Classic Rock Issue 294 (November 2021) AC/DC

Classic Rock Issue 294 (November 2021) AC/DC

• Out now: starring Nikki Sixx, The Rolling Stones, Joe Bonamassa, The Record Company, Steven Van Zandt, Trivium, The Wayward Sons, Ministry, The Screaming Jets and more
• This month's edition of Classic Rock magazine features not one but two AC/DC stories. Paul Elliott - who's written more words about the band than most - travels back in time to April 30, 1978, and ventures backstage at Glasgow's legendary Apollo Theatre as Angus Young & Co. prepare for the show that will deliver the monstrous live album If You Want Blood You’ve Got It. And then fellow traveller Mick Wall shunts forward in time to tell the chaotic story of Bon Scott’s final tour.
• The Record Company - They made their name as a blues-rock trio, scooping up chart positions and playing to thousands along the way. Now The Record Company are throwing out the rule book and showing all their colours.
• Nikki Sixx - He was the problem child who became the ringmaster of LA’s Sunset Strip, wrote the anthems that built hair metal and set the gold standard for excess. Now, as Mötley Crüe’s leader releases a new memoir, he reflects on absent fathers, kicking against authority and the albatross of that hellraiser image. All this and much more in the Classic Rock Interview.
• The Screaming Jets - Thirty years ago, The Screaming Jets looked poised to become one of Australia’s great musical exports. But then industry manoeuvrings effectively stopped them in their tracks.
• The Gospel According To… Joe Bonamassa - With the passing of time on his mind, the blues figurehead tackles the pros and cons of social media, his troubled love life, the future of the genre, and the reason he knows way too much about cruise ships.
• Ministry - With decades of drugs, drink and chaos now largely behind him, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has lost none of his fury at the world – and his new album is a demand for us all to do better.