Dave Ling

Featuring former members of Thin Lizzy and Rainbow, Wild Horses should have been huge – but chemicals, egos and bitterness got in the way

Canadian singer’s five-year absence was long enough for his bandmates to fail the challenge of reinventing themselves

Exclusive: Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley on the attempts by the owners of the Steve Marriott estate to replicate the singer's voice with AI – and why they're determined to fight it

Testament’s 2012 album Dark Roots Of Earth was another classic from thrash’s most dependable band

Love's Forever Changes is coming to the UK in full, and if you're lucky it'll be orchestrated

Nicky Wire talks about the upcoming Manics tour, Richey Edwards, Rush and the band’s next album

Supporting the Rolling Stones and AC/DC in the same week? Sounds like a pretty good few days

Cold Chisel are huge stars in their native Australia, but the rest of the world barely knows who they are

With the likes of Marguerita Time and In The Army Now lurking, you need to tread carefully while searching out Status Quo's best albums

With Dan McCafferty gone and their glory days behind them, Nazareth's last surviving original member, Pete Agnew, cannot imagine life without the band

With a riff claimed by both of the band’s guitarists and lyrics inspired by a summer romance, Blowin' Free became Wishbone Ash’s signature song and a rock classic

With Deep Purple’s original plans for their sixth album having literally gone up in smoke, Machine Head was a triumph snatched from the jaws of disaster

Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled fourth album found them ripping up their own blueprint - with brilliant results

Swaggering and arrogant, NWOBHM-era glam rockers Girl were the biggest band in the world – at least in their own heads

Richie Kotzen has just arrived in Europe for a lengthy tour, with UK dates in July

It can only be a matter of time before a band commissions Scott Gorham to produce their album artwork

Sister act The Warning have played with Foo Fighters, GN’R, Muse and more, and they're just getting started

Steve Howe on the future of Yes, the band's next leader, and why an Avatar show isn't out of the question

Once described as having the scuzz of the White Stripes and Led Zeppelin’s power, Deap Vally are nearing the end

The future looks bleak. Money isn’t everything. Embrace getting older. Simple pleasures are the best. These things and more shape the real God Of Hellfire’s world view

After three spells with Thin Lizzy', the late Gary Moore turned solo artist, ditching hard rock for the music of his childhood, the blues

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan picks some personal favourites from the band's bulging catalogue

Six personal favourites from Deep Purple's other bass player

Roger Glover's seven favourite Purple patches, including the one that was "like rap before rap"