Issue: No 203 - November 2014

Pages: 138

The Led Zeppelin reissues campaign is about to step up a gear with the almighty one-two of IV and Houses Of The Holy. In an exclusive interview the man behind it all finally reveals the secrets of his twin masterpieces – and explains why as a band Zeppelin is finally a thing of the past. Also in this issue...

• Taj Mahal He headlined over Led Zeppelin and taught Keith Richards how to play guitar. Fifty years after he first began rewiring the blues, it’s finally time to give him the respect he’s due.

• Prince Thirty years on from the release of his landmark Purple Rain, we look back at how the self-contained, reclusive genius who learned to play nice with others, and in the process found his world-conquering groove.

• Rainbow As the 1970s came to a close, Ritchie Blackmore was plotting his band’s rebirth: Dio and his dragons were out, Graham Bonnet and Hawaiian shirts were in. And Rainbow were about to become accidental pop stars.

• The Tea Party Pitched as ‘The Doors meet Zeppelin’, they were the textbook 90s cult band – until one of them took to a stronger brew.

• Suzi Quatro She toured with Slade, Kiss and Alice Cooper, and set the singles chart on fire. But above all Suzi Quatro blazed a trail for female rockers everywhere.

• Troubadours – Lucinda Williams, Cory Branan & more Four singers, four sounds, one spiritual home. From the ex-punk to the scion of country royalty, this is what American roots music looks like in 2014.

Classic Rock is a British magazine and website dedicated to rock music, owned and published by Future. It was launched in October 1998 and is based in London. The magazine publishes 13 editions a year, mainly covering rock bands from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, with the likes of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith and Deep Purple amongst its most prominent cover stars. As well as veteran rock artists, Classic Rock also covers modern rock bands and releases, with Alter Bridge, Rival Sons, Halestorm, Ghost, Blackberry Smoke and the Struts amongst the younger artists to have appeared on its cover in recent years. Classic Rock was launched by Dennis Publishing in 1998. It was sold to Future in 2000, then sold again to start-up publishing company Team Rock in April 2013. Following the collapse of Team Rock in December 2016, Future bought back the magazine and its website in January 2017. On 27 March 2018, Future re-launched Classic Rock and its sister magazines Metal Hammer and Prog under the umbrella title of Louder. Classic Rock has published numerous special editions, including magazines dedicated solely to Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and others. Classic Rock's sister publication, Prog, was originally issued as a Classic Rock Presents one-shot magazine in 2009 before being launched as a separate, full-time title soon after. Other off-shoots of the publication included The Blues magazine, which ran from 2012 to 2016, while Classic Rock Presents AOR ran for 13 issues between 2010 and 2014.

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