How Stone Temple Pilots and Scott Weiland gave it one last chance with their self-titled sixth album
The story of Scott Weiland’s final Stone Temple Pilots album
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The story of Stand Inside Your Love, the last great Smashing Pumpkins single
The Machina standout, which turns 25 next month, marked the beginning of the end for the alt-rock heroes’ first phase
Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of John Lennon, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne
Playing with Bowie and Sabbath, boozing with Keith Moon, hanging out with Lennon – Rick Wakeman has done it all
The chaotic story of Girls, Girls, Girls, the album that almost killed Motley Crue
The album that kicked Motley Crue to the next level – and nearly killed them
"Our motto is always play like you have a big dick." World, meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers
World, meet the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you'll be seeing quite a lot of them in the future, like it or not
Iron Maiden fans rejoiced when Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith rejoined the band – but one member almost quit because of it
In 1999, longtime Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain threatened to leave the band over the prospect of an extra guitarist
"I woke up three days later, in France, in this stupid castle, and I'm thinking: 'What just happened?'": How Stevie Nicks escaped the chaos of Fleetwood Mac and soared solo
In 1980 Stevie Nicks stepped out of Fleetwood Mac with a hit-laden debut solo album that showed she could fly just as high on her own
"The drugs got heavier and things got weirder": The wild life and violent death of Chicago's Terry Kath
When Chicago founder Terry Kath accidentally killed himself, the world was robbed of one of its greatest guitarists
The crazed story of The Quireboys, the band who had it all then partied it all away
They've got a ballsy singer and catchy songs. Sharon Osbourne was their manager, Guns N' Roses were their mates. So why aren’t The Quireboys living in mansions?
We made a timeline of everything that’s happened in human history using only Iron Maiden songs
Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.
Metallica released their first music video 35 years ago. This is how it ruined my life.
A Metal Hammer writer looks back on the scarring effects of the video for Metallica’s One, which debuted on January 22, 1989
Spirit didn’t know they were a prog band, but were always proud of their fearless diversity
Original bassist Mark Andes embraces what they achieved – but regrets they weren’t able to offer the support that “keystone” member Randy California needed
The psychedelic early days of acid overlords and space travellers Hawkwind
Leading lights of the UK's psychedelic revolution, Hawkwind's early days were a fug of good trips, bad trips, free-form chaos and dancing gazelles
John Sykes looks back on Blue Murder, the band he formed after leaving Whitesnake
A rare interview with the late John Sykes, who died this week at the age of 65 – and some personal memories from Myles Kennedy
Steve Jones on the return of the Sex Pistols and how new frontman Frank Carter joined the fun
When the Sex Pistols re-formed with three original members plus singer Frank Carter, they hadn’t sounded so vital in years. And there’s more to come
King Crimson fan and Saxon vocalist Biff Byford narrowly missed out on being a prog musician
Twists of fate prevented him from following his original ambitions – but his band still use Robert Fripp’s music at sound checks
Guns N' Roses guitar hero Slash on the making of the epic music video US President Donald Trump considers the greatest of all time
With over 2.2 billion views on YouTube, Guns N' Roses' epic video for November Rain is one of the most-watched rock videos in history. Guitarist Slash has vivid memories of the shoot, not least because he thought that it might be his last day on earth
"To whatever extent somebody was wounded, I am very sorry": That time Pat Boone went metal and the Christian community got really mad
Pat Boone singing Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Guns N' Roses and Led Zeppelin? Step right this way...
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Skunk Anansie, Billy F Gibbons, Thundermother and five other storm bringers and lightning riders
