Rock 'n' Roll history made flesh, albeit somewhat decayed flesh, talks about clean living, composing, and the pursuit of happiness.

Two ex-cats and an earl add more lines to the story of Rock and Roll. David Marx chronicles

Feel Every Beat

Are Electronic, mutant offspring of New Order, The Smiths and the Pet Shop Boys, the first electro-supergroup? Does it matter? Mark J. Prendergast ignores the hype, sidesteps trivial speculation, and talks technical to Bernard Sumner.

the fruit of guitarmanship disclosed

Chris Maillard chews the cud with the up and coming C&W—crossover cowpunchers.

can have an Edge like this

The Edge describes sounds and styles

Philip Bashe and Don McLeese stop a lone Stone stateside

The man fronting this month's top ranking and cover-appearing rhythm section is Peter Tosh. The ex-Wailer parts with some heavy words on Jamaica in this interview with Dave Saunders.

Upbeat pop from down under

Joan Jett turns the landing lights on her guitar collection

Speaks from the heart.

Why does Stan file his fingers? Phil Bashe get the facts from The Man behind Slap'n' Pop...

A voice like the water running out of the bath; an interview by Chris Maillard

Working again after two years of legal trench-warfare, The Spands talk about their comeback album, the defiantly-titled Through The Barricades. Observation post: Chris Maillard

Alternative routes to funny fingerings. Tuning is not cheating, we say.

dangerous truths

Musicians & Health

250 players reply to a smoking, drinking and drugs questionnaire

The more imagination you apply to signal processors, the more you can get out of them. Craig Anderton presents 49 tips that take you beyond stock effects and into new ways of creating your own sonic signature.

All the snippety little secret bits of musicians' gossip that no-one else would print

Seven pages of new products revealed at this year's NAMM Expo in Chicago

sixties guitar innovator profiled

Guitarchives

Five aging axes exhumed by Paul Trynka

Dave Sinclair sorts out seven significant strikers

Six heavy people choose their 30 favourite riffs.

six heavy metallurgists pick their favourites - Joan Jett, Punky Mendoza, Graham Oliver, Paul Quinn, Mick Ralphs, Paul Samson