Currently writing for Mojo magazine, Mick Wall has been one of Britain’s best-known rock writers for over 25 years. As well as voicing his opinions on television and radio, he is also the author of several best-selling rock biographies. Back in the 1980s, however, Mick Wall was the star writer of Kerrang!, where his memorable, rollercoaster style of journalism helped turn an unfashionable monthly magazine into the world-beating weekly title it is today.

As the magazine celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, here for the first time are collected some of the best Mick Wall interviews and articles, including remarkable encounters with such stars of the era as W. Axl Rose, Jimmy Page, Jon Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Ritchie Blackmore and Lars Ulrich, to name just a few. With brand new introductions to each chapter, along the way you will travel to such far-flung rock’n’roll outposts as Los Angeles, New York, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Dublin, Berlin… and Ealing (with feeling).

Irreverent, funny, offensive to anyone who ever disliked very loud rock music, and occasionally, against his better judgement, quite serious in its analysis of the most famous people who made that music, this is writing that pulsates with rock’s own juddering rhythms. Hold on tight and enjoy the ride.