30 prog stars name their favourite David Gilmour performances
David Gilmour's 30 greatest moments, as chosen by members of Marillion, Roxy Music, Asia, Solstice, TesseracT, Haken and more
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When The Alan Parsons Project mixed magic with madness for Pyramid (without visiting Egypt)
Box set edition gives former Beatles and Pink Floyd engineer the chance to recall the crazy times and ambitious attitude that resulted in 1978’s Pyramid
Fish and Marillion were only together for seven-years - here are the 11 best moments
11 songs from the era when the charismatic Scotsman and Aylesbury's finest prog adventurers defined a musical identity that defied dismissal
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Including Larkin Poe, The Sheepdogs, Beth Hart (featuring Slash) and five other players, performers and portrayers, each another's audience outside the gilded cage
How John Mellencamp went from failed pop star to reluctant American icon
John Mellencamp is one of American’s great heartland rockers – and record labels, bad press and a heart attack couldn’t stop him
Dave Gahan on the record where Depeche Mode became the band they always wanted to be
The electro trailblazers moved away from their poppy beginnings on their fifth record, and the singer says it set them up for everything that happened next
How stoner rock enigmas Clutch became metal’s favourite weirdbeards
Straight out of Maryland, Clutch have spent 30 years following their own path and no one else’s
Juliette Lewis on The Cure song that helped her out of a difficult time in her life
The Cape Fear star and singer was drawn to a Robert Smith classic from 1989 in the wake of her own troubles
James Dean Bradfield on how the Manics’ 2011 Best Of made him want to reconsider what they were all about
The band capped off one glorious era with a Best Of and huge arena show in 2011 but it left their singer and guitarist feeling like they’d lost their way
How Deftones pulled back from the brink of oblivion to make Saturday Night Wrist
Tensions between bandmates, bust-ups with their producer, divorce – Deftones’ fifth album Saturday Night Wrist almost didn’t happen
How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes reunited in 2005 to make the Fused album
The chaotic story of The Mission, the goth band who wanted to be Led Zeppelin
Sex, drugs and hanging out with former members of Led Zeppelin – The Mission proved goth was anything but doom and gloom
“We recorded it in 20 minutes”: Paul Di’Anno looks back on making Iron Maiden’s Running Free
Paul Di’Anno sang on Iron Maiden’s classic debut single Running Free – speaking to Metal Hammer earlier this year, this is what he remembered about making it
Ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian ‘Robbo’ Robertson’s wild tales of Phil Lynott, Lemmy, David Bowie and more
Phil Lynott, Lemmy, Rush, Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins – former Thin Lizzy/Motörhead guitarist Brian Robertson crossed paths with them all and has the hangovers to prove it
Simon Neil on why Biffy Clyro’s early days are so important to them
The Scottish trio recently celebrated their first three records with a series of special gigs in London and Glasgow
The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash’s most self-destructive album
Megadeth’s first two albums were thrash classics. And then they made So Far, So Good… So What! and the debauchery caught up with them
Kelley Deal tells the tragi-comic, drug-addled tale of when she first joined The Breeders
The guitarist gave up a cushty job in the US Air Force to join her twin sister Kim in the band, but soon she was being packed off to rehab
When Mike Portnoy quit Dream Theater for the first time, the shakeup led to Metropolis Pt. 2
1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: October 25 2024
Linkin Park, Jinjer and Cradle Of FIlth are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!
