Brian May's guide to rarely-seen Queen photos, from before they were famous
Sir Brian May talks us through a series of previously unseen photographs from Queen's early days as featured in the new Queen I Collector’s Edition
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A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity
Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal
The epic story of Cat Stevens, the 70s superstar who turned his back on music
How Cat Stevens became one of music’s biggest stars – then walked away from it
“My success is in perfection…something I never will reach”: Kate Bush’s battle for control
After making an unlikely connection, three interviews with a punk magazine editor – which she said felt like psychiatrist talks – illustrate her rapid development from Never For Ever to Hounds Of Love
Conjure up some Yuletide magic with Justin Hawkins' amazing Christmas playlist
The only music you'll need this Christmas Day is this brilliant, ludicrous playlist from The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins
10 Slade songs that prove they're not just for Christmas
It may well be Chreeeeesssstttmaaaaaaasssssss, but Slade, like puppies, are an all-year proposition
Von Hertzen Brothers on new album In Murmuration, masculine music and band economics
With their ninth studio album In Murmuration, Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers have replaced their erstwhile prog epics for a more honest approach to songwriting reflecting their personal lives
The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars
1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever
How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality
When Adrian Belew failed to persuade the 80s line-up to reunite, he had to come up with another way of bringing that decade’s three albums back to life – and he did it
Celebrate Eddie Vedder's 60th birthday with this Pearl Jam Christmas playlist
There’s a raft of Yuletide tunes by the Seattle titans to see you through the festive period
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Black Spiders, Nate Bergman, Ally Venable and five other bearers of festive rock'n'roll gifts
How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England
The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band
Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey
Duff McKagan on how Guns N’ Roses wrote the classic anthem that became their calling card
How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem
The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks
The drugs really were working for Aerosmith on 1976’s classic Rocks album
From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock
It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it
The epic story of Status Quo, the greatest British boogie band never to break America
Drugs, denim and 12 bar boogie – the story of one of the UK’s most successful rock bands
Jack White on the cult hero guitarist he learned the most from
The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master
