VOL. 43 | NO. 12 | DECEMBER 2022
IT'S STORY TIME!
— instead of focusing entirely on new albums — we star Leonard Nimoy connected in Cleveland and chewed the fat until the wee hours. There’s the fascinating (but not incredibly well-known) story about Johnny Thunders’ rise and fall with the New York Dolls, the Heartbreakers and beyond (as told by Mark McStea) — and, of course (assuming you’ve seen this issue’s cover), there’s the story of “Ego Death,” Polyphia’s brilliant new collaboration with Steve Vai, their fellow Ibanez-ax-wielding instrumental miracle worker. The stories are given some very strong visual boosts by illustrator Adam Forster (who also — and totally randomly, by the way — created the artwork on the Walrus Audio Julia Analog Chorus/Vibrato — Limited National Parks Edition/Denali that I picked up on eBay last week) and photographer Kevin Scanlon, who managed to capture incredibly rare images of Vai, Tim Henson and Scott LePage in their natural habitat.
