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Wildy
@wildrock.bsky.social
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Radio DJ on RNIB Connect Radio and Cirencester Radio. Self appointed ambassador for Classic Rock to the Cotswolds,Uk.
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#meatloaf #classicrock
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Every Meat Loaf album ranked, from worst to best — Louder
The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best
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November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#classicrock
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The biggest Classic Rock comeback tunes — Radio X
Comebacks can reignite a passion for a rock musician's career, reminding the world of why we fell in love with the music in the first place. Here are a selection of some of the most famous and memorab...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#ac/dc
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“A producer from the studio next door said, ‘You’re gonna kill him!’”: How AC/DC’s singer suffered for Back In Black — MusicRadar
Producer Mutt Lange told the story to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger
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November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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#johnmclaughlin #guitarist
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For John McLaughlin, it all comes back to Montreux – this is how he took his playing there to the 4th Dimension one last time — Guitar World
The six-string legend is signing off with a live album that chronicles one of the greatest shows of his stellar career, but his journey with guitar is far from over
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November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#classicrock
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25 great standalone Classic Rock singles — Radio X
The humble one-off, standalone single is a much-neglected art these days; here's a score of the greatest ever examples from Lennon and McCartney to The Clash and The Jam.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#geddylee #rush #bassguitar
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How Geddy Lee created one of the most outrageous bass tones of all time for a Rush fantasy classic — Guitar World
The Rush frontman played a Rickenbacker 4001 on nearly every track from 1975’s Fly By Night, but found a new bass sound for the role of By-Tor
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November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#stevenwilson
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Remix Wizard Steven Wilson Breaks Down His Work With the Who, the Dead, and the Stones — Rolling Stone
He’s the frontman of prog band Porcupine Tree by night, but he spends his days remixing classic albums by many of the most famous artists in rock history
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November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#ibanez #guitarists
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We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists — Guitar World
While it’s easy to think of Ibanez as a company that’s solely at the cutting edge of metal machines for the modern age, they’ve also innovated much further afield, producing timeless acoustics, semi-h...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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#rockbands #classicrock
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These 11 bands were huge for a while. They're mostly forgotten now — BBC Music Magazine
Once chart-topping giants, now ghosted by history: 11 '70s and '80s bands who filled arenas, ruled radio... then quietly slipped from memory October 26, 2025 Rock history isn’t written in stone – it’s...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#metallica #motorhead
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We asked Metallica’s Kirk Hammett to name the best Motörhead song and this is what he told us — Louder
“Lemmy opens up his voice and starts singing, my mind exploded!”
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November 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#progrock
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Prog rock 1975: ranking the 17 greatest prog albums turning 50 this year — BBC Music Magazine
1975 was a landmark year for progressive rock, delivering groundbreaking albums that pushed musical boundaries and redefined the genre’s scope. Here are the 15 best October 26, 2025 1975 was the year ...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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#bobfripp #kingcrimson #guitars
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Robert Fripp on the guitars he’s kept, and the one he bought with no intention of playing — Guitar World
The King Crimson mastermind is best known for his ’59 Les Paul Custom, and there’s a reason most of his key instruments have been Gibsons – but he has a few “honorable mentions” too, like the '57 Stra...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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#focus
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How yodelling Dutch prog weirdos Focus made the strangest hit single of 1973 — Louder
It featured the greatest yodelling since The Sound Of Music
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November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#billwyman
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Bill Wyman on Hendrix’s brilliance, Moon’s madness and Jagger’s brutal reaction to him leaving the Rolling Stones — Louder
The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix – ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has known them all
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November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#rush
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Wild Kinetic Dreams: Rush’s Power Windows at 40 — Paste Magazine
For all of its bold melodies and modern production, Power Windows is still a Rush album: complicated, unpredictable, and lovably nerdy.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#paulrodgers #badcompany
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Paul Rodgers Says Bad Company Will Likely Perform at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Rolling Stone
The singer has made a remarkable recovery following a series of strokes, and is looking forward to playing with drummer Simon Kirke for the first time in six years
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November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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#guns'n'roses
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Every Guns N' Roses album, ranked — British GQ
Axl, Slash and the gang have produced some belters in their time – and some stinkers too. Here's we've ranked the lot.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#fleetwoodmac
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Fleetwood Mac in talks for anniversary reunion after death of singer — Metro
Sources say there is 'the potential for a stage reunion and concert'.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#blindfaith #ericclapton #gingerbaker
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The stressful debut album that buried a legendary supergroup — BBC Music Magazine
The supergroup that burned bright, fell apart, and left one iconic album, leaving a legacy equal parts tension and brilliance October 21, 2025 In 1969, the rock world was obsessed with the idea of sup...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Always time for a Dance with Maya.
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John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring - The Dance Of Maya 11-3-17 Town Hall, NYC
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October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#johnmclaughlin #mahavisnuorchestra #prsguitars
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John McLaughlin has been playing a revolutionary new PRS guitar — Guitar World
The jazz legend has been testing one of two prototypes, and both big names have been blown away...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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#classicrock #classicalbums
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These 15 stone-cold classic albums were a nightmare to make — BBC Music Magazine
From Fleetwood Mac to Tears for Fears: 15 classic rock albums that cost blood, sweat and tears to put together October 21, 2025 Some albums sound effortless, as if they floated into the world fully fo...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#direstraits #markknopfler
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Mark Knopfler looks back on Brothers in Arms – Dire Straits’ “sheer fluke” that made him a reluctant superstar — Guitar World
Brothers In Arms reinvented Knopfler and gave him more fame than he could handle. 40 years on, in a rare interview, the band look back on the biggest rock album of the '80s
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October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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#rockdrummer
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“People say I hate John Bonham because he stole my stuff”: The legendary drummer who influenced Bonzo and many more — MusicRadar
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October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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#rockalbums
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Biggest rock albums of the 21st Century revealed — NME
The top 10 includes classic albums from Green Day, Linkin Park, Muse and more
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October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM