May 1983 … malcolm mclaren startles with duck rock

03 M/A/R/R/S score a No.1 in the UK Singles Chart with Pump Up The Volume. Replacing Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up at the top, the house classic would be the group’s only-ever single. 09 Bruce

After the success of their Space Ritual tour, Hawkwind were keen to explore new possibilities for their music. The result was the eclectic but much-loved Hall Of The Mountain Grill , now released as a nine-disc box set including three live shows from 1974. Prog looks back on the making of a classic.

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PRINCE CHARMING ADAM & THE ANTS (CBS) Formed in 1977, it took four years for Adam And The Ants to reach No.1, proving they were far better pop stars than they were punk rockers. Mere months after thei

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

D avid Bowie’s first album of the 1980s was a milestone record for many reasons. It was his last to be co-produced with collaborator Tony Visconti for more than 20 years, his swansong for RCA and for