Henry Yates

Jeff Buckley’s move to New York in the early 90s was the flashpoint for Grace, the classic album that would outlive him. Collaborator Gary Lucas remembers a star who burned bright and fast

Power-ballad belter Bonnie Tyler picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that Axl Rose was "horny as hell"

Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock

Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and the rest: They all owe so much to the instrumental artists of the 50s and 60s

Birth, death, love and loss… Live's post-grunge hit I Alone has soundtracked them all. Frontman Ed Kowalczyk remembers the song that was born in a barn

Northampton's new men in black Empyre have survived sickly gigs, killed rock giants, and made grown men weep. You might like them

Iris by Goo Goo Dolls might have left the band's alt.rock roots behind, but it'll put their kids through college

Wig Wam frontman Åge Sten Nilsen on straitjackets, cognac, and getting into character as his crazed alter-ego Glam

Virtuoso Steve Vai on his lost biker-rock record Vai/Gash, its doomed singer, and terrifying moments on two wheels

Drummer Mike Portnoy on power trios, bad band names, and the beauty of the old-school classic rock sound

The second-tallest man in rock Jared James Nichols on broken bones and being an “ugly, long-haired shithead” (his words, not ours)

Written in protest at the popularity of sickly ballads, there was much to love about Ugly Kid Joe’s 1992 smash hit Everything About You

"I did feel like making love at the time... that happened a lot" - Paul Rodgers

Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld on slitting throats, smelling good and getting lumped in with "knuckle-dragging rock"

Saxon’s frontman Biff Byford on the best music of 2022, plans for 2023, and the up-and-down side effects of medication

Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood on the genius of Jimi Hendrix: "He could fly into the stratosphere, but he would take the other players there with him"

Dark times won’t stop chart-bothering Massive Wagons, and neither will the bullies, bigots and bent politicians skewered on new album Triggered!

Archers Of Loaf's Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52

"That song was like having your really good friends give you the best gift you could ever receive" - the story of Elton John's timeless Tiny Dancer

Steve Miller's album sales were in the doldrums until old friend Maurice resurfaced on The Joker and gave him a long-awaited number 1

It was the decade when Queen had it all, lost it and then clawed it back again. But behind the strut and sparkle of the band in the 80s, storm clouds were gathering

How Queen turned to a superstar fantasy artist for the News Of The World cover image