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KIRK HAMMETT: “‘MASTER OF PUPPETS’ IS MY FAVOURITE METALLICA ALBUM.”As thrash legends Metallica return with a new album, ‘72 Seasons’, Rock Candy Mag goes back to 1986 to look at the band’s classic ‘Master Of Puppets’ over 14 pages. Guitarist Kirk Hammett

Date: Apr 01, 2023, News Release

As thrash legends Metallica return with a new album, ‘72 Seasons’, Rock Candy Mag goes back to 1986 to look at the band’s classic ‘Master Of Puppets’ over 14 pages.

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KISS LEGEND GENE SIMMONS: “THE IDEA THAT ACE LEFT PURELY BECAUSE OF ‘THE ELDER’ ISN’T TRUE.”

Date: Feb 27, 2023, News Release

To celebrate Kiss’s unique contribution to the world of rock over the past 50 years, the latest issue of Rock Candy Mag brings you a massive 20-page Kiss special including major new and exclusive interviews with both Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley.

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SAXON VOCALIST BIFF BYFORD ON NWOBHM CLASSIC ‘WHEELS OF STEEL’

Date: Nov 30, 2022, News Release

SAXON VOCALIST BIFF BYFORD ON NWOBHM CLASSIC ‘WHEELS OF STEEL’: “WE HAD NO SENSE OF DESTINY. BUT WE DID KNOW WE’D WRITTEN SOME CLASSICS.”

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ROCK CANDY MAG PRESENTS ONE OF MOTÖRHEAD LEGEND FAST EDDIE CLARKE’S LAST-EVER INTERVIEWS, TOGETHER WITH CO-PRODUCER WILL REID DICK’S UNIQUE ‘EYEWITNESS’ PERSPECTIVE ON THE ‘IRON FIST’ ALBUM.

Date: Oct 03, 2022, News Release

A few short months before his untimely death in January of 2018, Motörhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke gave one of his most revealing interviews ever to Rock Candy Mag editor HoJo.

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DEF LEPPARD FRONTMAN JOE ELLIOTT TELLS ROCK CANDY MAG WRITER JON HOTTEN: “THE ALBUM FORMAT IS IMPORTANT!”As rock superstars Def Leppard return with a brand-new album, ‘Diamond Star Halos’, vocalist Joe Elliott insists that the album format is still import

Date: Jun 01, 2022, News Release

As rock superstars Def Leppard return with a brand-new album, ‘Diamond Star Halos’, vocalist Joe Elliott insists that the album format is still important – at least for Def Leppard!

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ANN WILSON TELLS ROCK CANDY MAG WRITER DAVE EVERLEY: “I’D LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER HEART ALBUM.”

Date: Apr 01, 2022, News Release

Legendary vocalist Ann Wilson has denied rumours of a rift with her sister Nancy, while confirming that she’d like to make another record with their group Heart.

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KISS LEGEND PAUL STANLEY TELLS WRITER PAUL ELLIOTT, “I WAS DEVASTATED WHEN GENE GOT TO SING MY SONG ‘GOD OF THUNDER’ ON ‘DESTROYER’.”In a major interview discussing Kiss’s classic ‘Destroyer’ album Paul Stanley admits that he had a really hard time dealin

Date: Feb 01, 2022, News Release

In a major interview discussing Kiss’s classic ‘Destroyer’ album Paul Stanley admits that he had a really hard time dealing with producer Bob Ezrin’s decision to give the Stanley-penned classic song ‘God Of Thunder’ to Gene Simmons to sing.

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MULTI-PLATINUM BOSTON LEGEND TOM SCHOLZ TELLS ROCK CANDY MAG, “A LOT OF PEOPLE TOTALLY RESENT ME AND BOSTON MUSIC.”

Date: Dec 01, 2021, News Release

In an exclusive 10-page cover feature with Jon Hotten for issue 29 of Rock Candy Mag, Boston guitarist and songwriter Tom Scholz explains the making of the first ‘Boston’ album in forensic detail and reveals that its incredible success came with a heavy price.

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ZZ TOP’S BILLY GIBBONS REVEALS HIS UNLIKELY LOVE FOR BRITISH SYNTH-POP BAND DEPECHE MODEIn an exclusive 16-page cover feature for issue 28 of Rock Candy Mag legendary ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons reveals the most surprising of influences on

Date: Oct 01, 2021, News Release

In an exclusive 16-page cover feature for issue 28 of Rock Candy Mag legendary ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons reveals the most surprising of influences on the ‘Little ol’ band from Texas’ – Depeche Mode!

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