The Foreigner albums you definitely need to listen to
Foreigner blended hard rock and atmospheric ballads to the tune of more than 80 million sales - and now they're on their way to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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Inside the weird and wonderful world of The Canterbury Scene
Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield And The North - how a small town in England changed progressive music forever
A metal fan’s guide to Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper was the original shock rocker who paved the way for Kiss, Slipknot and every parent-baiting rock and metal act that followed
The incredible story of The Grateful Dead’s legendary gigs at the Pyramids Of Giza
In 1978, The Grateful Dead and their entourage landed in Egypt for three gigs at the Pyramids of Giza. This is what happened
How Iron Maiden conquered the parts of the world where other metal bands feared to tread
In 2011, Metal Hammer boarded Ed Force One to join Iron Maiden in South America for scenes of madness, mayhem and pisco sour
The wild life and crazy times of Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker was the unlikely Sheffield superstar loved by The Beatles – but drink, drugs and debauchery almost sent him over the edge
The story of Opeth’s Blackwater Park, the album that changed prog metal forever
How Opeth seized the prog metal throne with 2001’s genre-defining Blackwater Park album
Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop. the MC5, Keith Moon and more
Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all
How Metallica tried to reinvent the rock movie with Through The Never
2013 was a banner year for Metallica – a brand new record label, their first gigs in China and the ambitious but divisive 3D movie Through The Never
John Petrucci on resolving trauma and the return of Mike Portnoy to Dream Theater
With friends (and bandmates) reunited for Dream Theater’s 40th anniversary, it’ll be a special night for fans at Wembley Arena later this month
Maria McKee on the new Lone Justice album and the reunion that isn't
Almost 40 years after the band called it a day, Viva Lone Justice is just around the corner
"I've mastered what I was aiming for thirty years ago": Neil Peart - The Clockwork Angels interview
In 2012 Rush's drummer Neil Peart told us about modern alchemy, thinking big, how Nirvana influenced Rush, and why he'd never watch Beyond The Lighted Stage
Behind the scenes at the recording of King Crimson's trailblazing In The Court Of The Crimson King
Tales of the first true progressive rock album, from two of the men who made it
The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs
The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham
James Dean Bradfield on Alice In Chains' Dirt
“It finds complexity in simplicity, and power in loss“: James Dean Bradfield on Dirt
The wild life of The Who's combustion engine, John Entwistle
Delivering a deafening but dextrous bass-in-your-face assault, John Entwistle was a key part of The Who’s sound – and also their chemistry. This is his story
Creed's rise and fall was fast, but now they're selling more tickets than ever
Twenty-five years ago the Human Clay album put Creed on top of the world, but it was the calm before the storm
How fame enabled Trent Reznor to become an “asshole", and how he realised his behaviour was “pure Spinal Tap”
The success of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album made Trent Reznor lose his mind. But as a new millennium dawned, he found a way out of the abyss
How Soundgarden’s dig at rock star excess helped turn them into rock stars themselves
Soundgarden were still waiting for their big break when they released Jesus Christ Pose
