#30 is "The Rock Issue" of WaxPo, an issue which editor-in-chief Andre Torres has been in the works for two years and which comes with a great juxtaposition of covers, featuring Bad Brains on one side and Elvis Presley on the other. In addition to features on those two icons, we get pieces on Detroit's soul-rock mainstays The Dirtbombs, Black Rock Coalition, The Rascals, Black Merda, Dave Bartholomew, Ernie Isley, Prince's early days and tributes to a number of recently-passed legends (Jimmy McGriff, Buddy Miles, Bo Diddley, Ike Turner). 128 pages.

reviewed by Van Hammersly