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How the Marshall Tucker Band made Can’t You See, the southern rock that deserves to be up there with Sweet Home Alabama
By Dave Ling published
The Marshall Tucker Band made a stone-cold southern rock classic with Can’t You See

How Muddy Waters made a stunning return to form in the twllight of his career - with help from Johnny Winter
By Charles Shaar Murray published
Muddy Waters was 62 when he released 1977’s classic Hard Again

The story behind the weirdest track on Pearl Jam's album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs
By Simon Young published
The story behind the weirdest track on their third album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs

“He smashed the LP against the wall. It was the only one we had!” Prog pioneers’ doubts over the song that made their name
By Joe Banks published
With the help of The Who and Jimi Hendrix, and a helmet he found outside his hotel room, the bandleader acquired a nickname he’s now carried for nearly 60 years

How a bleak anti-war song and a massive u-turn helped push Metallica to superstar level
By Paul Elliott published
Metallica got their mainstream breakthrough after breaking their ‘no videos’ rule

The turbulent story of Taste, the blues rock trailblazers loved by John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Brian May
By Garth Cartwright published
Led by the magnetic Rory Gallagher, Taste should have been as big as Cream or Fkeetwood Mac

The Bronx once turned down a pile of money to wear chicken masks for a fast food advert
By Simon Young published
The Bronx kept their punk rock cred intact, while the Coq Roq commercial caught the eye of Slipknot's legal team

The album that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale wants played at her funeral – and the pop record that became a drunken karaoke favourite
By Catherine Morris published
The albums that changed Lzzy Hale’s life
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