 1986
GIVE US VAN HALEN!
March 1986
WE’LL MEAT AGAIN
February 1986
Tom Petty’s New Tales Of The Old South
October 1985
It’s Been A Sade Night
September 1985
R.E.M.’S ROCK RECONSTRUCTION
September 1985
The Many Myths Of MADONNA!
August 1985
THE WIT & WISDOM OF PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
July 1985
FOREIGNER FEELS LIKE THE FIFTH TIME!
JUNE 1985
DAVID LEE ROTH: AND THE GLEEBY SHALL ROCK
April 1985
HEAVY METAL’S REVENGE: DEEP PURPLE RETURNS!
MARCH 1985
PATTY SMYTH: WARRIORS, WARTS & SCANDALS!
January 1985
YOKO ONO: IN & OUT OF THE DANGER BOX
January 1985
TWISTED SISTER: STILL HUNGRY?
December 1984
HUEY LEWIS AND ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS
December 1984
THE CARS’ NIGHT CONNECTIONS
November 1984
LOU REED’S NEW ROCK SENSATIONS
November 1984
PRINCE’S PURPLE RAIN: SCUSE ME WHILE I GET SOME POPCORN
September 1984
A PRETENDER BENDER?
August 1984
RAPPING TO THE GO-GO’S
August 1984
JUDAS PRIEST EATEN ALIVE!
July 1984
BOY GEORGE, BOHEMIAN!
June 1984
DURAN DURAN AM WHAT THEY YAM
April 1984
CUM ON, TOP THE CHARTZ
March 1984
THE EURYTHMICS WOULD BE LYING IF THEY SAID THEY DIDN’T ENJOY IT
February 1984
MICK JAGGER: AS YEARS GO BY
February 1984
FROM HOT DOG TO BIG LOG: ROBERT PLANT HITS THE ROAD
October 1983
Lita Ford’s Got BLOOD If You Want It!
August 1983
THE KINKS: A SAD KOMMENTARY
August 1983
JOAN JETT Gets Some Respect (FINALLY!)
July 1983
GEORGE CLINTON CRIES WOOF
July 1983
HERE & NOW IT’S BOW WOW WOW!
June 1983
SPOT CHECKING DEF LEPPARD
May 1983
TOM PETTY Long After Maturity
April 1983
OZZY OSBOURNE: No Bozo On This Bus
April 1983
GYPSIES, TRAMPS OR THIEVES?
February 1983
AEROSMITH: WALKIN THE DOGMA
JANUARY 1983
ROGER DALTREY: The Blond Behind Blue Eyes
JANUARY 1983
THE GO-GO’S OF YOUR DREAMS
December 1982
MOBY GRAPE INTO THE VOID
October 1982
MARSHALL CRENSHAW’S TRUE POP WAYS
September 1982
DAVID LEE ROTH & THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVING DOWN
September 1982
J. GEILS ARE CENTERFOLD STARS!
July 1982
JOAN JETT IS A VERY NICE GIRL
June 1982
X’s WILD LOS ANGELES GIFT
June 1982
THE CARS DON’T GET EASILY AMUSED
May 1982
THE LAMENTATIONS OF JERRY LEE
May 1982
AC/DC: DEATH POOCHES LICK THE COSMIC MILK BONE
May 1982
MICK JAGGER STARTS IT UP!
January 1982
RAY DAVIES UNRAVELS THE KINKS
December 1981
WENDY & THE PLASMATICS: 1984 WILL BE A LITTLE EARLY
September 1981
JUDAS PRIEST: HELL-BENT FOR EAGLE SCOUT-HOOD?
August 1981
THE ECSTATIC AESTHETICS OF XTC
July 1981
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: WHITE LIGHT/ DARK SHADOWS
July 1981
RUSH: BUT WHY ARE THEY IN SUCH A HURRY?
June 1981
CLOWN TIME IS OVER
May 1981
INTERROGATING THE POLICE
April 1981
ROCKPILE WAKES UP EARLY
February 1981
Ronnie Redux
January 1981
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TAKES IT TO THE RIVER
January 1981
PAT BENATAR’S SWEET RIDE
January 1981
MOTELS’ Check-out Time
December 1980
CANDY STRIPERS ARE GO
December 1980
SURPRIIIISE! Your Mom Likes The B-52s!
December 1980
PETE TOWNSHEND: WHO’S HE?
November 1980
PARTY GAMING WITH THE JAGS
October 1980
Heavy metal’s new wave
October 1980
THE PUBLIC IMAGE HAS CRACKED
August 1980
THE PRETENDERS STOP OUR SOBBING
August 1980
IF YOU HATE VAN HALEN YOU’RE WRONG
July 1980
The CLASH Clamp Down On Detroit
June 1980
WOMEN IN REVOLT!
May 1980
Rave Girl To Brave Girl: TRUE CONFESSION OF MARIANNE FAITHFUL
May 1980
THE SPECIALS: RUDE BOYS SPREAD MANURE IN YANK BED OF ROSES
April 1980
Winkle-pickers Into the Void: THE JAM IS PACKED OFF TO AMERICA
April 1980
GIMME TEXAS BOP WITH Z Z TOP
March 1980
POLICE REPORT: MESSAGE FROM THREE BOTTLE BLONDS
February 1980
THE B-52’s: CLIMATE CONTROL IN THE LAND OF 16 DANCES
December 1979
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PERE UBU
November 1979
LED ZEPPELIN REDUX
November 1979
TALKING HEADS: More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming
October 1979
IS HEAVY METAL DEAD?
October 1979
LAST STAND AT THE I’M OK/YOU’RE OK CORRAL
September 1979
THAT’S COOL, THAT’S TRASH: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST PUNK ERA, PART 2
July 1979
NICK LOWE Achieves Verbal Dominance
July 1979
THAT’S COOL THAT’S TRASH: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST PUNK ERA
June 1979
BLONDIE Plucks Her Legs!
June 1979
ELVIS COSTELLO: ASK HIM NO QUESTIONS, HE’LL TELL YOU NO LIES
May 1979
TALKING HEADS: MORE WORDS ABOUT ENO AND LIFE
March 1979
DEVO ACTUAL SIZE
March 1979
DEAD BOYS TELL NO TALES (Under An Hour, That Is)
February 1979
AEROSMITH BEATS THE CLOCK!
December 1978
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT WITH A CHEAP TRICK
December 1978
THE BACK LINE
November 1978
WHO’S WHO?
November 1978
TODD RUNDGREN MEETS CAPTAIN VIDEO
October 1978
LAWDAMERCY, SPRINGSTEEN SAVES!
October 1978
NO ZIGGY OR IGGY...JUST A GIGOLO
September 1978
PAUL McCARTNEY: Is this man guilty of power pop?
August 1978
RON WOOD ACHIEVES PUBERTY!
July 1978
WRAP YOUR UPS AROUND MY TAILPIPE: A GUIDE TO DETROIT ROCK
June 1978
TWO DAYS WITH THE RAMONES
June 1978
SEX PISTOLS IN THE PROMISED LAND
April 1978
QUEEN’S ROYAL FLUSH
April 1978
WHAT, HE WORRY?
MARCH 1978
Young, Loud, and Inarticulate
February 1978
JAGGER JAW SESSION: Mannish Boy Gets What He...Needs
January 1978
Catch A Wave? No,West Coast NEW WAVE!
December 1977
THE STARSHIP IN THE SEVENTIES
December 1977
New York Lights Up With Soggy Matches!
November 1977
TIPTOEING THROUGH THE JULEPS
November 1977
LONDON’S BURNING!
October 1977
WHAT MAKES HEART BEAT?
September 1977
DANCING WITH MR. D [-O-G]
September 1977
STEVE MILLER LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG
September 1977
HALL & OATES CONFIDENTIAL TAPES
August 1977
NATION GRIPPED IN MASSIVE FLEETWOOD MAC ATTACK!
July 1977
ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD
July 1977
HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS!
May 1977
IN SEARCH OF THIN LIZZY
May 1977
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN
May 1977
MORE THAN JUST A BOOB TUBE
May 1977
MONEY MONEY MONEY: How Abba Won Their Waterloo
March 1977
Don't Knock on (Ron) Wood
March 1977
Rock ‘n’ Rail Pandora Unleashes Violence and Mayhem
March 1977
GET THE HOOK?
March 1977
Eric Clapton Is Alive,Well, and At Home with the Old Lady and Dog
February 1977
It’s My Party And I’ll Be Pretty If I Want To
February 1977
Hall & Oates: The Cream Cheese Soul Brothers
January 1977
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD KISS
January 1977
DOG MEETS DOG: Ted Nugent Guitar House In The Kennel
January 1977
AEROSMITH: TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN’
December 1976
VISIONS OF OYSTER APOCALYPSE
December 1976
SATURDAY NIGHTS all right for laughin’
November 1976
SURF’S UP! Brian Wilson Comes Back From Lunch
October 1976
ROD STEWART: Britt’s Flit, Faces Split, Upper Glass Twit?
September 1976
Bernie Taupin: The Cheese Stands Alone
September 1976
YES: The Thinking Man’s Up With People
September 1976
Paul & Linda McCartney: BIONIC COUPLE SERVES IT YOUR WAY
August 1976
JEFF BECK GETS MELLOW (WELL...SORT OF)
August 1976
For the NEXT 200 Years...THE SHAPE OF KISS TO COME
July 1976
AEROSMITH’S FIGHT FOR LIFE
July 1976
INNOCENTS IN BABYLON
June 1976
SPACE FACE CHANGES THE STATION
May 1976
Bob Dylan’s Dalliance With Mafia Chic
April 1976
Patti Smith’s Swinging Vines
April 1976
BLACK SABBATH FROG PRINCES OF DAKTARI
March 1976
FIFTHS & FISTS FOR THE COMMON MAN
March 1976
JOHN DENVER IS GOD
January 1976
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS NOT GOD (AND DOESN’T WANT TO BE)
January 1976
PATTI SMITH: SWEET HOWLING FIRE
January 1976
WHORIN’ AND SCORIN’ WITH Z.Z.TOP
January 1976
DAVID BOWIE: SPACED OUT IN THE DESERT
December 1975
TO BEAT THE DEVIL: The Allman Brothers Comin’ Round Again
December 1975
NEIL YOUNG: The Unwilling Superstar
November 1975
WHO’S LAST?
November 1975
FACES HUDDLE FOR DEFENSIVE PLAY
November 1975
THE PUNK AS GODFATHER, PART II
October 1975
IAN HUNTER: Through The Glasses Darkly
August 1975
I Dreamed I Was Onstage With KISS In My Maidenform Bra
August 1975
GRAND FUNK: SUPER PATRIOTS COME CLEAN
July 1975
NILSSON: DRUNK WITH JOHN, GEORGE, RINGO AND...
July 1975
Crazy Teens and Killer QUEEN
July 1975
PUNCH & JUDY PLAY THE TOILETS
July 1975
RITCHIE BLACKMORE CONFESSIONAL
June 1975
Jukebox Cruci-Fix
June 1975
What Has 160 Teeth & Plays Soccer?
May 1975
THE ELTON JOHN INTERVIEW
May 1975
Gregg Allman: LAID BACK TATTOO INTACT
April 1975
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE WAX RICK WAKEMAN’S Split Level Dome
February 1975
THE GUESS WHO
February 1975
TALKIN’ BOUT MY D-D-DEDICATION
January 1975
BTO to Go: A Diet Guide to the Stars
January 1975
IAN ANDEDERSON EXPLANS HOW MARTIANS HEAR MUSIC
January 1975
DOIN’ THAT OLD HARD SHOE
December 1974
Lucky Demeter, Rhythm Sleuth, Meets Ray Manzarek
December 1974
ZOMBIE TWITS MAKE GOOD
December 1974
FRANK ZAPPA vs. The Tooth Fairy
December 1974
GEORGE HARRISON’S SEARCH FOR ANONYMITY
December 1974
Getting By Without The Allmans
November 1974
TODD RUNDGREN TELLS THE TRUTH
November 1974
LED ZEPPELIN’S ADRENALINE PUSH
November 1974
SUZI QUATRO: Elvis as Virgin Queen
November 1974
C’Mon Sugar, Let’s Go All-Nite Jukin’ With Wet Wille
October 1974
FROM WHITE LIGHT TO GREY EMINENCE
October 1974
STEVE STILLS: “I ain’t no Dylan you know...”
September 1974
Primevil Career: t=The Blue Oyster Cult
September 1974
Working For Peanuts: Rick Wakeman’s Final Days With YES
September 1974
I AM THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUITARIST
August 1974
The MAGGIE BELL Roadshow
August 1974
My Night Of Ecstasy With The J. Geils Band
August 1974
STEVE MILLER: The Joke’s On You
July 1974
BLACK SABBATH: Meaner than a junkyard dawg
July 1974
DEEP LIP: THE MICK JAGGER INTERVIEW
July 1974
The Bryan Ferry Story: A HOLLYWOOD Production
June 1974
TRANSCENDENCE OF THE ORGASM
June 1974
The Confessions Of Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go By
June 1974
BILLY PRESTON: Rolin’ With The Sixth Stone
May 1974
DADA AT THE END OF A FIST
May 1974
Heavy Breathing
May 1974
The Page Memoris
May 1974
FOGWHAT? FOGHAT Bastard Children of Gordon Sinclair
April 1974
DIARY OF A ROCK STAR: Mott the Hoople From the Inside
April 1974
Curse of the Vanishing Dynaflex
April 1974
Cruisin’ With The Guru
March 1974
THE WHO: Quadrophenia Reconsidered
March 1974
BLOOD FEAST OF REDDY KILOWATT!
March 1974
JERRY LEE LEWIS: The Killer Staggers On
March 1974
Elton John: Prisoner of Wax
February 1974
Steely Dan: The Panic in the Year Zero Bossa Nova
February 1974
Savoy Brown Is Not Dead
January 1974
GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW OFF NEW BODIES
January 1974
Exorcizing The Ghost of Mod
January 1974
The Rolling Stones: Dark Horses On Parade
December 1973
1973 Nervous Breakdown
December 1973
New York Rock
December 1973
Looking For A Kiss In Parking Lot Babylon
December 1973
The Discovery Of JIMI HENDRIX A discussion with Chas Chandler
November 1973
The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople
November 1973
Meeting the Beatles
November 1973
SCREWING THE SYSTEM WITH DICK CLARK
November 1973
Van Morrison Talks Back
October 1973
The New York Dolls Greatest Hits Volume 1
October 1973
LIFE WITH THE LIONS: Diary of a Faces Roadie
October 1973
Are Pink Floyd Made of Green Cheese?
October 1973
Shotgun Willie Makes Another Album
September 1973
Mark Farner’s State Of The Nation Address
September 1973
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
September 1973
Words Of Wisdom from JEFF BECK
August 1973
Deaf Mute In A Telephone Booth
July 1973
Waylon Jennings
July 1973
T. Rex: "What They Tried To Do With David Bowie Was Create Another Marc Bolan."
July 1973
Johnny Winter: Back & Kicking
July 1973
Roger McGuinn On Past, Present And Future BYRDS
June 1973
Slade Don’t Do No Rock Operas
June 1973
ALICE COOPER’S ALCOHOL COOKBOOK
June 1973
Roxy Music: Terror in the Rue Morgue
May 1973
JETHRO TULL IN VIETNAM
May 1973
Travel Round The Country Playing Music By The Hour
May 1973
Alvin Lee: The Invulnerable Bullock
April 1973
Gary Glitter
April 1973
...AND NOW SPIDER-MAN AND THE MARVEL COMICS GROUP!
April 1973
Edgar Winter After Dark
March 1973
THANKS FOR THE SPINS, DEEJAYS
March 1973
“THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES”
March 1973
Leslie West: "I Bought My First Guitar With My Bar Mitzvah Money"
February 1973
Chuck Berry’s Back From The Blues
February 1973
“Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
January 1973
I ONLY GET MY ROCKS OFF WHEN I’M DREAMING
January 1973
Deep Purple Ain’t Schizoid!
December 1972
BEER AND FROTHING IN TEXAS
December 1972
Leon Russell in Tulsa
December 1972
Snapshots Of The South
November 1972
JOHN COLTRANE LIVES
November 1972
HUMBLE PIE EAT OUT
October 1972
The Emerging SOPOR Culture
October 1972
The T.A.M.I. Show
September 1972
Tobacco Companies Smashed!
September 1972
Loose As A Goose & Twice As Truthful
August 1972
The Beach Boys A Sixties Epic—Part Two
August 1972
A ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS
August 1972
Todd Rundgren Unchained
August 1972
Wolfman Jack Finally Shows His Face
August 1972
Dr. John Says “Gumbo Ain’t No Zydeco”
July 1972
The Beach Boys: The Makings Of A Fanatic
July 1972
Bring Your Mother To The Gas Chamber: Part Two
July 1972
Bring Your Mother To The Gas Chamber
June 1972
Marc Bolan and T.Rex: Can The Electric Warriors Conquer America?
May 1972
Doncha Ever Listen To The Radio...
May 1972
Rod Stewart Joins Faces
April 1972
The Way You Do the Things You Do
April 1972
Elvis and the A-Bomb
March 1972
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
March 1972
FREE JOHN & YOKO
March 1972
Get Behind the Blue Oyster Cult
February 1972
Crabby Appleton Zaps the Zombies
February 1972
James Taylor: SUPERSTAR
January 1972
ALICE COOPER: ALL AMERICAN
January 1972
Black Sabbath Don’t Scare Nobody
December 1971
Do The Godz Speak Esperanto?
December 1971
To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest
November 1971
A Night In The Berkeley Barrooms
November 1971
THIS IS IT
November 1971
"Paint it Black You Devil!"
October 1971
MC5 Back On Shakin’ Street
October 1971
Cat Stevens
September 1971
The Motown Variations
September 1971
AT HOME WITH THE JACKSON FIVE
September 1971
COMMANDER CODY IN CALIFORNIA
September 1971
High Times with Flash Cadillac
June 1971
ROCK-A HULA CLARIFIED
June 1971
PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG
June 1971
Will success spoil the Frut?
May 1971
Dead Lie the Velvets Underground R.I.P.
May 1971
DAS HIP KAPITAL
March 1971
BEANTOWN GET-DOWN
March 1971
CREEM INTERVIEW: GRATEFUL DEAD
December 1970
POP AND PIES AND FUN: PART TWO
December 1970
World Peace Through Smoky Jello
November 1970
Roger McGuinn is the Byrds
November 1970
Liberation Music
November 1970
OF POP AND PIES AND FUN: PART ONE
November 1970
Parliafunkadelicment Thang
October 1970
The Incredible Story Of Iggy & The Stooges
May 1970
The Joe Cocker Show...Mad Dogs And Englishmen
April 1970
The walrus was Paul?
November 1969
Slippin’ & Slidin’ with Little Richard
October 1969