Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll

An ongoing trip through the music, the myths and the madness

Christmas

6 Music Xmas special!

News just in: there’s a two hour Hail! Hail! Rock’n’Roll radio programme going out on BBC 6 Music on Boxing Day, featuring loads of our favourite rock ephemera and nonsense and narration/presentation from JH. Confirmation is here, along with a picture of a headless fella playing a guitar. We just say TUNE IN. Please.

As inventive, untamed and adorable as a John Squire guitar solo
Tony Parsons

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SpotifyPlaylists
- By way of a reminder of how absurdly great Kiss could be, here’s a Spotify 12-tracker, including the best hits and more
- One more playlist, before tea: a quick sprint through the lovely sounds of effects units
- A 12-tracker charting the wildly oscillating and usually disappointing progress of The Rolling Stones through the 1980s
- To enlighten readers further, a playlist inspired by the magic of less-than-gigantic music genres, as detailed on pages 78-80

Categories
- Uncategorized 1
- The Talk 6
- The Stage 5
- The Kit 3
- The Music and The Lyrics 7
- The Look 5
- The Beatles 4
- The Albums (and singles) 9
- The Bonus Tracks 5
- Spotify Playlists 5
The Book

Do you want to learn how to play guitar in two pages? Have you ever wondered what goes into Marilyn Manson’s backstage rider? Do you know what Jimi Hendrix might do with a Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face? You soon will. Hail! Hail! Rock’n’Roll is the ultimate guide to what Spinal Tap called ‘the majesty of rock, the mystery of roll’. From essential stage equipment to strange collaborations (Lou Reed and Kiss, anyone?) to the long, tragic journey of the rock moustache, it’s an endlessly fascinating miscellany from one of the best music writers around.
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