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George Thorogood turned barroom blues into arena rock, traded licks with greats, and missed out on dates with the Stones when commitments got in the way... and he's done it all his own way
It's 30 years since Liam and Noel Gallagher's band played their history-making two night stand at Knebworth. Here's a reminder of what makes Oasis so special for so many
Why wasn’t the singer bothered about singing? Why did miners keep attacking him in Doncaster? How did the music industry break his heart? Which collaborator makes him worry about being strangled? The “hippie in the jaws of punk” looks back
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Grace Bowers, the Pineapple Thief, Crossbone Skully and more
Inspired by his wealthy neighbours and reinforced by a run-in with the Queen Mother, My Generation is a mod anthem turned rock legend
How rage, despair and a desire for peace fuelled a U2 classic
How a concept album about an alien race arriving upon Earth in the Middle Ages and baffled the band that made it
Written in the dark on an ironing board cover, Gregg Allman's raw heartbreak became an explosive blues-rock masterpiece that defined Southern rock
The Black Crowes’ Shake Your Money Maker turned an unpopular local band into MTV-era superstars
The Beatles landmark seventh studio album was released 60 years ago this month
If ever a gold-selling Top 20 album can be overlooked, then Bad Co’s Burnin’ Sky is it
Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more
Just before he raised a record-breaking $21.5m, the Pink Floyd axe hero showed and played some of the historic instrument’s he’d decided to part with
A fan of Jethro Tull and Genesis, Steve Harris always had the longform genre among his influences. Over the past four decades his band have made more and more of it
Sonically, Subdivisions took Rush further into the world of synthesisers – and guitarist Alex Lifeson wasn't happy about it
They came from the desert, and they rocked
