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After losing the plot a bit recently, Classic Rock Magazine has a multi page feature in the September issue on ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery". They talked to all three about the making of the album.
I was getting worried about the magazine as the "Classic" was getting smaller, and the "Rock" bigger, but following their interview with Peter Gabriel last month, it appears they are getting a grip again!

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Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Topic: Classic Rock magazine - BSS Posted: August 03 2004 at 15:01
	After losing the plot a bit recently, Classic Rock Magazine has a multi page feature in the September issue on ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery". They talked to all three about the making of the album. I was getting worried about the magazine as the "Classic" was getting smaller, and the "Rock" bigger, but following their interview with Peter Gabriel last month, it appears they are getting a grip again!

Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Posted: August 03 2004 at 16:46
	I think prog really is getting more serious and positive attention. Yes was featured on MSN for a pre-tour photo montage. I didn't see anything derrogatory in the articles either. Refreshing.

Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Posted: August 31 2004 at 15:08
	I know I'm starting to sound like an advert for the magazine, but this month's issue has a free CD (may be UK only?). Band included on the CD are: Asia, IQ, Spock's beard, Caravan, Anathema, Cave in, Opeth, Threshold, Ampilfier, Porcupine Tree, Nektar, Blackfield, Flower Kings, and Wooly Wolstenholme (BJH). The magazine's major feature is on Rush, plus a few pages on how prog is making a comeback, and a "beginners' guide" to IQ.

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813	Posted: September 09 2004 at 07:44
	I gave up on these British published rock magazines. I survived Q for 5 years on subscription, Mojo for 8 years. I lauded Mojo's original editorial policy to be the modern day version of the excellent 70's fanzine Zig Zag* (which had excellent professional writers working them, such as John Tobler) - but they gave up that that policy and with the chase for market position, became the record companies' champion by promoting bands who were about to release albums, in articles. And their policy towards prog was variable, usually ignoring it for long times, before coming out with an article taking the piss, written by somebody who clearly had no love for the music. Now subscribing to Jazzwise, because of its jazz rock fusion and even prog rock friendliness. And Wire - read for a year because they gave a great video away with the subscription - but the musician/reviewers had real problems explaining to non-musicians why a bit of free rock by an unknown band was worth listening to, and the extremely anti-prog attitude (e.g. a peculiar guide to prog while bashing it, across a couple of editions), had me not take a second subscription. * I found a long forgotten copy of Zig Zag (published 1973) yesterday inserted into my Soft Machine *Volume 2* LP cover. It has very well written articles about Led Zeppelin, The Byrds, Love, Kevin Ayers (with the original Canterbury family tree created by Pete Frame) - and an advert for a Genesis tour with String Driven Thing as the support act. The variety of bands there, reflects that we didn't pigeonhole the music of rock groups then as vigorously as we do today. One of my colleagues lends me Classic Rock - and occasionally remainder copies are sold on a open air stall in the local market for a quid. One concern I have is the accuracy of their writers, prompted by an article on Asia which stated Allan Holdsworth was supposed to replace Steve Howe, when he left..................... which for anybody knows Holdsworth is unbelievable. Edited by Dick Heath

Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Posted: September 09 2004 at 15:18
	Dick, I agree entirely. Q and Mojo were in their time good magazines, but both ultimately sold out in an effort to increase circulation. Vox was another one which was very good, but lost the plot completely, and ultimately went under. Unless Q gets its act together soon, I suspect it may head the same way. I enjoy Classic Rock magazine though, at least the bands we love here get a fair deal there. I agree entirely about the accuracy, in fact I had a letter published in the magazine bemoaning the lack of it in a Genesis feature they did, and suggested they had a corrections section in each edition. Ironically, it was letter of the week, and I received an ELP CD for my efforts. Even more ironcially, it was the "Fanfare for the common man" compilation, which cut off "The endless enigma" 2 minutes before the track ended! By the way, I saw Genesis and String Driven Thing in Glasgow on that tour, they were Charisma labelmates, happy days. Tony Banks used their (later) lead singer on his first solo album. By the way 2, what ever happened to our friend Q&MOJO who assured us he wasn't spamming us, and would be contributing regularly to our discussions? Edited by Easy Livin

will Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 13 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 223	Posted: September 22 2004 at 06:17
	Ive purchased a few issues of the "Classic Rock" magazine including the one with free cd (which is pretty good). The magazine itself is ok but alot of its articles arent very impressive. I think Prog is on its way to making a come-back (which is good)
	Long live progression. Will

Fitzcarraldo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835	Posted: September 22 2004 at 11:41
	You might be right, will. My children are now wearing ponchos and flared jeans, and one of the music programmes they were watching on the TV the other day had some new music with a definite 1960s feel to it. Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose. Still, it would be interesting to see a revival of the approach to music of the 1960s and 1970s.