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Hilton Valentine onstage in 1964

The Animals guitarist and founding member Hilton Valentine dead at 77

By Fraser Lewry last updated

The death of Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine, who played the riff on the band's iconic version of The House Of The Rising Sun, has been confirmed

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Dead end sign

Has rock music run out of ideas?

By Scott Rowley published

Rock music isn't dead, it's just going round in circles and eating its own tail.

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september albums

Guess The Year: September Albums

By Gillian Everitt published

Can you answer each question correctly in 10 seconds or less?

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Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton of Cream, looking at the camera.

The Best Of 1966

By Keith Altham, Alice Clark, Henry Yates, Charles Shaar Murray, Jon Harrington, Mark Blake published

It wasn’t all about the Bluesbreakers. Here’s a celebration of 1966, the year music reached brand new heights…

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Eric Burdon: "The death of Hendrix was the end of the parade"

By Jon Harrington published

The legendary Animals and War frontman looks back at six decades on rock's frontline

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