RETROSPECTIVE: Wayne’s World – Twenty Years Later

In the early 1990s the alternative rock and metal scene began to invade mainstream cinema, at first with 1991′s action-packed Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey,

RETROSPECTIVE – Thirty Years of Metal Blade Records

“Being an independent label, you’re faced with all sorts of challenges because you don’t have a major label’s money and distribution network. But you do

ALBUMS REDISCOVERED: Pantera – Power Metal

If Pantera had their way their debut album would no doubt have been Cowboys From Hell. Their 1990 breakthrough classic first introduced the four-piece to the mainstream metal community and ...

RETROSPECTIVE – Bob Dylan’s Debut Album Fifty Years On

When Bob Dylan's eponymous debut album was first issued on March 19th 1962, little did the world know what kind of impact the young singer and guitarist would have on ...

RETROSPECTIVE – A Year in Music: 1998

While there were no specific trends that dominated the musical landscape of 1998, the year saw the release of a host of impressive and successful rock and metal albums, both ...

RETROSPECTIVE – When Horror Goes Metal

For almost three decades movie producers have recruited the services of pop stars and heavy metal artists to help market their products to new audiences. Sometimes this has been through ...

RETROSPECTIVE – A Year in Music: 1995

With Nirvana's Kurt Cobain having committed suicide the previous year, 1995 saw a significant decline in popularity for Seattle's grunge movement, replaced instead by a revival of American punk that ...

RETROSPECTIVE – The Cathouse

While CBGB dominated the New York punk scene during the 1980s, Hollywood’s hair metal bands had a pick of venues to showcase their act, from the Troubadour and the Rainbow ...

RETROSPECTIVE – Mick Mars: Living With Ankylosing Spondylitis

As they often insist on reminding us, it is a hard life being a rock star. The demands of the music business, coupled with constant touring, difficulties in forming lasting ...

RETROSPECTIVE – The Marquee

For half a century The Marquee remained the centre of London's thriving music scene. Providing an early platform for such legendary artists as the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The ...

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