Best known for his work with Pendragon and Arena, he’s given his passion for prog musicals a new lease of life – with practical assistance from his theatre group

In the late '90s, Lit were rejected by many labels until RCA spotted their potential. The band repaid the favour with an earworm of a hit single

Although David Bowie's Berlin-period anthem Heroes was initially something of a commercial failure, it became a classic for the ages

Making up for childhood poverty, the Opeth mastermind championed classic bands of the 70s when no one else cared – which made him a strange figure on the 90s Swedish metal scene

Extreme metal legend Shane Embury shares some of the wildest stories from his life in Napalm Death and beyond

"If you'd said my mother had died, I wouldn't have cared less"