6 PLANET ROCK
This month’s fallen angels...
George Chin has been
photographing bands since 1979
and founded IconicPix to license
his extensive archive and those
of other photographers including
George Bodnar (deceased).
Specialising in rock and heavy
metal bands. http://www.iconcpix.comCathi Unsworth is Planet Rock’s
sub-editor and the author of six
pop-cutural crime fiction novels. For
her most recent book she took a
trip back to her rock journalist
roots, co-authoring Defying
Gravity (Omnibus Press) the life
and times of punk icon Jordan.Lynn Curlee, Black Sabbath
Heaven And Hell cover artist,
became a gallery artist In the
early 1970s, and later added
author/illustrator to his resume.
His latest book The Great Nijinsky- God Of Dance, is available
from Amazon.
Samuel Mills, aka Defame, who
illustrates The Cadillac Three on
page 98 is based in Long Beach,
California. Specialising in horror and
sci-fi, Defame creates horrific and
brutal artwork by hand for bands
and brands. Go to http://www.defameart.
com to see more of his work.Big nights out with Slipknot, The Wildhearts and Brian Fallon, quiet nights in with The Morning
Show, Mrs Fletcher and Uncut Gems, repeated high volume listens to Therapy?’s glorious Greatest
Hits album, the ongoing quest for a dream record shop, tax returns, tantrums,
a totally unprintable Ghost story, a nice chat
with Mr Diggle, Linda’s new contract, broken
New Year resolutions, deadline day heart attacks
and the disarming honesty of the ‘Help Get
A Punk Drunk’ sign held aloft by one of our
enterprising neighbours in Camden Town...THIS ISSUE OF
PLANET ROCK
MAGAZINE HAS
BEEN CREATED
WITH THE
FOLLOWING
STIMULANTS...Credit where it’s due, the argument positing 1980 as the
greatest year in rock history originated with noted heavy metal
historian Paul Elliott, and has been passionately, and drunkenly,
debated in bars, on tour buses and in backstage areas across the
world more times than I care to remember. I was 10 in 1980, still
listening to Showaddywaddy to be honest, but my esteemed
colleague Mark Blake was in the thick of the action, as returning
legends and hungry NWOBHM upstarts turned metal into a
global religion. After reading through this issue and digging out
the albums that made it so special, we defy anyone to stake a
claim for a more thrilling and important 12 months. Sadly, our
excitement in preparing PR19 took a huge hit with the heartbreaking
news of Rush drummer Neil Peart’s passing on
January 7. This issue is dedicated, respectfully,
to his memory...
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