Is fencing better than karate? Was the world about to end? How many frozen daiquiries can you have and still pull off an epic solo? Maiden were answering all the important questions when they made Powerslave
By 1970, Jim Morrison was in an alcoholic spiral and facing jail time – but The Doors still managed to make one of their greatest albums in Morrison Hotel
Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction’s game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade
It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles' reunion hit
Robert Smith & co. took on the very chirpy and unCure-like Hello Goodbye for a Paul McCartney tribute album
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the expense by writing a 600-page book (of which 408 were published)
The second volume of US bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd's Dirt On My Diamonds series is out now
Inspired by a baseball-capped server at a dive-thru, the song brought the band a UK No.1 single, lifted them out of the doldrums and set them up for the next period of huge success
In 1976, Thin Lizzy were touring Jailbreak in the US and breaking big. Then disaster struck. Band manager Chris O’Donnell details the roller-coaster year in which they were cruelly robbed of their American dream
Mikael Åkerfeldt spills the tea on Opeth's prog metal rock opera The Last Will And Testament
The magic and mystery surrounding the architect of Pink Floyd endures – and a larger canvas emerges of a confident, multi-talented originator...
Already confirmed for Download 2025, the Southern River Band are about to kick off a UK tour
Unfairly framed as rock’s ultimate nearly man, Terry Reid chose to take his own path, and he's still going strong
Everything you need to know about Download festival 2025, including buying tickets and lineup announcements
They may have been called “the thinking man’s metal band” but comparing themselves to ELP, Jethro Tull and King Crimson, they assert there was a lot more progressive thinking going on than many realised
Living with Lemmy, Sharing a tour bus with Bo Diddley, refusing to get out of bed for Martin Scorsese – these are the stories of Topper Headon, legendary drummer with The Clash
Europe took the classic hard rock template and made it 'continental'. Here's the countdown of the Scandi-rockers' best albums
Multi-platinum Canadians Finger Eleven will release their first album in a decade next year - we asked what they've been doing in the meantime
