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October Rust: the culmination of Type O Negative’s progress from ugly ducklings to uglier swans
Once voted the second-best song of all-time by the readers of Classic Rock, Stairway To Heaven is the Mount Everest of Rock
Built from a riff that came from nowhere, Smoke On The Water has been covered by everyone from ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic to Black Sabbath
Between 1984 and 1987, Whitesnake underwent a transformation like no other – and it paid off
Queen's record company didn't want to release Bohemian Rhapsody as a single, but history has proved them wrong several times
Machine Head was the album that set the template for Deep Purple’s entire future direction
In which Van the Man accidentally invents Montrose
A work of spittle-flecked, petulant genius
Rainbow's Jimmy Bain + Thin Lizzy's Brian Robertson = Mild Horses
Done With Mirrors and Permanent Vacation had put Aerosmith on the comeback trail, but Pump was Aerosmith's ultimate destination
Gregg Allman takes a break from the Brothers to mourn his brother
The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news
The million-dollar lineup of John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ricky Phillips and Deen Castronovo piles on the gloss
What Ross The Boss did after the Dictators but before Manowar
Aided by magic mushrooms and a newly built studio, Todd Rundgren sets out to chart "the chaotic musical element” in his head
Heart Like A Wheel was a key step in Ronstadt's mid-70s rise, thanks to an astute choice of songs, smart production and *that* voice
David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself
Recorded in front of a rabid Glasgow audience, If You Want Blood is AC/DC and Bon Scott at their live peak
Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure
Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut
The Scorpions' last album with Uli Jon Roth and first with Herman Rarebell sums them up in the year that punk broke
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise
Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!
