The Pipeline Instrumental Review was started by editors Alan Taylor and Dave Burke in 1989 after the discontinuation of several other magazines that covered the instrumental rock music scene and served as a replacement for fans of the genre.[2]
Coverage
The Pipeline Instrumental Review has been published quarterly since 1989 and edited by Alan Taylor and Dave Burke. It reviews the latest instrumental releases and others related to the genre.[3] The magazine also features interviews with musicians and performers such as with Hank Marvin when he was on tour in 1997 for example.[4]The Tornados were featured in 1996 who were described by the magazine as "the only UK instrumental group to provide a serious chart challenge to The Shadows".[5]The Lively Ones, whose music was featured in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction,[6] were also interviewed in 1997 and their discography was showcased,[7] which was a regular part of Pipeline's features of the bands they interviewed. The story of The Packabeats was featured in 1997 who provided the theme tune to the 1962 film, The Traitors.[8]
The Ventures, who having sold over 100 million, are the biggest selling instrumental band of all time,[9] were given extensive coverage by Pipeline magazine from 1990 to 2009.[10][11]Joe Moretti was interviewed by Pipeline magazine in 2002 and he gave details about the recording of the number 1 hit "Shakin' All Over" on which he played guitar for the band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates in 1960.[12] Several publications have cited Pipeline magazine as a source for a 1960 instrumental tune being named after the M1 motorway.[13][14]Pipeline magazine has also been quoted as giving extensive coverage to Nero & the Gladiators such as how band leader Mike O'Neill went into the music business to avoid doing national service and how a tour lasting seven months in Italy gave him the experience of being a touring musician as well as being a recording artist and potentially being a popstar.[15]
Convention
Each year from 1993 to 2014 the magazine held the Pipeline Instrumental Rock Convention at venues in London and Hertfordshire. From 1995 onward the Conventions were filmed by Intec Services and made available commercially on VHS but from 2006 all, including from 1995 onward, were made available in superior quality on DVD.[16] Sometimes the Duane Eddy Convention would take place on the same day and at the same venue as the Pipeline Instrumental Rock Convention.[17][18][19]
^Gildart, Keith (2013). Images of England Through Popular Music: Class, Youth and Rock 'n' Roll, 1955–1976. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 45–46. ISBN9780230019690.
^Bungleflint. United Kingdom. 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2024 – via YouTube. Live Concert in London for the PIPELINE Instrumental Convention March 27th 2005
^Tomorrows Cancelled. United Kingdom. September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2024 – via YouTube. Legend play 'Tomorrows Cancelled' from The Shadows' Burns era, using Burns guitars. This is a live recording made at the Pipeline International Instrumental Convention in Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK in 2011
