Classic Rock Magazine

The Grand Illusion was the first of four consecutive triple-platinum albums for Styx, establishing them as one of America’s biggest rock acts

From the ashes of post-hardcore punks At The Drive-In something stirred, and it was proggy

Legend tells us that Captain Beyond were pioneers of stoner rock, a supergroup who should have been super-massive

Sammy Hagar's puffed-up personality oozes from every pore during a short, sharp, scintillating set

Bruce Springsteen's Born In The U.S.A. is big and bombastic, but you can’t argue with stadium-tooled juggernauts

In which the midwestern rockers rock a little harder than normal, but not everyone is convinced

How could Marillion ever replace Fish, their charismatic and beloved frontman? With relative ease, it transpired

A more serious proposition than many of the Sunset Strip generation, Winger's debut combined melodic hooks with no small amount of technical skill

What happened when Tony Iommi brought two familiar faces back on board for Forbidden, an album produced by an extremely unexpected choice

America's first platinum album was a cultural phenomenon, albeit almost accidentally

Did Velvet Revolver produce an album to do the legacy of Guns N' Roses proud? Or was it just another under-achieving and short-lived side-project?

What do you get if you mix men from Vanilla Fudge, Amboy Dukes and Mitch Ryder’s Detroit Wheels? The first album from Cactus

After the all-important breakthrough with Earthshaker, Y&T's follow-up Black Tiger was a defining statement

Recorded during Alice Cooper's "blackout" period, Flush The Fashion found The Coop exploring new sounds

1971’s Broken Barricades was Procol Harum's last with guitarist Robin Trower. Despite – or perhaps because of - this, it’s one of their most guitar-led

The first standalone album on the Chrysalis label, A Space In Time contained Ten Years After's only transatlantic hit, I’d Love To Change The World

Facing a future without Phil Collins, the remaining men of Genesis turned to that fella from Stiltskin

With Tom Dowd producing, Gregg Allman in fine voice and new guitarist Warren Haynes on board, the Brothers returned after a decade away with Seven Turns

After Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness there was nowhere to go but up for Smashing Pumpkins: Then bad things began to happen

The comparisons with Bruce Springsteen might be merited, but Melissa Etheridge's second album saw her making a name for herself

Of all their records, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, released in late 1971, remains their most admired work

Timeless Flight: The Steve Harley album that followed the one with the big hit on it

Mr. Mister released four slickly produced albums. Three bombed. Welcome To The Real World certainly didn't

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young may have harmonised beautifully on Déjà Vu, but they avoided each other while recording it