The new issue of AOR is on sale now

They came from the skies! (Well… Boston, actually)

The brand new issue of Classic Rock Presents AOR is in the shops now, with melodic maestros Boston on the cover.

Here’s what’s in issue 7 of AOR:

COVER STORY: BOSTON

AOR’s most mysterious band. The brainchild of Tom Scholz – one part musician, one part mad scientist – Boston have sold millions of albums yet remain uncannily aloof. We delve beneath Scholz’s shroud of secrecy to uncover Boston’s full amazing story.

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Into The Arena – featuring 15 of the very best brand new AOR and melodic-rock songs. Including Jimi Jamison, Rick Springfield, Y&T, Neal Schon, Michael Des Barres, Loverboy and more!

WIN TICKETS TO HRH AOR!

We’ve got a pair of weekend tickets to give away to next year’s inaugural HRH AOR festival featuring Tesla, Skid Row, Jeff Scott Soto, FM, H.E.A.T., Romeo’s Daughter and dozens more.

Also featured in the new issue of AOR:

JEFF SCOTT SOTO One of the most celebrated and oft-imitated voices in AOR
THE TOP 50 FEMALES IN AOR Counting down the greatest femme-rockers of the melodic-rock genre
KIP WINGER Q&A with the man who masterminded not one but two platinum albums for his band
FM The hardy UK AOR-sters have new nine-track EP coming out (Only Foolin’) and a tour with Thin Lizzy and The Treatment in the pipeline
MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE A surprise new trend has emerged in recent years
DARE Darren Wharton’s band have re-recorded their celebrated album, 1998’s Calm Before The Storm
DANTE FOX Foxy featurette to tie in with the release of the Midlands melodic rockers’ just-released new album Lost Man’s Ground
HEART Their new LP is called Fanatic. We send AOR’s very own Heart fanatic, Siân Llewellyn, to chat with celebrated sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson
NUBIAN ROSE Mountain, the debut album from these hot new Scandi- rockers, is causing an almighty stir in AOR circles
AXE Bobby Barth’s band are back with a new live DVD
POMP ROCK BUYERS GUIDE The best (meaning: most bombastic) albums from Styx, Kansas, Touch, Prophet, Angel, Zon…