Christopher Nolan on his “treasured memories” of working with David Bowie
The Oppenheimer director worked with Bowie on 2006’s The Prestige, but the rock’n’roll icon needed some convincing first
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We lost Dimebag Darrell 20 years ago today His brother Vinnie Paul never let his memory die
Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell died 20 years ago today, on December 8, 2004. In 2007, his brother Vinnie Paul paid tribute to a giant of metal
The eccentric prog icon who blew Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’s mind
The greatest ever songwriter to stand on one leg!
The story of Brad, the greatest Seattle band no one ever talks about
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard’s other band Brad should have been as big as Pearl Jam themselves
Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks
Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon - late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more
Inside the booze-soaked 35-year friendship between Lemmy and Ozzy Osbourne
Drink, drugs, urinating up unsuspecting keyboard players’ legs – fellow hellraisers Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy were partners in crime for decades
The indie-pop superstar who had Thin Lizzy, Dire Straits and, umm, Christopher Biggins visit his family home when he was a kid.
A famous frontman looks back on a childhood surrounded by rock stars, actors and welders that his dad had brought home from the pub.
The story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk album that invented Guns N’ Roses
Hanoi Rocks were the cult Finnish livewires who accidentally helped invent the glam metal scene – and 1983’s Back To Mystery City album was their crowning glory
“Straight-faced gravitas – and a dash of Prokofiev”: 10 essential Greg Lake songs
From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, Greg Lake left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song
The 10 best prog metal albums of 2024
Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year
The 20 Best Songs by The Sisters of Mercy – as chosen by former members, collaborators & more
Goth floor fillers, alt.rock milestones, unreleased bangers: Band members past and present, plus collaborators and peers, choose the greatest Sisters of Mercy songs
How Motörhead made their game-changing Overkill album and the anarchic tour that followed
An exclusive extract from Kris Needs' biography Make My Day: The Rock'n'Roll Story Of Eddie Clarke
The extraordinary life of Bill Wyman: restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer and Rolling Stone
Bill Wyman's time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that
Yacht Rock: A Beginner’s Guide In 5 essential albums
Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian-shirted glory
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards playing tuba on Sonny and Cher's I Got You Babe while his manager professes his love for Mick Jagger is peak '60s TV
How Mick Jagger helped Sonny and Cher get discovered, then wound up miming to their biggest hit on primetime television in 1965
Myles Kennedy on how Jim Carrey changed his life and why he worries about Billie Eilish
For some people, travelling life’s road is easy. For lifelong worrier Myles Kennedy it’s anything but
All hail the goth Led Zeppelin: Every album by The Cure ranked from worst to best
The Cure have gone from sullen outsiders to stadium-sized riff monsters via all points in between
CDs are back! Here are ten essential rock and metal albums you can still get in Amazon's Cyber Monday CD sale before the end of tonight
Replacing beloved classics or jumping on the unexpected CD boom bandwagon? Here are ten discs you need in your collection
Here are the most disgustingly ugly Christmas jumpers you can bag in EMP's Cyber Monday deal - if you have the guts to wear them in public
From a truly atrocious Metallica monstrosity to a One Piece number that'll make your eyes bleed, these are the jumpers to go for on Cyber Monday if you want to ruin Christmas for everyone
