MOJO

Launched in 1993, MOJO celebrates the stories of music's all-time greats. It does this through expertly written, insightful features and exclusive, in-depth interviews. MOJO also finds and recommends new music of quality and integrity, so if you want to read about the classics of now and tomorrow, it is definitely the music magazine for you. As founding editor Paul Du Noyer put it, MOJO has ""the sensibilities of a fanzine and the design values of Vogue."" It's lovingly put together every month by music fanatics with huge knowledge, who share your passion. And because they have unrivalled contacts in the music industry, they bring you the kind of access, news and expertise you won't find anywhere else.

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE…

100 MILES • The Classic Sounds of Miles Davis & Friends

ALL BACK TO MY PLACE • THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING…

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Theories, rants, etc.

Picture Book • Unpublished pics and obscure facts emerge in a lavish new book that revels in The Kinks’ pekuliarities.

SAVED FOR THE NATION – BOWIE’S CHILDHOOD HOME IN BROMLEY

GIMME FIVE… SOUNDS OF HELL

KRAUTROCK LIFERS FAUST RETURN… WITH FOUR ALBUMS AT ONCE?

ALSO WORKING

Shaun Ryder • The Happy Mondays/Black Grape survivor talks drug madness, alien zoos and Mani.

LAST NIGHT A RECORD CHANGED MY LIFE

ROUGH TRADE HITS 50! LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN

THE ‘ORIGINAL AMERICAN MUSIC BAND’ NRBQ ROCK ON

THE AUTHENTIC SOUL GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MICHELLE DAVID & THE TRUE TONES

SHANE PARISH RE-SCORES RADICAL ELECTRONICA FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR

MOJO PLAYLIST • It’s zero hour for protest songs, soul Velvets and power trios.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • A turbulent childhood redeemed by jazz resurfaces on a first solo album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ all-action bass player. A break from the goofy funk-rock norm? “I was reaching for something beautiful, always,” says Flea.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • On Flea: Atoms For Peace bandmate Nigel Godrich.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Spice of life: Flea down the years.

ONE, TWO, FLEA • The essential albums, by Sylvie Simmons.

The LAST LAUGH • After The Specials and the Fun Boy Three, TERRY HALL struggled - for hits, and with his mental health. But as a new box set of THE COLOURFIELD’s mordant sophisto-pop confirms, and bandmates attest, a unique worldview and profound musical intelligence dwelt behind the habitually deadpan mask. “He was like some sort of dark comedian,” they tell PAT GILBERT.

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL? • Ten bittersweet Terry Hall confections, by PAT GILBERT.

THIS TIME FOREVER • A scion of “rock-ribbed Republicans” who became the rock’n’roll heart of the Greatful Dead, BOB WEIR was the man who drove the group’s extraordinary legacy hardest in the 21st century. Now he’s gone, his mission falls to the bandmates he’s left behind. “In 300 years, he wanted people to still respond to this music,” they tell DAVID FRICKE

TRUCKIN’ HELL! • Ten mind-blowing Bob Weir moments, by DAVID FRICKE.

MOJO PRESENTS • After a phase of self-doubt and business angst, the queen of quizzical neo-grunge returns to wrest back her throne from Phoebe Bridgers et al. Part of it, says COURTNEY BARNETT, has been a journey to re-find that little girl in the Foo Fighters shirt. “It reminds me of where I’m coming from,” she tells VICTORIA SEGAL.

BARNETT FARE • Courtney’s path so far, in albums, by Victoria Segal.

STATE OF SHOCK • British punk rock moved fast in its first 12 months, fuelled by Sex Pistols shows that challenged pop music norms and advertised by photographs that screamed their sartorial and attitudinal provocations. Fifty years on, JON SAVAGE selects 10 key...