Joe Banks

@JoeBanksWriter

'Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground', a MOJO, Uncut, Prog & Shindig book of the year. 'Rock And Role: The Visionary Songs Of Peter Hammill + VdGG' out now.

London, UK

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Joe Banks
@JoeBanksWriter
Dec 4, 2025
Rock and Role: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and VdGG is published today! "Banks tackles Hammill's canon with an energetic, imaginative style... an assiduously researched story" MOJO "An authoritative exploration... highly accessible critiques" PROG rockandrole.net
Joe Banks
@JoeBanksWriter
Jan 10
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Joe Banks
@JoeBanksWriter
Jan 8
Saw This Is Spinal Tap for the umpteenth time at the appropriately named Tufnell Park Film Club @tpfilmclub the other night, which made me realise how much I non-ironically love the songs! The Ian Anderson-esque chorus of Stonehenge is particularly great!
Joe Banks
@JoeBanksWriter
Jan 7
If you're interested in 'albums of the year'-type lists, then you might want to take a look at this...
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ALBUMS OF 2025 (links in the comments) This year, Prog magazine has decided to do its critics' albums of 2025 as a collated/averaged top 50 rather than printing individual lists, as it's done up...
Joe Banks
@JoeBanksWriter
Jan 6
Hawkwind photo archivist Pedro Bellavista has posted some excellent pics from the band's BBC Maida Vale session for the Johnny Walker Show, where they recorded versions of Silver Machine and Brainstorm (02/08/72). Here's a selection... (taken by Victor de Schwanberg)