Mick Jones looks back on 50 wildly successful and often fractious years with Foreigner
Mick Jones steered Foreigner to instant success, but with a self-confessed "bit of a control freak" at the helm it was often far from plain sailing
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The albums produced by Mutt Lange you should definitely listen to
The best albums from producer Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, unparalleled audio perfectionist and man with the Midas touch, whose sonics sent the careers of AC/DC and Def Leppard soaring
Urged on by fans, Mike Oldfield’s final album was a look back to his early years
Return To Ommadawn was a fresh exploration of the ideas on his third album – complete with a vinyl gatefold sleeve offering “hours of enjoyment”
“Our best friends were drug dealers”: The chaotic story of Aerosmith’s early years
The birth of American rock’s original Crazy Gang
Lzzy Hale talks joining childhood heroes Skid Row
Lzzy Hale grew up watching 80s rock stars on TV. In 2024, she got to be one, playing with a beloved childhood band
Billy Sherwood, Big Big Train and others paid it forward to help John Holden return to prog
Launching his career in middle-age, he found a huge range of kindred spirits like John Hackett, Sally Minnear and Oliver Wakeman – who understand he doesn’t need to make money, but doesn’t want to lose it either
Michael Stipe on the “psychic energy” it required to play stadium-sized shows with R.E.M. every night
It’s 30 years since the Athens, Georgia legends began a huge tour to support Monster and frontman Stipe had no choice but to up the flamboyance in his frontman game
The obscure 80s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album
And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate
“Metal fans are still stigmatised. So I try and write lyrics with meaning, rather than standard metal lyrics”: How Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine set out to bust a few myths with Super Collider
A 2013 audience with an unexpectedly calm and approachable Dave Mustaine
Why does metal love Vikings so much? We interviewed Grand Magus, Wardruna and a college professor to find out
Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy music can’t get enough of Viking culture
“I thought Bowie was talented even though he lacked direction. I could hear the star quality in his voice”: Tony Visconti’s tales of David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Phil Lynott and U2
Bowie, Bolan, Thin Lizzy – producer Tony Visconti has worked with them all
The huge Radiohead hit that the band have left untouched for over 25 years
Thom Yorke first performed the band’s much-loved 1995 single with his previous group Headless Chickens, and there’s video evidence
“Manifesting grief too terrible for words”: David Crosby’s solo debut carries prog credentials
If I Could Only Remember My Name, created during a challenging time in the folk rock icon’s life, demonstrated joy in artistic freedom as he pushed boundaries to prove his uniqueness
The story of Mad Season, the grunge supergroup that Mike McCready hoped would save Layne Staley
The band brought together members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees and they emerged with one of the most underrated rock records of the 90s
How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album
Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back
Metal Hammer's Tracks Of The Week: January 17 2025
Architects, Alien Weaponry and Whitechapel are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind
Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection
