Rob Hughes

Originally just another R&B band, the Moody Blues would create one of the sounds of the late 60s/early 70s as psychedelic and progressive rock pioneers

Veteran bassist Tony Levin, who met Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp on the same day in 1976, compares and contrasts the two band leaders

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most confessional album of his career

Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones – Dave Davies has done it all

The death of talismanic frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 looked like it marked the end of the road for The Doors. But his bandmates had other ideas

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reflect on some good, bad and ugly encounters

Inspired by his late father, songwriter-for-hire Stephen Wilson Jr is now telling his stories with his own voice

Inspired by watching a hopeless jazz combo play in a deserted pub, Sultans Of Swing sent Dire Straits on a journey to superstardom

What happened when Dave Grohl, Josh Homme and John Paul Jones teamed up in Them Crooked Vu.tures

Fuelled by jazz, socialism and an absurdist slant on the world around him, the retired Canterbury icon’s instincts served him well during a remarkable career

The award-winning Shameless, Silk and The Village actress finds inspiration in the genre’s theatrics – and explains why she feels it’s a summertime experience

They ended the 1960s opening for Led Zeppelin in the US and ended the 70s headlining multiple nights at Madison Square Garden

The cult movie director started composing his own soundtracks out of necessity. Eventually he returned to his first love of music to create the Lost Themes album series, and began touring too

After writing a memoir, the guitarist has done the musical equivalent with an 11-disc box set exploring his five-decade career. He explains how he landed his dream gig, how Robert Fripp beat him to a tonal ambition, and why, in a way, Roxy is still active

The Bonzo Dog and Rutles man discusses his career and recent studio album Nearly Really...

In 2014, Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back from hiatus – and he was ready to make a “joyous racket”

From The Boss to Chuck Berry, Nils Lofgren has played with them all and lived to tell the tale

Informed by childhood memories, Louise Patricia Crane's new album is an intensely personal dark fantasia

Fresh from their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, we look at the Dave Matthews Band's finest moments

The Jesus Lizard are back with a bang, referencing their past, building on it and retaining their sense of humour

Almost 40 years after the band called it a day, Viva Lone Justice is just around the corner

The Banishing is the triumphant result of Gong and Utopia Strong member’s mental battle, loss of his family, support from his friends and a “heroic dose of magic mushrooms”

BB King was the greatest bluesman the world has ever seen. We look back at his life, with a little help from his friends

The reunion of two bandmates who’d fallen out badly in the 70s, combined with the energy of a lifelong fan, resulted in a stunning album that assembled the leading lights of Crimson’s final era

Highlights from the career of the man formerly known as Henry Saint Clair Fredericks