Latest articles by Rob Hughes
Bill Wyman on Hendrix’s brilliance, Moon’s madness and Jagger’s brutal reaction to him leaving the Rolling Stones
The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix – ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has known them all
The story of the sexually ambiguous anthem that got Placebo a tour with David Bowie
A three-minute rush of hedonism, Placebo’s alt-rock anthem raised two fingers to Britpop and got them on Top Of The Pops – so why do they feel so ambivalent about it?
The Moody Blues attain peak psychedelic whimsy on In Search Of The Lost Chord
Join the Moody Blues for a psychedelic voyage through mysticism, melody, and late-60s cosmic curiosity
The iconic cover version that launched a legendary hard rock band – but nearly turned them into one-hit-wonders
It came a year before Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath released their debut albums
"He's with that meth lab that he designed, his baby - the lyrics back that up and he is at peace with himself": The story of the minor seventies hit that soundtracked the bloody finale of Breaking Bad
The story of the song that accompanied Walter White's demise
How an acid-tinged account of a North African adventure became the sound of the counterculture
With 60s pop music going psychedelic, Morocco's hippie trail inspired a song that took three years to come to fruition
The story of the post-punk classic that defined a band and inspired a Hollywood movie
Its lyrics evoked vintage Scott Walker and posed the question of destiny vs. free will. More importantly, it didn't sound like U2
Rodney Crowell on country royalty, loving Southern rock again and new album Airline Highway
Roots-rock star Rodney Crowell is back with a guest-packed new album
How a Steve Harley song that dissed his bandmates became an all-time classic
Written as a dig at the band members who quit because Steve Harley wanted to do all the writing himself, Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) became a timeless hit
Peter Baumann didn’t think Tangerine Dream were prog – just weird
With new solo album Nightfall and a new edition of Phaedra both on sale, the synth maestro says limited ability, cutting-edge gear and raw luck led to success in the 70s, and regrets running out of time to reunite with Edgar Froese
When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story
Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford look back on the controversial Genesis documentary Sum Of The Parts
"It just sort of happened": Meet the men who prompted R.E.M. to reunite
Actor Michael Shannon and musician Jason Narducy are currently on the road celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s 1985 album, Fables of the Reconstruction
The story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction
Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path
PFM on brushes with royalty, spaghetti with Aerosmith, and how to annoy America
Premiata Forneria Marconi, aka PFM, remain one of the great trailblazers of European prog rock
The cult of Keith Richards: guitar hero, blues scholar, rebel, survivor, self-parody, genius
How Keith Richards influenced several generations of rock’n’rollers – for better or worse
How Andy Summers and Robert Fripp collaborated with remarkable ease in the 80s
When the Police and King Crimson men got together, the result was two well-received albums and a stack of forgotten material – finally released – that they can’t believe wasn’t used in the 80s
The Beach Boys albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
Bolstered by the genius songwriting and production of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' best albums contain some of the greatest music you’ll ever hear
Robby Krieger and John Densmore remember life with Jim Morrison and tell the story of The Doors
Sixty years after The Doors took audiences on a destination-unknown thrill ride, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the band's wild story
“Robert Fripp always has an excuse not to play”: Toyah Willcox is more than Mrs King Crimson
From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall
The Pretenders albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
Navigating a path through classic pop, soul, garage-rock and rock’n’roll, Chrissie Hynde steered the Pretenders to major success - and these are their best albums
Steven Wilson on being a control freak, the wonder of space, Porcupine Tree and more
Steven Wilson's new album The Overview promises to take listeners "on an incredible journey from Earth to the other side of the universe"
Tim Smith’s Cardiacs story will end with long-awaited final album LSD
Members of the band who influenced Steven WIlson, Radiohead, Opeth, Andy Partridge and more explain what they did and why it mattered
The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more
Crack session musician, in-demand producer, one quarter of the world’s biggest rock band – ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones has done it all
