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COOLER HEADS PREVAIL
SPRING 2024

THE PARTY THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH
SPRING 2024

MAKE THEM WONDER WHY
SPRING 2024

NOTHING TO SCOWL AT
SPRING 2024

FUCK THIS BAND AGAIN
SPRING 2024

HEARTLAND HEROES
SPRING 2024

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
SPRING 2024

WAYNE KRAMER: THE FINAL INTERVIEW
SPRING 2024

ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING
SPRING 2024

THE HOLE TRUTH
Winter 2022

FREAK ON A LEASH
Winter 2022

PURPLE MOUNTAINS’ MAJESTY
Winter 2022

COMPLIANCE ROCK O’CLOCK
Winter 2022

DOUBLE FANTASY
Winter 2022

DILLY DALLY FEEL FREE
Winter 2022

Robert Cray: JUMPIN’ IN THE NIGHT
November 1988

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN: SURFIN’ LSD
October 1988

Iggy Pop: Animal Instincts
September 1988

The Rod Stewart Interview
September 1988

The Strange Case of Buster Poindexter
May 1988

MEGADETH: when fusion comes to call
March 1988

DAVID LEE ROTH CLIMBS BIG ROCK!
March 1988

The Cars: The 50,000 Mile Tune-up
January 1988

BRIDGE OVER ROGER WATERS
November 1987

U2 IN IRELAND
November 1987

20 YEARS OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
November 1987

THE MEANING O' THE UNIVERSE!
November 1987

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SOUTHERN DEATH?
August 1987

Around The Clock With The PSYSCHEDELIC FURS
June 1987

GIVE US VAN HALEN
April 1987

Tina Turner Chants!
February 1987

THE HEAD ON THE CURE
December 1986

ON THE (HARD) BEAT WITH RUN-DMC
December 1986

R.E.M. Notes From Near Normal Town
November 1986

THE MEAT PUPPETS BE HEP!
November 1986

David Lee Roth’s Revenge
October 1986

I Confronted METALLICA On Their Own Terms!
October 1986

An Exciting Interview with BLACK SABBATH!
September 1986

Drinking (And Drinking Lots More!) With The REPLACEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 1986

BILLY IDOL: NICE DAY FOR A NEW ALBUM
August 1986

THINKING OF BABYLON, DREAMING OF PRINCE
July 1986

STRAY CAT NO MORE
June 1986

The Hottest In The Hooter Business
June 1986

HUSKER DU: Not Bohemia, But Estonia!
June 1986

PSYCHIC GRUEL AND MOTLEY CRUE
April 1986

THE ULTIMATE OZZYY!
March 1986

GIVE US VAN HALEN!
March 1986

Three O'Clock: Tocking Heads?
March 1986

On The Road With Roky & Pete
March 1986

ROBYN HITCHCOCK
March 1986

Isn't that Nick Lowe?
March 1986

WE’LL MEAT AGAIN
February 1986

Tom Petty’s New Tales Of The Old South
October 1985

It’s Been A Sade Night
September 1985

R.E.M.’S ROCK RECONSTRUCTION
September 1985

The Many Myths Of MADONNA!
August 1985

THE WIT & WISDOM OF PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
July 1985

FOREIGNER FEELS LIKE THE FIFTH TIME!
JUNE 1985

DAVID LEE ROTH: AND THE GLEEBY SHALL ROCK
April 1985

HEAVY METAL’S REVENGE: DEEP PURPLE RETURNS!
MARCH 1985

PATTY SMYTH: WARRIORS, WARTS & SCANDALS!
January 1985

YOKO ONO: IN & OUT OF THE DANGER BOX
January 1985

TWISTED SISTER: STILL HUNGRY?
December 1984

HUEY LEWIS AND ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS
December 1984

THE CARS’ NIGHT CONNECTIONS
November 1984

LOU REED’S NEW ROCK SENSATIONS
November 1984

PRINCE’S PURPLE RAIN: SCUSE ME WHILE I GET SOME POPCORN
September 1984

A PRETENDER BENDER?
August 1984

RAPPING TO THE GO-GO’S
August 1984

JUDAS PRIEST EATEN ALIVE!
July 1984

BOY GEORGE, BOHEMIAN!
June 1984

DURAN DURAN AM WHAT THEY YAM
April 1984

CUM ON, TOP THE CHARTZ
March 1984

THE EURYTHMICS WOULD BE LYING IF THEY SAID THEY DIDN’T ENJOY IT
February 1984

MICK JAGGER: AS YEARS GO BY
February 1984

FROM HOT DOG TO BIG LOG: ROBERT PLANT HITS THE ROAD
October 1983

Lita Ford’s Got BLOOD If You Want It!
August 1983

THE KINKS: A SAD KOMMENTARY
August 1983

JOAN JETT Gets Some Respect (FINALLY!)
July 1983

GEORGE CLINTON CRIES WOOF
July 1983

HERE & NOW IT’S BOW WOW WOW!
June 1983

SPOT CHECKING DEF LEPPARD
May 1983

TOM PETTY Long After Maturity
April 1983

OZZY OSBOURNE: No Bozo On This Bus
April 1983

GYPSIES, TRAMPS OR THIEVES?
February 1983

AEROSMITH: WALKIN THE DOGMA
JANUARY 1983

ROGER DALTREY: The Blond Behind Blue Eyes
JANUARY 1983

THE GO-GO’S OF YOUR DREAMS
December 1982

MOBY GRAPE INTO THE VOID
October 1982

MARSHALL CRENSHAW’S TRUE POP WAYS
September 1982

DAVID LEE ROTH & THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVING DOWN
September 1982

J. GEILS ARE CENTERFOLD STARS!
July 1982

JOAN JETT IS A VERY NICE GIRL
June 1982

X’s WILD LOS ANGELES GIFT
June 1982

THE CARS DON’T GET EASILY AMUSED
May 1982

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JERRY LEE
May 1982

AC/DC: DEATH POOCHES LICK THE COSMIC MILK BONE
May 1982

MICK JAGGER STARTS IT UP!
January 1982

RAY DAVIES UNRAVELS THE KINKS
December 1981

WENDY & THE PLASMATICS: 1984 WILL BE A LITTLE EARLY
September 1981

JUDAS PRIEST: HELL-BENT FOR EAGLE SCOUT-HOOD?
August 1981

THE ECSTATIC AESTHETICS OF XTC
July 1981

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: WHITE LIGHT/ DARK SHADOWS
July 1981

RUSH: BUT WHY ARE THEY IN SUCH A HURRY?
June 1981

CLOWN TIME IS OVER
May 1981

INTERROGATING THE POLICE
April 1981

STEVE WINWOOD KEEPS ON RUNNING
April 1981

ROCKPILE WAKES UP EARLY
February 1981

Ronnie Redux
January 1981

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TAKES IT TO THE RIVER
January 1981

PAT BENATAR’S SWEET RIDE
January 1981

MOTELS’ Check-out Time
December 1980

CANDY STRIPERS ARE GO
December 1980

SURPRIIIISE! Your Mom Likes The B-52s!
December 1980

PETE TOWNSHEND: WHO’S HE?
November 1980

PARTY GAMING WITH THE JAGS
October 1980

Heavy metal’s new wave
October 1980

THE PUBLIC IMAGE HAS CRACKED
August 1980

THE PRETENDERS STOP OUR SOBBING
August 1980

IF YOU HATE VAN HALEN YOU’RE WRONG
July 1980

The CLASH Clamp Down On Detroit
June 1980

WOMEN IN REVOLT!
May 1980

Rave Girl To Brave Girl: TRUE CONFESSION OF MARIANNE FAITHFUL
May 1980

THE SPECIALS: RUDE BOYS SPREAD MANURE IN YANK BED OF ROSES
April 1980

Winkle-pickers Into the Void: THE JAM IS PACKED OFF TO AMERICA
April 1980

GIMME TEXAS BOP WITH Z Z TOP
March 1980

POLICE REPORT: MESSAGE FROM THREE BOTTLE BLONDS
February 1980

THE B-52’s: CLIMATE CONTROL IN THE LAND OF 16 DANCES
December 1979

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO PERE UBU
November 1979

LED ZEPPELIN REDUX
November 1979

TALKING HEADS: More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming
October 1979

IS HEAVY METAL DEAD?
October 1979

LAST STAND AT THE I’M OK/YOU’RE OK CORRAL
September 1979

THAT’S COOL, THAT’S TRASH: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST PUNK ERA, PART 2
July 1979

NICK LOWE Achieves Verbal Dominance
July 1979

THAT’S COOL THAT’S TRASH: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST PUNK ERA
June 1979

BLONDIE Plucks Her Legs!
June 1979

ELVIS COSTELLO: ASK HIM NO QUESTIONS, HE’LL TELL YOU NO LIES
May 1979

TALKING HEADS: MORE WORDS ABOUT ENO AND LIFE
March 1979

DEVO ACTUAL SIZE
March 1979

DEAD BOYS TELL NO TALES (Under An Hour, That Is)
February 1979

AEROSMITH BEATS THE CLOCK!
December 1978

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT WITH A CHEAP TRICK
December 1978

THE BACK LINE
November 1978

WHO’S WHO?
November 1978

TODD RUNDGREN MEETS CAPTAIN VIDEO
October 1978

LAWDAMERCY, SPRINGSTEEN SAVES!
October 1978

NO ZIGGY OR IGGY...JUST A GIGOLO
September 1978

PAUL McCARTNEY: Is this man guilty of power pop?
August 1978

RON WOOD ACHIEVES PUBERTY!
July 1978

WRAP YOUR UPS AROUND MY TAILPIPE: A GUIDE TO DETROIT ROCK
June 1978

TWO DAYS WITH THE RAMONES
June 1978

SEX PISTOLS IN THE PROMISED LAND
April 1978

QUEEN’S ROYAL FLUSH
April 1978

WHAT, HE WORRY?
MARCH 1978

Young, Loud, and Inarticulate
February 1978

JAGGER JAW SESSION: Mannish Boy Gets What He...Needs
January 1978

Catch A Wave? No,West Coast NEW WAVE!
December 1977

THE STARSHIP IN THE SEVENTIES
December 1977

New York Lights Up With Soggy Matches!
November 1977

TIPTOEING THROUGH THE JULEPS
November 1977

LONDON’S BURNING!
October 1977

WHAT MAKES HEART BEAT?
September 1977

DANCING WITH MR. D [-O-G]
September 1977

STEVE MILLER LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG
September 1977

HALL & OATES CONFIDENTIAL TAPES
August 1977

NATION GRIPPED IN MASSIVE FLEETWOOD MAC ATTACK!
July 1977

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD
July 1977

HIGH SCHOOL NEVER ENDS!
May 1977

IN SEARCH OF THIN LIZZY
May 1977

A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN
May 1977

MORE THAN JUST A BOOB TUBE
May 1977

MONEY MONEY MONEY: How Abba Won Their Waterloo
March 1977

Don't Knock on (Ron) Wood
March 1977

Rock ‘n’ Rail Pandora Unleashes Violence and Mayhem
March 1977

GET THE HOOK?
March 1977

Eric Clapton Is Alive,Well, and At Home with the Old Lady and Dog
February 1977

It’s My Party And I’ll Be Pretty If I Want To
February 1977

Hall & Oates: The Cream Cheese Soul Brothers
January 1977

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD KISS
January 1977

DOG MEETS DOG: Ted Nugent Guitar House In The Kennel
January 1977

AEROSMITH: TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN’
December 1976

VISIONS OF OYSTER APOCALYPSE
December 1976

SATURDAY NIGHTS all right for laughin’
November 1976

SURF’S UP! Brian Wilson Comes Back From Lunch
October 1976

ROD STEWART: Britt’s Flit, Faces Split, Upper Glass Twit?
September 1976

Bernie Taupin: The Cheese Stands Alone
September 1976

YES: The Thinking Man’s Up With People
September 1976

Paul & Linda McCartney: BIONIC COUPLE SERVES IT YOUR WAY
August 1976

JEFF BECK GETS MELLOW (WELL...SORT OF)
August 1976

For the NEXT 200 Years...THE SHAPE OF KISS TO COME
July 1976

AEROSMITH’S FIGHT FOR LIFE
July 1976

INNOCENTS IN BABYLON
June 1976

SPACE FACE CHANGES THE STATION
May 1976

Bob Dylan’s Dalliance With Mafia Chic
April 1976

Patti Smith’s Swinging Vines
April 1976

BLACK SABBATH FROG PRINCES OF DAKTARI
March 1976

FIFTHS & FISTS FOR THE COMMON MAN
March 1976

JOHN DENVER IS GOD
January 1976

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS NOT GOD (AND DOESN’T WANT TO BE)
January 1976

PATTI SMITH: SWEET HOWLING FIRE
January 1976

WHORIN’ AND SCORIN’ WITH Z.Z.TOP
January 1976

DAVID BOWIE: SPACED OUT IN THE DESERT
December 1975

TO BEAT THE DEVIL: The Allman Brothers Comin’ Round Again
December 1975

NEIL YOUNG: The Unwilling Superstar
November 1975

WHO’S LAST?
November 1975

FACES HUDDLE FOR DEFENSIVE PLAY
November 1975

THE PUNK AS GODFATHER, PART II
October 1975

IAN HUNTER: Through The Glasses Darkly
August 1975

I Dreamed I Was Onstage With KISS In My Maidenform Bra
August 1975

GRAND FUNK: SUPER PATRIOTS COME CLEAN
July 1975

NILSSON: DRUNK WITH JOHN, GEORGE, RINGO AND...
July 1975

Crazy Teens and Killer QUEEN
July 1975

PUNCH & JUDY PLAY THE TOILETS
July 1975

RITCHIE BLACKMORE CONFESSIONAL
June 1975

Jukebox Cruci-Fix
June 1975

What Has 160 Teeth & Plays Soccer?
May 1975

THE ELTON JOHN INTERVIEW
May 1975

Gregg Allman: LAID BACK TATTOO INTACT
April 1975

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE WAX RICK WAKEMAN’S Split Level Dome
February 1975

THE GUESS WHO
February 1975

TALKIN’ BOUT MY D-D-DEDICATION
January 1975

BTO to Go: A Diet Guide to the Stars
January 1975

IAN ANDEDERSON EXPLANS HOW MARTIANS HEAR MUSIC
January 1975

DOIN’ THAT OLD HARD SHOE
December 1974

Lucky Demeter, Rhythm Sleuth, Meets Ray Manzarek
December 1974

ZOMBIE TWITS MAKE GOOD
December 1974

FRANK ZAPPA vs. The Tooth Fairy
December 1974

GEORGE HARRISON’S SEARCH FOR ANONYMITY
December 1974

Getting By Without The Allmans
November 1974

TODD RUNDGREN TELLS THE TRUTH
November 1974

LED ZEPPELIN’S ADRENALINE PUSH
November 1974

SUZI QUATRO: Elvis as Virgin Queen
November 1974

C’Mon Sugar, Let’s Go All-Nite Jukin’ With Wet Wille
October 1974

FROM WHITE LIGHT TO GREY EMINENCE
October 1974

STEVE STILLS: “I ain’t no Dylan you know...”
September 1974

Primevil Career: t=The Blue Oyster Cult
September 1974

Working For Peanuts: Rick Wakeman’s Final Days With YES
September 1974

I AM THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUITARIST
August 1974

The MAGGIE BELL Roadshow
August 1974

My Night Of Ecstasy With The J. Geils Band
August 1974

STEVE MILLER: The Joke’s On You
July 1974

BLACK SABBATH: Meaner than a junkyard dawg
July 1974

DEEP LIP: THE MICK JAGGER INTERVIEW
July 1974

The Bryan Ferry Story: A HOLLYWOOD Production
June 1974

TRANSCENDENCE OF THE ORGASM
June 1974

The Confessions Of Marianne Faithfull: As Years Go By
June 1974

BILLY PRESTON: Rolin’ With The Sixth Stone
May 1974

DADA AT THE END OF A FIST
May 1974

Heavy Breathing
May 1974

The Page Memoris
May 1974

FOGWHAT? FOGHAT Bastard Children of Gordon Sinclair
April 1974

DIARY OF A ROCK STAR: Mott the Hoople From the Inside
April 1974

Curse of the Vanishing Dynaflex
April 1974

Cruisin’ With The Guru
March 1974

THE WHO: Quadrophenia Reconsidered
March 1974

BLOOD FEAST OF REDDY KILOWATT!
March 1974

JERRY LEE LEWIS: The Killer Staggers On
March 1974

Elton John: Prisoner of Wax
February 1974

Steely Dan: The Panic in the Year Zero Bossa Nova
February 1974

Savoy Brown Is Not Dead
January 1974

GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW OFF NEW BODIES
January 1974

Exorcizing The Ghost of Mod
January 1974

The Rolling Stones: Dark Horses On Parade
December 1973

1973 Nervous Breakdown
December 1973

New York Rock
December 1973

Looking For A Kiss In Parking Lot Babylon
December 1973

The Discovery Of JIMI HENDRIX A discussion with Chas Chandler
November 1973

The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople
November 1973

Meeting the Beatles
November 1973

SCREWING THE SYSTEM WITH DICK CLARK
November 1973

Van Morrison Talks Back
October 1973

The New York Dolls Greatest Hits Volume 1
October 1973

LIFE WITH THE LIONS: Diary of a Faces Roadie
October 1973

Are Pink Floyd Made of Green Cheese?
October 1973

Shotgun Willie Makes Another Album
September 1973

Mark Farner’s State Of The Nation Address
September 1973

Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
September 1973

Words Of Wisdom from JEFF BECK
August 1973

Deaf Mute In A Telephone Booth
July 1973

Waylon Jennings
July 1973

T. Rex: "What They Tried To Do With David Bowie Was Create Another Marc Bolan."
July 1973

Johnny Winter: Back & Kicking
July 1973

Roger McGuinn On Past, Present And Future BYRDS
June 1973

Slade Don’t Do No Rock Operas
June 1973

ALICE COOPER’S ALCOHOL COOKBOOK
June 1973

Roxy Music: Terror in the Rue Morgue
May 1973

JETHRO TULL IN VIETNAM
May 1973

Travel Round The Country Playing Music By The Hour
May 1973

Alvin Lee: The Invulnerable Bullock
April 1973

Gary Glitter
April 1973

...AND NOW SPIDER-MAN AND THE MARVEL COMICS GROUP!
April 1973

Edgar Winter After Dark
March 1973

THANKS FOR THE SPINS, DEEJAYS
March 1973

“THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES”
March 1973

Leslie West: "I Bought My First Guitar With My Bar Mitzvah Money"
February 1973

Chuck Berry’s Back From The Blues
February 1973

“Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
January 1973

I ONLY GET MY ROCKS OFF WHEN I’M DREAMING
January 1973

Deep Purple Ain’t Schizoid!
December 1972

BEER AND FROTHING IN TEXAS
December 1972

Leon Russell in Tulsa
December 1972

Snapshots Of The South
November 1972

JOHN COLTRANE LIVES
November 1972

HUMBLE PIE EAT OUT
October 1972

The Emerging SOPOR Culture
October 1972

The T.A.M.I. Show
September 1972

Tobacco Companies Smashed!
September 1972

Loose As A Goose & Twice As Truthful
August 1972

The Beach Boys A Sixties Epic—Part Two
August 1972

A ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS
August 1972

Todd Rundgren Unchained
August 1972

Wolfman Jack Finally Shows His Face
August 1972

Dr. John Says “Gumbo Ain’t No Zydeco”
July 1972

The Beach Boys: The Makings Of A Fanatic
July 1972

Bring Your Mother To The Gas Chamber: Part Two
July 1972

Bring Your Mother To The Gas Chamber
June 1972

Marc Bolan and T.Rex: Can The Electric Warriors Conquer America?
May 1972

Doncha Ever Listen To The Radio...
May 1972

Rod Stewart Joins Faces
April 1972

The Way You Do the Things You Do
April 1972

Elvis and the A-Bomb
March 1972

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
March 1972

FREE JOHN & YOKO
March 1972

Get Behind the Blue Oyster Cult
February 1972

Crabby Appleton Zaps the Zombies
February 1972

James Taylor: SUPERSTAR
January 1972

ALICE COOPER: ALL AMERICAN
January 1972

Black Sabbath Don’t Scare Nobody
December 1971

Do The Godz Speak Esperanto?
December 1971

To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest
November 1971

A Night In The Berkeley Barrooms
November 1971

THIS IS IT
November 1971

"Paint it Black You Devil!"
October 1971

MC5 Back On Shakin’ Street
October 1971

Cat Stevens
September 1971

The Motown Variations
September 1971

AT HOME WITH THE JACKSON FIVE
September 1971

COMMANDER CODY IN CALIFORNIA
September 1971

High Times with Flash Cadillac
June 1971

ROCK-A HULA CLARIFIED
June 1971

PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG
June 1971

Will success spoil the Frut?
May 1971

Dead Lie the Velvets Underground R.I.P.
May 1971

DAS HIP KAPITAL
March 1971

BEANTOWN GET-DOWN
March 1971

CREEM INTERVIEW: GRATEFUL DEAD
December 1970

POP AND PIES AND FUN: PART TWO
December 1970

World Peace Through Smoky Jello
November 1970

Roger McGuinn is the Byrds
November 1970

Liberation Music
November 1970

OF POP AND PIES AND FUN: PART ONE
November 1970

Parliafunkadelicment Thang
October 1970

The Incredible Story Of Iggy & The Stooges
May 1970

The Joe Cocker Show...Mad Dogs And Englishmen
April 1970

The walrus was Paul?
November 1969

Slippin’ & Slidin’ with Little Richard
October 1969