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‘Appy Days: The Mick Box Column (No. 11)

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at 02:14pm December 7 2009
'Appy Days: The Mick Box Column (No. 11)

This week, Mick Box has been mostly eating goulash, sorting out guitar problems, scoffing birthday cake and bouncing around on a tour bus! Click here to read Mick’s previous columns.

New Releases: This Week’s Mixed Bag Of Riffs

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at 07:40am December 4 2009
New Releases: This Week's Mixed Bag Of Riffs

This week, we’ve got instrumentals, prog, Aussie punk, a stoner supergroup, Finnish goth metal, a box set of one album (!) and even a saucy festive single…

Slade Reunion? Forget It, Says Jim Lea

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at 01:14pm December 1 2009
Slade Reunion? Forget It, Says Jim Lea

Slade will never re-form. That’s according to bassist Jim Lea.

Before They Were Famous – Rock Stars And Their Early Bands

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at 12:36pm November 23 2009
Before They Were Famous - Rock Stars And Their Early Bands

Even the biggest stars in rock have humble musical origins. So Classic Rock thought it was time to namecheck those bands who gave our heroes a leg over… erm, a leg up! Obscure they may be. But this is where it all began for…

Classic Rock’s New Release Round-Up

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at 11:33am November 20 2009
Classic Rock's New Release Round-Up

This week we’ve got – ulp! – Christmas albums from REO Speedwagon, Rob Halford and Slade (but of course), some doom from My Dying Bride, the return of Creed and a book from Diamond Head’s guitarist. Which is all very nice… or is it?

Monsters Of Rock Promoter Dies

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at 12:21pm November 13 2009
Monsters Of Rock Promoter Dies

Maurice Jones, the man who came up with the  Monsters Of Rock Festival concept in 1980, has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer.

Slade Get Down And Get With It For Xmas

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at 12:44pm October 27 2009
Slade Get Down And Get With It For Xmas

It’s Christmas time. You can tell, because Slade have got their party hats on.

Behind The Wall Of Sleep

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at 03:43pm May 28 2009
Behind The Wall Of Sleep

Babies are nodding off to grunge band Nirvana after a soothing lullaby version of one of the band’s hits was put on a CD.