Stone Temple Pilots on how Interstate Love Song came together
Written in a parking lot, titled on a tour bus, Scott Weiland & co.’s biggest hit truly was one for the road
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The ever-humble Billy Corgan on how he was the best songwriting foil for Courtney Love
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman also looked back to working with the Hole singer on some of her band's biggest hits
"This is a teaching album": Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV, by Heart's Ann Wilson
Heart's singer Ann Wilson remembers learning along with Led Zeppelin
That time Suzi Quatro appeared as Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days and played the classic Devil Gate Drive at Arnold's Diner
For seven episodes of Happy Days, Suzi Quatro sparkled as thief-turned-musician Leather Tuscadero, leader of Leather and the Suedes
After half a century of Yes music, Jon Anderson talks about everything, from football to fairies
Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous story
Every song on Judas Priest’s Painkiller ranked from worst to best
As The Metal Gods gear up to celebrate Painkiller’s 35th anniversary, we revisit and re-order every track on their evolutionary opus
Twists of fate pushing Jon Anderson to finish his next projects, even if they take 30 years
The sequel to Olias Of Sunhillow, a reunion with Roine Stolt, a musical featuring Kelsey Grammer… the Yes veteran says a lot is happening soon, although he’s less sure about 1000 Hands Part 2 and his memoir
How Rod Stewart corralled chaos to make his solo classic Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story arrived by accident, was rescued by some last-minute songs, a fat slice of luck and a dozen hard-drinking hombres – and helped launch Rod Stewart’s solo career
Bob Welch: The man who kept Fleetwood Mac alive before being written out of their story
In this exclusive extract from his new Fleetwood Mac book, Mark Blake tells the tale of Bob Welch, the man Mick Fleetwood credits as having played a crucial role in keeping the Mac together
Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl and more
Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them
Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and more tell the epic story of Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion
Use Your Illusion: Drugs, rifts, hirings, firings, and the sound of a band falling apart
The story of Pink Floyd's erratic 1967 performance on American Bandstand
While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour that would lead to his departure from the band
The strange tale of Rod de'Ath, the drummer who came back from the dead
When Rory Gallagher passed away it was widely reported that his former drummer, Rod de'Ath, had died years earlier. Only thing was, he hadn't
Balaam And The Angel are back, but they're still not quite sure where they fit in
Former too-rock-for-goth family affair Balaam And The Angel are about to kick off an eight-date UK tour
What happened when Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco
Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra's vision for San Francisco was both a great prank and barbed social commentary
A look back at Freddie Mercury's final Queen album, Made In Heaven
Put together as a labour of love by Queen’s surviving members, Made In Heaven was followed by multi-platinum sales and five Top 20 UK singles
What happened when Celtic Frost embraced glam and destroyed their own career
Celtic Frost: From brutality and ethereal beauty to ham-fisted, party-glam travesties
Sepultura are coming to the end of the road and they're getting the crowd involved
Retiring Brazillian metallers Sepultura are about to bring the hammer down on the anvil for the last time
The Scott Weiland albums you should definitely listen to
With Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland fronted some of the best hard rock albums of the early 21st century
