David Bowie on his first encounter with the Sex Pistols
David Bowie didn't get a huge amount of respect from Johnny Rotten when the two musical icons first met
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Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart was originally written for a Nosferatu musical: “If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark"
Jim Steinman wrote Bonnie Tyler’s smash power ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart - once titled Vampires In Love - for an abandoned Nosferatu musical, before it once again found its home in another fang-toothed Broadway show
Blondie's Debbie Harry on the 'chic' drug scene she found in 1960s New York
"It was the 1960s, man."
How the return of Jane's Addiction was floored by a punch thrown by their singer
It was all going right until it went very, very wrong
"Slash is the reason I picked up a guitar, when I was nine": Meet Grace Bowers, the teenage guitar sensation who's getting the attention of the A-list
Praised by Brian May, feted by Eric Clapton and Dolly Parton, Grace Bowers is on the road to stardom – and she's still only 18
Bullet For My Valentine almost broke up, but a billion streams says they're ready to celebrate
Touring with Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine will be "throwing the kitchen sink at making the show look fantastic"
Robert Plant never liked the idea of Led Zeppelin being labelled a heavy metal band
"That period had a lot of people cavorting around using their manhood as the main weapon to sell records"
How The Nice got started by fibbing about their songwriting skills
Prompted by a disagreement that spilled into the public domain, co-founders Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson once visited the Prog office to set things straight
The Van Halen albums you should definitely listen to
Van Halen albums have it all: One of the most innovative guitarists of all time, your choice of rock star frontmen, and great tunes
Peter Perrett and the long road to a genuine late-career masterpiece
A late-career starburst in his drugs-hastened twilight years, former Only Ones frontman Peter Perrett’s latest solo album is the best he's ever made
Ice-T on Law & Order, not blowing up the planet, and breathing new life into a Pink Floyd classic
A quiet word with Body Count's Ice-T
Brothers Osborne's TJ Osborne on the fine line between country and rock’n’roll
Country rockers Brothers Osborne play UK and Ireland shows in January
Ramones would have been gifted Bruce Springsteen's first hit single if Springsteen's manager hadn't intervened
After seeing Ramones play in New Jersey in 1979, Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for the New York punks, but was advised not to give it away
“This record is about unapologetically accepting that you are the sum of all of your parts”: Halestorm discuss their next album, inspired by Motörhead, country and Skid Row
Produced by country connoisseur Dave Cobb, Halestorm’s sixth album will be sometimes eclectic, always energetic
Dave Cousins’ life with Strawbs, Rick Wakeman, Sandy Denny and Led Zeppelin
Prog veteran recalls connecting with Sandy Denny, his band’s attempt to fire him, being loved by Led Zeppelin, why they’ve never had a Steven Wilson remix, the “albatross” of Part Of The Union and the unreleased, more political version
A personal tribute to Neil Peart
A personal look back at the music, life and times of Neil Peart, the Rush drummer/lyricist and cornerstone who died on January 7, 2020
David Gilmour solo albums: the essential guide
Never mind the width, feel the quality: With five albums in 46 years, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour isn't the most prolific of solo acts, but the standard is high
The 10 best songs soundtracking season two of SAS Rogue Heroes, the riotous World War II drama from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight
SAS Rogue Heroes is back with a bang. Hundreds and thousands of bangs, actually
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Bonnie Tyler, Thundermother, Mary Spender and five other resolute New Year rockers
