Jethro Tull's main man takes us behind the fish farmer exterior and into his home studio.

Jethro Tull’s leading light opens the door to his new ‘home studio’.

martin barre

It's just another month in the diary, exploding monitors and mains fuses

Best Basslines

His time with Rainbow, Whitesnake and Ozzy Osbourne has made Don Airey a rock institution (rather than putting him in one). Tim Goodyer talks to him about music and machinery.

Duran Duran, Alan Stivell

The backstage view of the mammoth Tull operation from Tony Freeman, one of those without whom... nervous times among the cigarette stubs.

The Master Room

Cutting masters is a fine art. George Peckham discusses the problems

gear-speak from all the band's men

Battery Studios

Jive Records' own Battery Studio complex has to accommodate acts as diverse as Schooly D, Mark Shreeve and Samantha Fox. David Bradwell raps technology.

Hamer, Gibson and Boss in the States.

Britain’s fastest-rising rock band discusses music and visuals

A Tour With Jethro Tull

Not another tedious account of a top band on tour, but a carefully worded roadie's-eye view of what really goes on behind the scenes. Antony Freeman gives an account of the happenings as Jethro Tull hit Germany.

September 1983 - January 1985

All articles ever featured in HSR from September 83 to January 85 listed for your delectation.

Lyricon-blowing John Walters, of Landscape fame if not fortune (yet), undertakes the western world's most comprehensive guide to the history, construction and playing of the Lyricon wind synthesiser.