In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Mojo

• ALL BACK TO MY PLACE
  THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING…
• When Life Gives You Lemonheads
  Almost 20 years after his last all-new album, Evan Dando is back. Plus, cool riffs, memoirs, and Oasis.
• JUSTIN HAYWARD
  The Moody Blues singer talks his old band, cover versions and Clifford T. Ward.
• Anton Newcombe
  The Brian Jonestown Massacre's leader screams for PiL's Second Edition (Virgin, 1980).
• THE MOJO INTERVIEW
  Keeping The Stranglers afloat, defying punks and prudes, despite losing “bitter” Hugh, “genius” Dave and a year on heroin, has taught Jean-Jacques Burnel a thing or two about rock'n'roll: “It's not dyeing your hair with Just For Men.”
• WE’RE NOT WORTHY
  U2’s Adam Clayton on a low-end legend.
• A LIFE IN PICTURES
  Highway to Burnel: JJ down the years.
• BLACK GOLD
  Burnel’s best, by James McNair.
• song of the magician
  Fifty years since his tragic overdose, tim buckley remains the patron saint of musicians who risk everything to unlock transcendence, a quest encapsulated in his audacious mid-career masterpiece, Starsailor. Turning his back on fame and fortune, leaning into the unknown, was where he was lost but also found. “It was like he came into possession of his muse,” discovers grayson haver currin.
• hallucinations
  tim buckley: the studio albums, by grayson haver currin.
• “i made a horrible mistake”
  richard keeling gave Tim Buckley heroin the night he died, but doesn't believe it killed him. “One thing I understood at that time was drugs,” he tells grayson haver currin.
• THE MAGICAL WORLD OF THE ROCHES
  Harmonising New Jersey siblings with a punk name, The Roches had been signed up by Paul Simon but wouldn’t co-operate. Then Robert Fripp saw them in 1978 and was blown away. A major-label deal and critical adoration promised the big time, but attempts to smooth off their edges and unwise support slots meant a breakthrough was not to be. “Nothing superfluous had to be added to The Roches, because they are The Roches,” they reflect. “I can’t believe we did what we did.”
• THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE YOU ANY MORE
  THIRTY YEARS SINCE HIS DEATH IN JUNE 1995, THE CULT OF RORY GALLAGHER THRIVES, IN THE MUSIC OF HIS FANS AND THE STORIES OF HIS BANDMATES. A CREATIVE DYNAMO BLENDING BLUES, ROCK, FOLK AND MORE. A “BEAUTIFUL MAN” WHO WAS ALSO A “DICTATOR”. A DOOMED LONER WHO WOULD RIP UP AN ALBUM RATHER THAN COMPROMISE HIS ART. “HE WOULDN’T SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR THE PURITY OF THE MUSIC.”
• “IT WAS HIS RAWNESS AND INTENT”
  Modern blues master JOE BONAMASSA on Rory Gallagher’s unique attitude. As told to MARTIN ASTON.
• FRAH HERE TA ETERNITY
  Sixty years ago, GRATEFUL DEAD embarked on a mission that would freak out label bosses, exasperate producers, and turn on millions to the infinite possibilities of improvised psychedelic rock. DAVID FRICKE heads back to 1960s San Francisco, and uncovers the method and madness behind the band's wildest musical phace. “The Grateful Dead is an anarchy,” their accomplices reveal. “And that was good and bad.”
• “I'M AN EYES FORWARD GUY”
  The continuing adventures of BOBBY WEIR. “I don't have all that much time left,” he tells DAVID FRICKE
• MOJO PRESENTS
  This month will see MJ LENDERMAN at a venue near you, bearing the crafty, heartfelt songs of his Manning Fireworks breakthrough. But while the future’s bright for indie-Americana’s handsome new hero, his musical path is largely unmapped. “I think I’ll always end up sounding ‘me’,” he assures ANDY FYFE.
• JAKE TAKES
  The road to Manning Fireworks, by Andy Fyfe.
• it’s just rock’n’roll
  A 14-PAGE CELEBRATION
• “It’s Like A Big Rhythm Guitar”
  Bassist ANDY BELL on the enduring sonic properties of Oasis.
• “It’s Beautiful To Be Part Of It”
  Cast’s JOHN POWER on passing the torch to Oasis, and getting it back.
• “Some Of That Stuff, You Had To Be There”
  Noel’s lyrics have taken some stick, often from NOEL. Here’s his take on them.
• “Liam Is Liam Every Minute Of Every Day”
  DAVE SARDY, producer of Oasis’s last two albums, on the power of the singer.
• “Oasis Is Now Cross-Generational”
  Former Creation boss ALAN McGEE on the mad rise and long legacy of the band he signed.
• Extra dimensions
  Experimental groop switch on again with their first new album in 15 years.
• “It is optimistic and empowering.”
  Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier speak to Victoria Segal.
• Sweet freedom
  Former Go-Between lets his imagination run wild.
• Sweet surrender
  Jungle’s J Lloyd and Lydia Kitto make sweet (and strange) music together.
• Fab gadgets
  Garage rocker becomes Glam Lennon… Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
• Evergreen
  Backed by a new band, the rocker rages against the world as he keeps the home fires burning.
• State of wonder
  Freed from lockdown, the Belfast cowboy remembers to be in the moment.
• Ecce homo
  Reissued separately with attendant B-sides, dubs and extended mixes, the chief Buzzcock’s transgressive electropop years revisited.
• Force of nature
  The late Daptone Queen’s 2005 album still resonates, says Lois Wilson.
• Crucible sounds
  Some locations have a peculiar chemistry that brings forth something unexpected. For example, Zimbabwe in the 1970s.
• Now And Zen
  This month’s rediscovered jewel: tantric jazz for the avant-garde.
• Gregory Isaacs
  Reggae’s Cool Ruler, by Simon McEwen.
• Land of Nod
  Remastered anniversary edition of Slade’s brilliant depiction of their own rise and demise.
• Uneven pathway
  A chimerical film attempts to build a world about a band that built their own.
• Touched By Your Presence
  Clem Burke, Blondie’s drumming powerhouse and livewire motivator for 50 years, left us on April 6.
• Avant-Garage Rocker
  Pere Ubu’s sui generis wellspring David Thomas left us on April 23.
• Who rocked – in a senior capacity?
  Let us answer your musical questions and associated rock-related inquiries.
• Funky Eardrums
  Win! ‘O’ Edition MKII Noise Cancelling Headphones from Orange.
• Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl
  The fortuitous meeting of the folk revival’s power couple – and, 33 years later, their tragic end.