# Pipeline Instrumental Review

The Pipeline Instrumental Review, also known as Pipeline Magazine, is a British periodical magazine that focuses on instrumental rock music which was most popular in the 1950s and 1960s with bands and performers such as The Shadows, Duane Eddy, The Ventures, and The Spotnicks among many others. The title of the magazine comes from the 1963 surf rock instrumental hit, "Pipeline" by The Chantays.

## Background

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.

## 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. The magazine also features interviews with musicians and performers such as with Hank Marvin when he was on tour in 1997 for example. 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". The Lively Ones, whose music was featured in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, were also interviewed in 1997 and their discography was showcased, 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.
The Ventures, who having sold over 100 million, are the biggest selling instrumental band of all time, were given extensive coverage by Pipeline magazine from 1990 to 2009. 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. Several publications have cited Pipeline magazine as a source for a 1960 instrumental tune being named after the M1 motorway. 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.

## 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. Sometimes the Duane Eddy Convention would take place on the same day and at the same venue as the Pipeline Instrumental Rock Convention.
| Year | Venue | Headliners |
| 1993 | International Students House, London | Counterpoint, The Runaways, The Scorpions, Nero & the Gladiators. |
| 1994 | International Students House, London | Highway Patrol, The Rapiers, The Surf Rats, The Hunters. |
| 1995 | International Students House, London | The Falcons, The Fentones, The Moontrekkers, Nero & the Gladiators, "1961". |
| 1996 | International Students House, London | Sir Bald Diddley & His Wig-Outs, The Cougars, Local Heroes. |
| 1997 | International Students House, London | The Scorpions, The Temebeats, The Silhouets, The Spacemen. |
| 1998 | International Students House, London | The Boys, The Vickings, Local Heroes with special guest Brian "Licorice" Locking. |
| 1999 | International Students House, London | Husky & The Sandmen, Pipeline '61, The Jaguars, Bert Weedon. |
| 2000 | International Students House, London | The Secrets, The Centurions, Nero & the Gladiators, The Falcons, The Hunters, The Rapiers. |
| 2001 | Conway Hall, London | The Secrets, The Reflections, The Moontrekkers, The UB Hank Guitar Club Band, The Invaders. |
| 2002 | Conway Hall, London | Los Jets, Lost 4 Words, Legend, The Charades, The Tornados. |
| 2003 | International Students House, London | The Goldfingers, The Classics, The Vibratos. |
| 2004 | International Students House, London | Lost 4 Words, Alan Jones & Friends, The Packabeats, "1961", The Charades. |
| 2005 | Conway Hall, London | Indra & Move It, Los Jets, Nono Sodoberg & Hot Wires, The Fentone IV, Bungleflint. |
| 2006 | International Students House, London | Bob Spalding, 3 Balls of Fire, George Tomsco, The Silhouets, The Flames, The Surfin' Gorillas, The Rapiers (1960s band). |
| 2007 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Jimmy Torres, Brian "Licorice" Locking, The Charades, The Robin Bibi Band, The Scorpions, The Foot Tappers, The JB5. |
| 2008 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | The Stingrays, Los Jets, The Silhouets, The Runaways, Los Fantasticos. |
| 2009 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Happy Daze, Indra & Move It, The Foot Tappers, The Razorblades, The Secrets. |
| 2010 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Apollo 11, The Vintage, The Shadowers, The Twang Gang, The Vicars of Twiddly. |
| 2011 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Legend, The Flames, The Johnny Lundin Band, The Instro-Mentals, Los Kiosk Bears. |
| 2012 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Shazam, The Charades, The Reverb Syndicate, The Shadders, The Tone Raiders. |
| 2013 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | Bob Spalding with Counterpoint, The Dangermen, The Silver Shadows, The Crickettes, The Stingrays. |
| 2014 | Met Police Sports Club, Bushey, Hertfordshire | The Jumping Jewels Revival Band with original lead guitarist Hans van Eijk, Los Ventures, Joeland Plus, The Niteshades, Link Grey & The Dark Country. |