After half a century of Yes music, Jon Anderson talks about everything, from football to fairies
Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous story
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Every song on Judas Priest’s Painkiller ranked from worst to best
As The Metal Gods gear up to celebrate Painkiller’s 35th anniversary, we revisit and re-order every track on their evolutionary opus
Twists of fate pushing Jon Anderson to finish his next projects, even if they take 30 years
The sequel to Olias Of Sunhillow, a reunion with Roine Stolt, a musical featuring Kelsey Grammer… the Yes veteran says a lot is happening soon, although he’s less sure about 1000 Hands Part 2 and his memoir
How Rod Stewart corralled chaos to make his solo classic Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story arrived by accident, was rescued by some last-minute songs, a fat slice of luck and a dozen hard-drinking hombres – and helped launch Rod Stewart’s solo career
Bob Welch: The man who kept Fleetwood Mac alive before being written out of their story
In this exclusive extract from his new Fleetwood Mac book, Mark Blake tells the tale of Bob Welch, the man Mick Fleetwood credits as having played a crucial role in keeping the Mac together
Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl and more
Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them
Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and more tell the epic story of Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion
Use Your Illusion: Drugs, rifts, hirings, firings, and the sound of a band falling apart
The story of Pink Floyd's erratic 1967 performance on American Bandstand
While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour that would lead to his departure from the band
The strange tale of Rod de'Ath, the drummer who came back from the dead
When Rory Gallagher passed away it was widely reported that his former drummer, Rod de'Ath, had died years earlier. Only thing was, he hadn't
Balaam And The Angel are back, but they're still not quite sure where they fit in
Former too-rock-for-goth family affair Balaam And The Angel are about to kick off an eight-date UK tour
What happened when Jello Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco
Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra's vision for San Francisco was both a great prank and barbed social commentary
A look back at Freddie Mercury's final Queen album, Made In Heaven
Put together as a labour of love by Queen’s surviving members, Made In Heaven was followed by multi-platinum sales and five Top 20 UK singles
What happened when Celtic Frost embraced glam and destroyed their own career
Celtic Frost: From brutality and ethereal beauty to ham-fisted, party-glam travesties
Sepultura are coming to the end of the road and they're getting the crowd involved
Retiring Brazillian metallers Sepultura are about to bring the hammer down on the anvil for the last time
The Scott Weiland albums you should definitely listen to
With Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, Scott Weiland fronted some of the best hard rock albums of the early 21st century
In the 90s Terrorvision were high flyers, but the fall hit them hard. Now they're back
We Are Not Robots is Terrorvision's first new album in more than a decade, and it’s full of top tunes
The story of Spin The Black Circle, the song where Pearl Jam turned away from what was expected of them
The lead single from Vitalogy turns 30 this week and now appears to be a line in the sand for the Seattle giants
“We knew not everybody would like The Astonishing”: Jordan Rudess’ life with Dream Theater
He started out in a college so strict that he couldn’t understand prog when he first heard it. But the composer, educator and tech fan, has made the most of opportunities that came his way
Gavin Friday on what being U2’s Creative Director entails
The former Virgin Prune and solo artist has been U2’s official Tell It Like It Is Correspondent since the mid-80s
