How the Taliban inspired Tori Amos to record a Slayer classic
In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer's Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban
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A beginner’s guide to Pelagic Records in five essential albums
German label Pelagic Records has become home to some of metal's brightest and most experimental names - these are their five most landmark releases
Jakko Jakszyk: “Had my mother not had me adopted, would I have ended up in King Crimson?”
The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson
Fish on his solo career, the state of prog and the 'youth of today'
In 2005, Classic Rock spoke with former Marillion frontman Fish as he released a best-of collection, Bouillabaisse
The last stand of rock's great revolutionaries, the MC5
In 1968 the MC5’s Kick Out The Jams album was a grenade thrown into the music scene. Wayne Kramer acted as guardian of the band’s legacy until he died earlier this year, after making one final album
The Grand Funk Railroad albums you should definitely listen to
The hard-working, fuzzed-up Detroit rock’n’rollers who became blue-collar America’s – and Homer Simpson’s – favourite band
Every Linkin Park album ranked from worst to best
From the history-making brilliance of debut album Hybrid Theory to the triumphant comeback of From Zero, we rate Linkin Park's impressive discography
“The sound wasn’t very good and the lifts didn’t work”: Bev Bevan on ELO’s spaceship
The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Smith/Kotzen, Those Damn Crows, The Sheepdogs and five other riders on the rock'n'roll storm
How Tom Petty took on the record industry and won with Damn The Torpedoes
The story behind Tom Petty’s classic 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes and its follow-up Hard Promises
How Satyricon faced the darkness with The Age Of Nero
Satyricon may have recorded their 2008 album The Age Of Nero in sunny LA, but it was steeped in bleakness and doom
The story of Judas Priest’s Defenders Of The Faith, the album that Tipper Gore couldn’t silence
Controversy, chaos and “the heavy metal horn” – the story of Judas Priest’s 1984 album Defenders Of The Faith
How Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back for their final resurrection
In 2014, Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back from hiatus – and he was ready to make a “joyous racket”
How Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme rose above the chaos to make Lullabies To Paralyze
The chaos, confusion and righteous vision of Queens Of The Stone Age and Josh Homme
How Dream Theater became the kings of progressive metal – and stayed there
In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness
How Katatonia emerged from the darkness to become metal’s most atmospheric band
Katatonia frontman Jonas Renske looks back on his band’s epic journey out of the death metal underground
“John Wayne said: ‘My daughter would be so happy to get your autographs.’ So David Coverdale and I signed his cowboy boots”: Glenn Hughes’ wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, David Bowie, Phil Lynott and The Duke
Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all
How The Beatles’ White Album sowed the seeds for rock’s entire future
By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album
How jazz master Lee Ritenour helped Pink Floyd with Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
American guitarist knew his recordings would never appear on the record, but knows his contribution made a difference to the 1979 song
