by mojo | Nov 6, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE A Riot Of Their Own In spring ’77, with the Sex Pistols off the road, it fell to The Clash to take punk properly UK-wide. In 2017, 40 years after, MOJO sifted the frolics, fisticuffs and fallout of the White Riot Tour to find: the real reason The Jam got...
by mojo | Nov 5, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE Whispers in the silence With The Cure’s 14th album Songs Of A Lost World now finally upon us, MOJO goes back to the very beginning. Out of new town ennui would grow the post-punk era’s most everlasting of groups, but not before hospital gigs, biscuit...
by mojo | Nov 6, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE Revenge Of The Nerds Brandishing power-prog anthems and über-preposterous concepts, Rush survived personal tragedy, Nazi slurs and multiple taserings to be crowned the Biggest Cult Band In The World, back in 2012. “Yes! We win!” they told Paul Elliott....
by mojo | Nov 6, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE Every Loser Wins No rock’n’roll band failed quite like The Replacements: proudly, spectacularly, hilariously, famously. Their poignant punk made tough guys melt, but behind the scrappy heroics were people drawn by tragedy to self-destruction. “It was a...
by mojo | Nov 6, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE In Xanadu Last month, ELO’s orchestral pop maestro Jeff Lynn announced that the group’s last-ever show will take place at London’s Hyde Park next summer. In 2012, Lynn sat down with MOJO’s Keith Cameron to look back on the full unbelievable journey of...
by mojo | Oct 31, 2024 | MOJO Presents
Mojo The List The Cure’s Greatest Songs Ranked With their latest album Songs Of A Lost World finally upon us, MOJO selects the finest tracks to date from Robert Smith’s post-punk and goth pop dream weavers. Words by MOJO staff FROM PLAYING SONGS OF suburban...
