Features John Otway
Eccentric, pop star and born-again success story celebrates his 5000th gig
Robert Margouleff And Malcolm Cecil
The unlikely brains behind the TONTO synthesiser and its admirers
Hoodoo Gurus
From Sydney garages to the US college-rock circuit… and back!
Lindisfarne
The roots, formation and initial impact of the mercurial Tyneside legends
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20 Questions
42 Kenney Jones reflects on 60 years occupying some of the most prized drum stools in rock “We grew up in black & white. In foggy London you couldn’t see a hand in front of your face”
ISSUE 125,MARCH 2022
Regulars Thoughts & Words
Your letters, tweets and emails
It’s A Happening Thing
M Ross Perkins, LOOP, Pin-Ups 1972, Bart Davenport, The Beatpack,Young Guv, God Unknown Records, Circe Link & Christian Nesmith, Creative Audio Laboratory, System Exclusive, Duncan Marquiss, caroline, Home Movies, The Premonitions, The Monochrome Set, Yin Yin, Jackie Lomax, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Supply Demand & Curve
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Shindiggin’
What’s hot on the Shindig! turntable
Back To Back
Delaney & Bonnie gift The Carpenters an ode to groupies
Deep Cutss
UK psych and underground private pressing album
Reviews
The best in reissues, new releases, 45s and books
Prize Crossword
Win Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock ’n’ Roll book
Vinyl Art
John Cale’s Vintage Violence
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