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Be sure to never miss an issue of the finest music journal around by subscribing to Roctober. You'll get three issues (about a year's worth) mailed directly to your home without ever having to get off of your couch. Each issue features exhaustive indepth interviews with unjustly ignored musicians... read more

Chicago Soul/New York Underground issue. Songwriter/manager Bernice Williams recalls the early days of Gene Chandler/The Du-Kays, and the true story of "Duke of Earl"; Northern Soul legends the Conquistadors tell tales of 1960s West Side Chicago teenage R&B (plus the first soul... read more

A great issue with Roctober's double-flip format -- one side printed right side up for the music content, the other upside-down for the comics! The double-cover issue has features on PJ Proby, ONO, Skafish, Klaus Nomi, Lenny Bruce, The Mummies, Sly Stone, Sun Records saxophonist Martin Willis, and... read more

A lengthy discussion with Chris James of the stellar seventies sweet soul act The Natural Four, Nardwuar vs Queens of the Stone Age, interviews with the last living brother of The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Mark Ridlen of 70s/80s Texas punk/psyche band Lithium Xmas (also a member of Rapid Fire, the... read more

Roctober strikes again with another fantastic issue of music wisdom and knowledge from the far side of the spectrum! This time around, the spotlight's on Zory Zenith & Zolar X -- who are covered in unusual detail -- but our Dusty Groove ears are most tuned to the articles on Archie Bell,... read more

This issue features a fantastic interview with the Dirty Wurds, one of Chicago's greatest blues-based 60s garage bands! Also featuring interviews with peter Bagge, Al Aronowitz, and Unknown Hinson, plus features on Andy Kaufman, Chicago Stoner rock, comic book history and much more. Plus numerous... read more

Articles, reviews, interviews and comics covering the history of Rock, punk, soul and hip hop on television. The main feature is an exhaustive, critical episode guide to every episode of Behind The Music. Also features interviews with 60s garage band Daughters Of Eve, Snoop Dogg, King Diamond,... read more

Features an amazing conversation with SNOOP DOGG by gonzo interviewer Nardwuar, a revealing RUDY RAY MOORE interview, THE YARDBIRDS, LOUIS PRIMA AND KEELY SMITH, Hawaiian music legend HILO HATTIE, some Cyberpunk/Electronic music analysis, a bizarre BILL HALEY story, ZALMAN YANOVSKY and JOE STRUMMER... read more

A genuine illustrated encyclopedia of One Man Bands (traditional, electronic, overdub solo projects, Black Metal One Man Bands, buskers, etc.) with over 1,000 entries. Articles HASIL ADKINS, BEDROOM BANDS, HONKITONKIOKE, THADDEUS CAHILL, FRANKIE CAPRI, BROTHER DANIELSON, HOMER HENDERSON, JUDAS... read more

Roctober 32 Hip Hop Issue! Interviews with Jimmy Castor, Katey Red (the first out gay rap star), Busta Rhymes (interviewed by Nardwuar), Mystic, DJ Assault and more. Also, a lengthy critical reassessment of the Fat Boys, previously unpublished Funkadelic album art and an ultra-extensive... read more

Robot Rock n Roll issue featuring a lavishly illustrated encyclopedia of hundreds of robot records/bands/etc. Interviews with Captured! By Robots, Gilbert and George (The Singing Sculpture), Arthur Lee Maye (1950s R&B/Baseball star), Blowfly, The Troggs, Snoop Dogg, The Syndicate of Sound,... read more

Features mammoth Redd Foxx vinyl, CD, video, and TV discography of over 200 titles; a Rudy Ray Moore interview; Dickies interview; Pat Boone interview, with dozens of musicians and writers debating whether he should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Swamp Dogg interview; Andre Williams... read more

Epic DJ Fontana (elvis presley's 50s-70s drummer) interview. The (pre-industrial) Wax Trax Records story -- including the saga of the Jonny iii (Wax Trax house band). Czech prog-gods Plastic People Of the Universe interviewed. Little Richard is Jewish! 1950s country star Marvin Rainwater... read more

Whopping big issue of this, one of our favorite music mags of all time! This volume's an "update" issue, in which the Roctober staff and contributors write whole new articles on artists and subjects they've covered in past issues. There's plenty here to interest Dusty Groove fans --... read more

An epic interview and reassessment of Vanilla Ice. R&b diva/legend Sugar Pie Desanto (the female James Brown) speaks. 10 second Patti Smith interview. Jersey garage-kings the Swingin' Neckbreakers interviewed. Albert Ayler murder conspiracy theories...in comix form! Strawberry Shortcake... read more

Roctober's famous "Kissue" -- featuring interviews with Kiss cover band Strutter, Bruce Kulick, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Jumpin Gene Simmons, and a Japanese Archival Kiss interview! Also features Kiss Toy Rejects, Pedro Bell Almost Meets Kiss, and comics by Eric Searleman, Jenny Zerkavis,... read more

Bubblegum kings Kasenetz-Katz interviewed. Edie Adams, widow of Ernie Kovacs and 50s pop diva and cigar girl tells tales of the Nairobi trio and more. The Cramps meet Ratso. Tremendous David Allan Coe interview, that involves prison, Branson and illegal porno. Includes gigantic listeners guide... read more

New wave opera space elf Klaus Nomi (Bowie collaborator), remembered by friends and fans. The story of Sylvester ("Mighty Real", "Do Ya Wanna Funk"), with listeners guide, bibliography and amazing fotos. Esquerita centerfold. Chicago r&b eccentric Bo Dudley interviewed. ... read more

Chicago rock & soul tour. Lengthy interview with the Treniers, the first rock n roll group (think Louis Jordan meets Jerry Lewis meets David Lee Roth). Milt Trenier...lounge revival? Amazing Baby Huey cover painting. The final Tiny Tim interview. Plus: Alice Cooper, eight great Jews, more.... read more

Andre Williams interview (pre-revival), Andre didn't quite have his head together yet, and he tells some ugly truths in this interview..John Holmstrom (punk zine, Ramones cover artist) interviewed. Billy and Miriam of Kicks/Norton interviewed. 60s Walker Brothers teen mag article reprinted. ... read more

Rockcyclopedia Baboonica: a serious exploration of monkeys playing rock music, including Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, Bingo (Banana Splits), Elvis' monkey scatter, the NairobI Trio, Fatz (the Showbiz pizza gorilla robot pianist, Chimpy the drumming monkey, and more). Chicago 60s... read more

Jayne/Wayne County by Peter Crowley. Cyndi Lauper interview and beautiful comic. A lenthy converstaion with jazz/soul vocal genius Oscar Brown, Jr. Ass kickin' rockabilly/country diva Wanda Jackson interviewed. Little Jimmy Scott comic. 10 seconds with John Doe and Ron Kittle. #1 fans... read more

Snack rock superheroes the Go Nuts interviewed. R&B eccentrics celebrated. KISS worldwide convention coverage. Brother Wayne Kramer tells it like it is. Includes flexi disc with original songs by Girl Trouble, Mcrackins, Pedro Bell, Goblins, Butterglory, Scissor Girls, Geezers, Blanche, Jak... read more

The story of Kiddie-A-Go-Go, pre-pubescent American Bandstand, Velvet Crush. Garage legends the Monks get it together. Gary Glitter. The history of midget rock and roll featuring interviews with Kenny "R2D2 " Baker, blues dwarf Kid Dynamite, plus coverage of Pee Wee Marquette (Birdland... read more

Southern Culture on the Skids interview. Kurt Cobain comic. Semi-coherent Boredoms interview. White pompadoured soulman Wayne Cochran. Baseball rock n roll. Terry Cashman (Cashman, Pistili & West, Talkin' Baseball) interviewed. Plus: rock n roll tv, Mozart, Lois, Roctober hall of dynamic... read more