by mojo | Apr 2, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE The Who’s 50 Greatest Songs MOJO’s rundown of The Who’s best ever tracks STARTING LIFE AS R&B-playing Mods, The Who quickly transformed into rule-breaking pioneers, perverting, distorting or ignoring the accepted rock tenets. John Entwistle’s bass and...
by mojo | Apr 2, 2025 | The MOJO Interview
Mojo FEATURE Battle Royale She punched him in the face. He sought to have her committed. Together, they explored life’s extremes and made some of the most audacious rock’n’roll of their era. In 2019, after years apart, Royal Trux were back – toting an extraordinary...
by mojo | Apr 2, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE The Thunder Machine Ginger Baker was one of the iconic architects of rock’s expansive era, a drummer who played as if literally possessed. He was also intimidating, contrary, complicated, imperious and unpredictable in ways his peers and progeny are still...
by mojo | Apr 2, 2025 | The MOJO Interview
Mojo FEATURE Wild At Heart Is Lana Del Rey – the Springsteen-approved laureate of LA darkness – lightening up? It’s 2021, and a new album opens a sunnier chapter in her controversial roman-a-clef, and folk legend Joan Baez advocates her acceptance in the...
by akindell | Apr 1, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE Song Of The South The Allman Brothers – bound by blood, scarred by tragedy – were the six-man “train wreck” with jazz chops and keen appetites who gave Southern rock its heart and soul. With the death of brother Gregg in May 2017 a final chapter ended,...
by mojo | Mar 26, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE “If we’re going to go out, we’ll go out doing our crazy shit…” Identity crises, futuristic dystopias, and accusations of Nazism – Rush’s Geddy Lee reveals the wild story behind the band’s 1976 epic 2112. All The World’s A Stage: Rush’s...
by mojo | Mar 10, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo The List Frank Zappa’s wildest songs Sceptics! Neophytes! Zappa obsessives! Check out MOJO’s bespoke Frank Zappa mixtape – ditching the dirty gags (er, mostly) for hot grooves, hotter guitars and exquisite orchestrations. Words by Mark Paytress Uncle Meat: Frank...
by mojo | Feb 27, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo The List Genesis: Every Album Ranked From the theatrical prog adventures of their Peter Gabriel-led 70s to the multi-million unit shifting pomp of the Phil Collins era and beyond, MOJO ranks and rates every Genesis studio album. Words by Mike Barnes and Mark...
by mojo | Feb 25, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo The List The 20 Weirdest Albums Ever MOJO selects the strangest records from music’s furthest reaches. Words by Chris Catchpole Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (l-r): Zoot Horn Rollo, Captain Beefheart, Drumbo, Antennae Jimmy Semens and Rockette Morton...
by mojo | Feb 19, 2025 | The MOJO Interview
Mojo FEATURE Rick Buckler Remembered: “We did everything that we set out to do…” In tribute to Rick Buckler, who has sadly passed away aged 69, MOJO revisits a classic interview with The Jam’s drummer. Words by Chris Catchpole While few would deny that Paul Weller was...
