We travel from Finland to America to Nottingham and to Wales this week, in search of the latest gems and uncut diamonds. Time to drool over some jewels, and despair at the mediocre fayre. (more…)

You know all about Sweet, right? And you’re undoubtedly familiar with their hits – from Little Willy to Blockbuster; from Co-Co to Teenage Rampage; from Poppa Joe to Fox On The Run. So, you’re probably asking youself: why the hell are we featuring the band as our latest Cult Heroes? Well, the reason is that we’re about to explore an underappreciated era of theirs. Cast your minds back to the year 1978, if you can, and Sweet’s album Level Headed. The hits had (almost) dried up by this point, and it was the last record they made before the classic Brian Connolly/Andy Scott/Steve Priest/Mick Tucker line-up split… (more…)

Stryper are to release a covers album in the autumn – and it’s got the cunning title of The Covering. (more…)

Stryper are currently recording an album full of cover versions. (more…)

This week Mick meets Rammstein, runs out of English tea bags, drinks 60 litres of Jack Daniel’s and 720 bottles/cans of beer (although not in one session), gets friendly with a blow-up doll (!) and reaches the end of Uriah Heep’s tour… (more…)