-October 2003Tell it like you heard it
In the next issue of OMM, out on December 14, we're presenting the pick of 2003. And we want your input on who rocked your world over the last 12 months.
Live through this
Courtney Love has known every kind of high and every kind of low - including fame as a Hollywood actress, and the suicide of her husband, Kurt Cobain. In recent weeks, her own life has threatened to spiral completely out of control. Lawrence Donegan reports.
In their own words
Duran Duran reveal all: the drugs, the models, the highs, the lows and the comeback.
Cryin' the Blues
It is 100 years since the discovery of the blues. Charles Shaar Murray hails the legacy of WC Handy, the man who changed music.
Delta Force
The dishevelled duo behind the Fat Possum label have fought to bring old bluesmen to a new, young audience. But it's even harder keeping their battle-scarred artists alive. Richard Grant reports from deepest Mississippi.
Baby Love
When pop stars tell you they're too busy thinking 'bout their baby, they're not usually thinking of the ones that sleep in cots. Three real rock'n'roll mothers tell Harriet Lane how they balance being a parent with working in a male-dominated - and traditionally hard-livin' - industry.
Publish and be damned
Tom Cox channelled his teenage aggression into sport - until he learnt to be just as competitive about obscure post-grunge US indie bands. Here he recalls his life as a 'zine editor: how to have no friends and influence, well, hardly anyone.
I was his rock. Pity about that...
You think you're a compatible couple - but you like Kylie, he likes The Smiths. Polly Vernon measures out her relationships in three-minute songbites and asks if there's a compromise between resolutely Rock and completely, madly Pop.
... Chris Martin
Gawky student? Global saviour? Hollywood-dating hunk? Coldplay singer.
Razorlight
Four young dreamers leading rock's new charge - Kitty Empire picks this month's hottest act.
Ruth Rogers
The proprietor of the celebrated River Cafe met Bob Dylan as a girl, but she still requires a musical prescription from our resident Doc.
The indie kids
In his third anthropological journey, Tom Cox takes the A11 to Norwich to check the follicle health of the oh-so-cool student gig-goer.
The 10 strangest duets
What were they thinking of? Were these singers and artistes looking for true musical harmony? Or were their publicity wonks hoping to marry two different markets for the sake of an easy buck? Whatever. These are rock's oddest couplings
Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding meet AC/DC
Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding, presenters of BBC 6 Music's breakfast show, quiz guitarist Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC. What does a rock band need with a set of six-foot spears, can they hold their own in a speedway race and do they have a tulip business?
Song of the month: Britney Spears feat Madonna, 'Me Against The Music'
Garry Mulholland arbitrates in the battle between a pop princess and her makeover artists.
Worst album of the month: Alex Parks, Introduction
Although she may not see it has her first proper album, Peter Robinson is not amused by the Fame Academy winner and former clown's debut.
This month's 10 best CDs
From Johnny Cash to Barbara Streisand, taking in Missy Elliott and Al Green.
More reviews
Including the next 15 best November releases and the classic album of the month.
Meet the Marxists
Paul Morley enters a parallel universe in which Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo have taken over the judges' duties on Pop Idol.
Guitarist wanted
For Rhodri Marsden, the route to rock star adulation through answering a series of 'musician wanted' ads just got easier. Or did it? Because even in a covers band, certain standards are required...
Musical differences
Nothing's sacred: The race for the Christmas No 1 is hit hard by the presence of Blue in a movie.
Editor's letter
It is 100 years since the discovery of the blues, the wellspring from which popular music as we know it first flowed. Without the blues, there is no Elvis or Chuck Berry, no Rolling Stones and, hell, no Justin Timberlake.
Barometer
Up & Down.
Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding meet AC/DC
Phill Jupitus and Phil Wilding, presenters of BBC 6 Music's breakfast show, quiz guitarist Angus Young and singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC. What does a rock band need with a set of six-foot spears, can they hold their own in a speedway race and do they have a tulip business?
Sullivan's
The longest note held on a solo single was sung by Bill Withers on 'Lovely Day', lasting 18 seconds.
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