URIAH HEEP December 2010. By Greg Phillips Uriah Heep’s only remaining original member Mick Box could be forgiven for feeling short changed. His band shared the same stages and fans as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, sold over 30 million albums, were the first band to play the Soviet Union,…
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PETER STROUD: SARAH McLACHLAN BAND SOUNDCHECK
Peter was Sheryl Crow’s guitarist for a decade. He loves that 70s Brit rock tone and now features in Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan’s band. He’s also one of the guys behind the 65 brand amps. He recently offered AM’s Greg Phillips access-all-areas to Sarah’s Melbourne soundcheck. Pics by Marty Williams There’s a commonality…

POWDERFINGER FINAL WEEK DIARY By drummer Jon (Cogs) Coghill
They formed way back in 1989 and proceeded to become one of Australia’s all time favourite bands, selling out shows, selling millions of records and winning awards by the bucket load. Hell, they even guest edited Australian Musician. On Saturday November 13th, it all came to an end. In this…

KIRK HAMMETT-METALLICA
DECEMBER 2010 Ranked 11th in Rolling Stone’s list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, Kirk Hammett has achieved legendary status. As guitarist for the world’s biggest metal band Metallica, Hammett is an unassuming and humble individual as Joe Matera found out when he sat down with Kirk for…

THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS
It was a cold, rainy September evening when Australian Musician’s Reza Nasseri caught up with half of The John Steel Singers (we warned him to take an umbrella – ed), who were supporting Tame Impala later that night at their sold out show at the Palace, Melbourne. First, let’s clear…

THE JEZABELS
In October 2010, The Jezabels delivered an EP called ‘Dark Storm’, the third and final release in a trilogy of EPs that began with 2009’s ‘The Man Is Dead’. Jesse Shrock caught up with drummer Nik Kaloper to chat about all things Jezabellian. In music, it is often (if not…

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD’S BRIDGE SCHOOL REUNION
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD’S BRIDGE SCHOOL REUNION Exclusive photos provided to Australian Musician by Neil Young’s bass player Rick Rosas and Stephen Stills’ daughter Eleanor December 2010 Gather ’round kids while I give you a little history lesson. For many music fans, Neil Young has always been viewed as an iconic singer-songwriter and…

LUKA BLOOM’S DREAMS
September 2010. by Greg Phillips AM’s Greg Phillips chats to Luka Bloom about his new album Dreams in America Despite Luka Bloom’s new album Dreams In America containing personally selected tracks from various stages of his two decade long career, it’s important to note that this is not a ‘best…

ROSS WILSON
September 2010. By Greg Phillips Ross Wilson talks new album, guitar and harp. Ross Wilson had been working on this collection of tunes for the album ‘I Come In Peace’ for some time, thought they were kind of special and was awaiting the right opportunity to record them. Friend, producer…

CHILDREN COLLIDE-MERE THEORISTS
September 2010. By Reza Nasseri and Greg Phillips. Photos by Marty Williams They first punched us square in the face in 2008 with their contagious, fuzz-laden debut album ‘The Long Now’. lately melbourne’s three -piece rockers, Children Collide have been bombarding the airwaves with ‘Jelly legs’, the first single from…