Bill DeMain

Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett on his solo projects, his hair-metal history, and why surfing might hold the key to happiness

The past 12 months may go down in history as a period of tumult and turmoil, but on the positive side, rock'n'roll is very much alive and well – as the best 50 albums of 2023 reflect

How a song forged from disparate scraps came to represent the decade-spanning resilience and staying power of Fleetwood Mac

The best-known anti-war song of the 20th century: Recorded by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and an enthusiastic crowd of students, Hare Krishna devotees and celebrity friends

Christine McVie brought elegance and soul to Fleetwood Mac through her voice, keyboard playing and some of rock’s most enduring hits

Rock’s most epic battle was always The Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, yet Helter Skelter was inspired by an imagined square-off with The Who

Greta Van Fleet’s wardrobe has developed into an explosion of colour and chest-exposing rock-star chic

Greta Van Fleet have emerged from the darkness and uncertainty of the last few years with Starcatcher, a retro-fuelled blast of cosmic light and love that feels like it’s one for the ages

A chance encounter with a fantasy novel inspired Stevie Nicks' witchy hit and helped to resurrect Fleetwood Mac

Guns N' Roses changed the shape of rock'n'roll when they emerged in the mid-eighties. Here's a half-century of their very best, and the stories behind them.

Five must-hear albums that answer the burning question: what is country rock?

Songwriter, producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist… Todd Rundgren's is a diverse and distinguished catalogue from a restless and progressive artist

Southern Rock is inextricably tied to the land and character of the American South - and here are five albums that tell its tale

Much-loved singer-guitarist Peter Frampton has delivered more that 50 years' worth of compelling songcraft and searing guitar playing - and these are his best albums

"I anticipated that a lot of people might get weird about it" - George Harrison on My Sweet Lord, his love song to The Creator

How Prince learned to play nice with others, how he learned to rock to rock, and how he made Purple Rain, his world-beating sixth album

"We didn’t really care about scenes: For us, it always came down to the song” - Jellyfish's Roger Manning Jr

After guitarist Duane Allman’s tragic death, the Allman Brothers Band pulled together and recorded the landmark double album Eat A Peach

Inspired by a single line from a gospel song, Paul Simon's classic Bridge Over Troubled Water has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Aretha Franklin

Originally a b-side, Joni Mitchell's generational classic Woodstock found its biggest audience with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida started life as a 90-second country ballad, but turned into a psychedelic and cultural landmark

The Doobie Brothers' Long Train Runnin' was an instrumental showcase for "half-hour solos" before their producer saw its hit potential

Jeff Beck's first single was his biggest hit, but he would go on to describe it as "a pink toilet seat" hanging around his neck

All those shimmering pop masterpieces about dysfunctional relationships can be traced back to a single Fleetwood Mac song