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...

THE MOJO COLLECTION • 10 CLASSIC AND RARE NEIL YOUNG TRACKS

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

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Theories, rants, etc.

Back To LifeHouse • Townshend says: after 50 years, The Who’s great lost opus is coming in 2022!

Radiohead side project The Smile prepares to beam...

NEW ALBUMS 2022

Hunky Dory? Ziggy at 50? Blackstar? What’s next for the Bowie catalogue?

REISSUES 2022

Foo Fighters scream on screen at Studio 666

ALSO FILMING

The life of Mark Hollis, told in A Perfect Silence

OTHER BOOKS

The Stranglers make their live return – but is it farewell?

2022 MORE TOURS

PAVEMENT BRING ON THE MAJOR LEAGUES

TOM JONES • Treforest’s giant-voiced methuselah talks Dylan, rock’n’roll and staying sane.

HELLO AGAIN, FOLK-IMPROV EMINENCE/LAP-STEEL HERO MIKE COOPER

COOPERFREAK • Three ways to like Mike.

MEET BILLY STRINGS, THE BLUEGRASS REVOLUTIONARY WHO SINGS “ABOUT METH, NOT MINING”.

RISING BLUES STAR CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM SAYS YESTERDAY MISSISSIPPI, TOMORROW THE WORLD

MOJO PLAYLIST • Plug in, for avant-jamming, opiated pop and Yuletide twang

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Surviving the car crash of the Sex Pistols, then a car crash with The Professionals, punk’s percussion pathfinder remains sanguine, albeit wise to his (ahem) public image. “People don’t let you grow up from being a Pistol,” says Paul Cook.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • The Cook report: a Pistol’s shots.

COOKIE CUTS • Three volleys from a Pistol’s batterie, saluted by Pat Gilbert.

“Meet Our New Guitarist!” • Fifty years since their revered Mark II line-up cut Machine Head, the baroque rock monolith that remains Deep Purple relive their greatest hits, mishaps and a well-aimed plate of spaghetti. But can they reach the end of this feature without one of them getting sacked? “We’ve always liked surprises,” they assure Mark Blake.

Deep Cuts • A 10-track mixtape of Deeper Purple, compiled by Mark Blake.

THE GUN CLUB IGNITE THE FIRE OF LOVE • Forty years ago in Los Angeles, punk crashed head-on into American roots and the punk-blues was born. Its frantic midwife was JEFFREY LEE PIERCE, a voodoo-driven, literary-minded musical savant whose group destroyed to create. With memories of heroin, The Cramps and the Blondie fan club, band members and friends recall how the alchemical deal went down. “Whatever his condition was,” they say, “Jeff never lost a beat.”

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT • Behind her fringe, under her covers, trading as CAT POWER, she’s the indie icon who flew under the radar. Now she’s singing the songs of Billie Holiday and Nick Cave, are we – ironically – seeing the real Chan Marshall at last? “I always thought it would be beautiful to play in complete darkness,” she tells VICTORIA SEGAL.

Open to INTERPRETATION • Six of the best covers by Cat Power. Uncovered by VICTORIA SEGAL.

1971 NUGGETS...