Xavier Russell

Xavier Russell

An award-winning film editor, Xavier Russell is a regular contributor to Rock Candy, and has also written for Sounds, Kerrang! and Classic Rock Presents AOR. Xavier also co-wrote Metallica - A Visual Documentary for Omnibus Press, and has written sleeve notes for Foghat, Nantucket, Axe, Zon and Q5. He has also edited and directed many music videos, including promos by Elton John, Celtic Frost, Vow Wow and The Cherry Bombz. 

Articles by: Xavier Russell

Metallica demo and gig poster on a stained coffee table

"Then someone shoved a copy of the band's now legendary No Life 'Til Leather demo into my beer-stained hands": The Mötley Crüe haters who paved the way for one man's discovery of Metallica

By Xavier Russell published

In late 1982, Metallica played their 27th show at a club in San Fransisco. One Classic Rock writer got there by accident

Marshall Tucker, Johnny Van Zant and Rickey Medlocke

“To survive in this game, we had to get away from the 10-minute guitar solos”: the story of .38 Special, Blackfoot and the Southern Rock/AOR crossover

By Xavier Russell published

In the late 70s and early 80s, many of Southern Rock’s finest swapped twanging guitars for melodic rock magnificence

Guns N' Roses: Review Of Their First Ever UK Show

By Xavier Russell last updated

On June 19, 1987, Guns N' Roses played the first of three shows at the Marquee Club in London. Xavier Russell reviewed it at the time. This is what he thought