The albums produced by Mutt Lange you should definitely listen to
The best albums from producer Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, unparalleled audio perfectionist and man with the Midas touch, whose sonics sent the careers of AC/DC and Def Leppard soaring
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“Our best friends were drug dealers”: The chaotic story of Aerosmith’s early years
The birth of American rock’s original Crazy Gang
Lzzy Hale talks joining childhood heroes Skid Row
Lzzy Hale grew up watching 80s rock stars on TV. In 2024, she got to be one, playing with a beloved childhood band
Michael Stipe on the “psychic energy” it required to play stadium-sized shows with R.E.M. every night
It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game
“Metal fans are still stigmatised. So I try and write lyrics with meaning, rather than standard metal lyrics”: How Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine set out to bust a few myths with Super Collider
A 2013 audience with an unexpectedly calm and approachable Dave Mustaine
Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college professor to find out
Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy music can’t get enough of Viking culture
“I thought Bowie was talented even though he lacked direction. I could hear the star quality in his voice”: Tony Visconti’s tales of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Phil Lynott and U2
Bowie, Bolan, Thin Lizzy – producer Tony Visconti has worked with them all
“Manifesting grief too terrible for words”: David Crosby’s solo debut carries prog credentials
If I Could Only Remember My Name, created during a challenging time in the folk rock icon’s life, demonstrated joy in artistic freedom as he pushed boundaries to prove his uniqueness
The story of Mad Season, the grunge supergroup that Mike McCready hoped would save Layne Staley
The band brought together members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees and they emerged with one of the most underrated rock records of the 90s
How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album
Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back
"I first heard it when I started taking acid": Devin Townsend picks the soundtrack of his life
Canadian maverick Devin Townsend names his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the music he listens to while mowing the lawn
How distortion, chaos and a world gone mad shaped R.E.M.’s game-changing album Document album
On 1987’s Document album, ‘the thinking person’s rock band’ ditched the jangling guitars for distortion, power chords and arena rock singles
The underwhelming moment when Yes’ Jon Davison met predecessor Jon Anderson
The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.
The turbulent story of Arthur Lee and Love, the 60s renegades who helped invent the LA rock scene
The Doors were stars but their Sunset Strip peers Love deserved to be equally famous
Kyuss legend Brant Bjork on stoner rock, generator parties and why he never to be Metallica
Brant Bjork sharies his stories of desert rock, generator parties and why he never wanted Kyuss to be Metallica
A brief history of cult Paisley Underground psychonauts The Dream Syndicate
How The Dream Syndicate built a career on self-sabotage
The secret history of Led Zeppelin’s lost masterpiece
Jimmy Page dug up several unheard gems for his deluxe Led Zeppelin reissues. But there's one song that still remains unreleased
The Bob Dylan albums you should definitely listen to
Without the man who raised pop lyrics to the level of poetry, we might still be waiting for the concept of album-oriented music
