Vintage Rock

VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

Vintage Rock

WELCOME…

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis movie finally ready for release

RSD 2022 serves up rock’n’roll treats

AMERICAN PIE ICON PREVIEWS UK TOUR

The McCurdy Brothers • Rising stars on the rockin’ scene, this dynamic duo throw blues, rockabilly, psychobilly and garage punk into their heady sonic stew

JIVE ACES RETURN TO THE ROAD WITH STATESIDE TOUR

Wildest Cats returns with star-filled weekender

OBITUARY DON WILSON • (10 FEBRUARY 1933 – 22 JANUARY 2022)

EVENTS • *All listings subject to Covid restrictions and cancellations

BABY, THIS IS Rock‘n’Roll • Graham Fenton looks on in awe as his big brother takes his first steps into the music business before ending up on stage himself…

His Lordship • Sweating through their suits, asking no quarter and taking no prisoners, it’s the London-Denmark runaway train of rock’n’roll – all hail His Lordship

The Poet Laureate Of Rock’n’Roll • If Little Richard was the architect of the palace that King Presley made home, then Chuck Berry wrote the blueprint and laid the foundations with his guitar and lyrical wit. Five years since his passing, Vintage Rock and a dozen famous friends pay homage to this musical giant…

COLIN BLUNSTONE

MARTY WILDE

GLEN MATLOCK

WILKO JOHNSON

CHARLIE GRACIE

SHAKIN’ STEVENS

SLIM JIM PHANTOM

JOHN STEEL

DAVE DAVIES

DON McLEAN

GRAHAM FENTON

RICHARD THOMPSON

ENGLAND’S BLUESIEST HIT MAKERS • It’s been 60 years since The Rolling Stones’ founding members first came together, ultimately changing the course of rock’n’roll forever. We look at how the blues and Chuck Berry played a major part in their inception.

ROLLING AT THE MARQUEE

The KING and his Castle • On the 65th anniversary since Elvis Presley bought Graceland, and 40 years since it opened to the public, we take a closer look at the home that has become almost as legendary as its owner

The Stargazers • WATCH THIS SPACE THE STAR GAZERS

WATCH THIS SPACE THE STARGAZERS • 1982 • EPIC

CHICKEN & MARMITE

AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

John Lennon ROCK’N’ROLL • Prompted by a lawsuit, John Lennon returned to his roots for a troubled covers album with producer Phil Spector running wild

TEENGAE RAMPAGE • Seventy years ago this March, a revolutionary concert was being promoted around Cleveland. But when the Moondog Coronation Ball ended in violence and rioting, rock’n’roll’s reputation as a danger to society was truly born…

Wordless Wonders • From Nut Rocker and Telstar to Wonderful Land and Green Onions, 1962 was the last great year for instrumentals. Now 60 years on, we put the spotlight on the groups that left singers in the, um, shadows…

RUMBLING MENACE

LIKE A HURRICANE

TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 29 MARCH 1961 • Elvis, Cliff and The Everlys are among 1961’s Springtime hits

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WARREN SMITH • In our regular series looking at some of music’s cult...