Greg Prato

Tom Keifer, singer and guitarist with rock legends Cinderella, picks 10 albums that shaped his life in rock...

Tommy Bolin had the looks and the talent, but he also had a deadly drug addiction. We look at the tragic career of a doomed guitar great, through band mates, friends, and family

A new book interviews 30 drummers about the brilliance of Bonzo - here's Mike Portnoy

In this extract from Greg Prato's new book Avatar Of The Electric Guitar: The Genius Of Jimi Hendrix, we learn how Kirk Hammett's fixation with Purple Haze lead to a relationship with music that eventually gave us Metallica

From Queen to The Stooges, these are the Sex Pistols guitarist and radio DJ's six-string stepping stones

The life of GG Allin: Brother Merle looks back at the 90s’ most shocking rocker

In 1993, Blind Melon released a video that went on to be one of the year’s most aired on MTV and their debut album nearly topped the US chart, but just two years later it was all over

So why didn’t Bad Brains become the biggest rock outfit on the planet? Band members Dr. Know, Darryl Jenifer and Earl Hudson tell the story of the baddest band of them all

The determining discs of radio host, TV personality, podcaster, author and heavy metal fan Eddie Trunk

Guitar legend, Tokyo resident and avowed Japanophile Marty Friedman reveals his pick for the 10 best Japanese rock bands...

Original Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing looks back on the short-lived period when veteran acts like Kiss, Ozzy and Priest modified their metal for the mainstream

You know your writer’s block’s bad when you have to hole yourself up in a haunted castle to get inspiration. But that’s exactly what the metal icons did

They thought the 1970 Isle Of Wight festival was going to be several days of peace, love and music – just like Woodstock the previous year. They thought wrong

In 1989, the keyboard-driven From Out Of Nowhere helped catapult Faith No More to major stardom

Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante recalls the 10 records that made him want to rock

From a new book about Pearl Jam: 15 mind-blowing Seattle bands who paved the way for grunge

Stooges guitarist James Williamson looks back at this proto-punk ass kicker that opened many a show circa ’73

In a new book about Yacht Rock, Ride Like The Wind hitmaker Christopher Cross reveals how he filled in for a sick Ritchie Blackmore at Deep Purple's first US show

As The Dead Daisies prepare to kick off their mammoth Live & Louder tour, frontman John Corabi fills us in on the records that made him the man he is today...

Guitar legend Michael Schenker picks five guitar classics...

Overkill frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth shares the albums that shaped his very being

Accept Axeman Wolf Hoffman picks five guitarists who make his heart sing

Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen – as one of the greatest rock photographers of recent decades, Danny Clinch has shot them all. Here he remembers the stories behind 6 of his great shot

Current Sixx AM and former Guns N' Roses guitarist DJ Ashba picks five of the very best albums from five influential axemen

Former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth selects the records that inspired him