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Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 September 1976

OF ALL the guitar heroes to emerge from the British blues boom of the mid-Sixties, Jeff Beck has been the most slippery to follow. There ...

Rick Derringer: This Man Is Aiming To Kill

Report and Interview by Max Bell, NME, 25 September 1976

Excuse the pun – it's Rick Derringer, of course, knockin' 'em down with hardnose rock'n'roll. ...

The Band: ...Mounties, Maple Syrup: The Band at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Live Review by Mick Farren, NME, 25 September 1976

RUMOURS HAD BEEN circulating (the way rumours always do) for some months. They claimed that there was some kind of rift between The Band and ...

The Eagles: How The Eagles Cleaned Up the Wild West

Comment by Lester Bangs, Music Gig, October 1976

I HAVE A FRIEND who is the most depersonalized individual I know – her love life is all mixed up, she's running simultaneous scams on ...

Runaways, The: The Runaways: Girls! Girls! Girls!

Report and Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 2 October 1976

As The Runaways scoot their everlovin' way through Britain and Europe, GIOVANNI DADOMO tries to get his lemon squeezed... Now gasp on... ...

Peter Frampton: Frampton hits the middle

Report by Wayne Robins, Newsday, 3 October 1976

After 10 years on the fringes of popularity, Peter Frampton is suddenly on top. ...

Aerosmith: Aero-dynamic

Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 16 October 1976

HOWARD BUNKER looked down at his instrument panel and spoke softly into the radio. There was no point in looking through the plexiglass canopy, for ...

Aerosmith

Report and Interview by Geoff Barton, Toby Goldstein, Sounds, 16 October 1976

Toby Goldstein talked to Mr Tyler and Geoff Barton went to Canada to check out the band. Who's thoughtful then? ...

Aerosmith: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Barbara Charone, Sounds, 23 October 1976

ONE GIRL standing in the ladies queue typified audience expectations. Have you ever seen Aerosmith? "No. I don't think I've even heard them." Then why ...

Aerosmith: Gonna Have Me A Real Wild Time…I'm Going To Harrods

Report and Interview by Chris Salewicz, NME, 23 October 1976

BRAD WHITFORD wears a grey roll-neck sweater and faded jeans. He looks slightly insecure up there on the stage of the Liverpool Empire. Tom Hamilton ...

Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 23 October 1976

NOW HERE'S what you do for openers. You get someone to blindfold you, put boxing gloves on your hands, tie a maddened rhino to your ...

Aerosmith: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 23 October 1976

AFTER MANY years studying the phenomenon of the rock concert, I have made a discovery that might well be hailed as a scientific breakthrough in ...

Bob Seger: 31 With A Bullet

Profile and Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 23 October 1976

EARLIER this summer, Bob Seger appeared in concert at Pontiac Stadium, a giant indoor arena on the outskirts of Detroit, attracting some 70,000 crazed Michigan ...

Aerosmith: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Nick Kent, New Musical Express, 23 October 1976

He likes 'em... or does he? Well, kind of. NICK KENT vacillates before the... AEROSMITH BEHEMOTH ...

Tommy Bolin: Private Eyes (CBS IMPORT)*****

Review by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 30 October 1976

WHILE LISTENING to this white label copy for about the millionth time, all that comes to mind as an introduction to this review is 'forget ...

Ramones, The, Dictators, The, Television: The Punk Rock Machine

Report and Interview by Lester Bangs, Screw, November 1976

IT'S A WARM New York night in the spring of 1976, and there are a lot of places that the press moguls who publish, edit, ...

Stephen Stills: Be A Brother

Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 6 November 1976

Steve Stills tells Chris Charlesworth in New York why he's touring solo after all these years... ...