Figaro-oh-oh-oh! Oh boy, do we’ve got a royally jam-packed challenge this month! Yep, arduous as it might be to imagine, however October (Halloween, to be particular) marks the fiftieth anniversary of the unique launch of Queen’s epic single Bohemian Rhapsody. Undoubtedly certainly one of rock’s Useless Sea Scrolls, it’s not hyperbole to say that Bo Rhap modified the course of the band’s profession and well-liked music as we all know it.
This challenge we have a good time it and the making of the groundbreaking album from whence it got here – Queen’s A Night time At The Opera – within the firm of Sir Brian Could and Roger Taylor. Each single and album are about to be re-released on vinyl, so I do surprise if we’d have one other Bo Rhap No.1 on our palms this 12 months?
What’s extra, the brand new challenge is certainly one of our premium editions, and contains an official A Night time At The Opera sticker, poster and artwork card (subscribers, UK newsstand and on-line orders solely).
Additionally within the challenge: we chat to Scorpions about their 60 years in rock; get the story behind UFO’s sojourn to Montserrat to document No Place To Run with George Martin; go behind the scenes of Tom Petty’s deeply private Wildflowers album; Ann and Nancy Wilson inform us concerning the making of Coronary heart’s debut document and way more in addition to.
Till subsequent month…
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Queen
Fifty years on, Brian Could and Roger Taylor reveal the imaginative and prescient, precision and daring behind Queen’s A Night time At The Opera, the album that rewrote rock’s guidelines.
Scorpions
Rudolph Schenker and Klause Meine look again over 60 years, from being trashed within the UK press to being lauded rock icons.
Coronary heart
How Ann and Nancy Wilson gatecrashed a male-dominated, payola-fuelled rock scene 50 years in the past with Dreamboat Annie.
Creeper
Earlier than the vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, it was shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots, arduous work and, ouch, gross sales work.
Tom Petty
Regardless of all of the chaos and confusion that fed into it, the deeply private Wildflowers is the album he thought to be his finest.
David Bowie
Band members, mates and associates inform the story of The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.
UFO
When ace-card guitarist Michael Schenker give up, no sulks, they took off to the Caribbean and recorded a belter with out him.
Regulars
The Grime
Foo Fighters again within the studio? Tornado Sister to play 2026 world tour. Radiohead affirm UK reveals. Welcome again Paradise Misplaced and Lemonheads. Say whats up to Hole Souls and Margarita Witch Cult. Say goodbye to Rick Davies, Brent Hinds, Tony Beard, Mark Volman.
The Tales Behind The Songs: Counting Crows
How a tune written instantly after and a few wild night time out turned radio staple, an enormous hit and their signature tune.
Q&A: Eric Gales
The blues guitarist on his document for his late brother, slicing heads with Bonamassa, surviving time behind bars.
Opinions
New albums from Michael Schenker, Ash, Chrissie Hynde, Mammoth, Lemonheads, Cardiacs, Sparks, Vernon Reid, Dizzy Reed, Goo Goo Dolls, Biohazard and extra. Reissues from John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, Ronnie Wooden, Steve Howe, Foghat, Humble Pie, Frank Zappa, Elton John, Supergrass, King Crimson and extra. DVDs, movies and books on Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Charlie Harper, Ringo Starr, U2, Marianne Faithfull and extra.
Purchaser’s Information: Zakk Wylde
The choose of his data with Ozzy, Black Label Society and extra.
Lives
We preview excursions by Todd Rundgren, Y&T and Coheed And Cambria. Plus gig listings – who’s taking part in the place and when.
The Soundtrack Of My Life: Devon Allman
The singer and guitarist picks his data, artists and gigs of lasting significance.
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