The James McMahon Music Podcast

Episode 155: Allan Jones (Melody Maker/Uncut legend)

• James McMahon • Season 2 • Episode 155

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I’m back from Italy. Bellissimo! And it’s a delight to resume the relentless march of this podcast with a legend of British music media, the Venerable Allan Jones.

Whether it’s launching Uncut magazine – for a time my absolute favourite music magazine – or revitalising the forever missed Melody Maker during his epic stint as editor, or simply standing outside IPC towers chain smoking with me when I was a cub NME hack some 15 odd years ago, Allan has seen it, heard it, done it… and lived to tell the tales. Which he does excellently in his new book, Too Late to Stop Now: More Rock’n’Roll War Stories, in shops this Thursday, May 25th.

The follow up to 2017's excellent Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down, it sees Allan sharing numerous untold stories from the glory days of rock ‘n’ roll and features the likes of Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash. 

It was a delight, and an honour, to speak to Allan for this episode.