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Artists
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With a Best Of album in the shops and a documentary on the big screen, Rob Halford looks back over four decades of Judas Priest
“Prog was a dirty word. I spoke up to buck that trend”: Elbow only made it by reconnecting with their progressive roots
Guy Garvey recalls being played Genesis songs as a baby, forcing his bandmates to listen to Yes, embracing unusual inspirations and using a glass lampshade as a musical instrument
The story of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band Avant Garde
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The true story of Attila, Billy Joel's pre-fame metal band, and "the worst album ever made"
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Music
A beginners guide to '90s hardcore
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Why Queens of the Stone Age's second album Rated R is a modern classic
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Every Metallica album ranked from worst to best: 45 years of the biggest band in heavy metal history
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Marshall expand their Jimi Hendrix anniversary range with Purple Haze-infused hardware line-up
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