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Heavy Pettin: The Next Big Thing whose career was killed by a soppy power ballad
Heavy Pettin toured with Ozzy and Mötley Crüe. Then their entry for 1987’s Eurovision misfired and killed their career, and they’ve regretted it ever since. But now they're back and gunning for glory
Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson on the creative inspiration of dogs and battling Darth Vader
Black Stone Cherry's new EP Celebrate is out next month – and includes a very unlikely cover version
10 garage rock albums you absolutely need to hear
Our pick of the must-have long-players from the golden age of garage and beyond.
Motörhead's Ace Of Space: How to create a classic while intoxicated
It’s one of the instantly recognisable songs in rock'n'roll. But how did Ace Of Spades come about?
It’s one of the biggest-selling singles ever. So why did this band leave it off their debut album?
Their 1967 epic would go on to be hailed as a genre-changing song, although they just regarded it as modern blues
The story of the social justice anthem inspired by a police raid on a Stonehenge beanfield
Fired by social injustice, The Battle Of The Beanfield remains an enduring classic and more relevant than ever
Steely Dan: The band who don't like rock'n'roll but have sold 50 million records to people who do
Steely Dan: An enigma in search of perfection
How a comedy legend ended up singing on a Kate Bush and Prince collaboration
"I sang my heart out. I couldn’t believe it. I was performing on a song with two of my heroes"
He may have been around for nearly 60 years, but David Gilmour’s return to form was inevitable. Here’s why
While the ex Pink Floyd leader is a world-class guitarist and vocalist, his attitude to family, social issues and collaborations make him even bigger than that
Ho99o9's Yeti Bones: 10 records that changed my life
From the "black metal version of hip hop", to original shock rocker Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sepultura and the Mr. Bungle track that "gets him horny" these are Yeti Bones' all-time favourites
How Stone Temple Pilots emerged from one of the darkest periods of their career with the bold, brilliant Tiny Music...
The grunge stars who made their experimental record in the face of one of the most harrowing periods of their career
The story behind David Bowie's Let's Dance
"Rock and roll is a business and David wasn’t selling any records in America"
“I died in her arms. You look back and say, ‘That was meant to happen’”: The song Jon Anderson wrote for his wife
Former Yes singer can’t forget near-fatal moment with the woman he’d seen in his meditations ahead of seeing her in this world
“I was afflicted. I never conquered it, but I dealt with it”: Jethro Tull ex Martin Barre’s struggle with shyness
His world changed when he realised that playing in bands meant he’d never have to dance
How John Lydon left the trainwreck of the Sex Pistols behind with a trailblazing statement of intent
Johnny Rotten became John Lydon and the dense punk sound became spacious dub for his new band PiL’s first real statement of intent
“The fact that its roots are in tragedy only adds to its poignancy”: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s duet Don’t Give Up
If a fatal accident hadn’t taken place on her one and only tour, the grief-ridden pair might never have been on stage together – robbing her of a career-changing revelation
“Pretentious, perhaps. But let’s call it pioneering”: Why we still love Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Surreal imagery, crediting classic poets and philosophers, trying to scare each other with freak-out jams, inspiration from mime artists… it’s without doubt the most adventurous music any member the band ever made
“It was career suicide, but it felt good”: Steve Morse took on a media mogul and got away with it
Guitarist worried about asking friends John Petrucci and Eric Johnson to guest on his new album – but decades ago he had no hesitation in confronting industry giant Clive Davis to get what he wanted
