Latest articles by Dave Everley
“I felt so embarrassed for him”: Ian Anderson, the man who refused to meet Elvis Presley
The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted
Bill Fisher puts politics in prog as he takes pot-shots at billionaires via “yacht doom”
He took inspiration from Steely Dan, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel to take a shot at space-race moguls via what he calls “yacht doom” music
Let there be rock - back on the road with AC/DC
Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there's a school uniform...
The Aerosmith albums you should definitely listen to
Aerosmith might have come to the end of the road, but their best albums are swaggering, charismatic evidence of a unique rock'n'roll legacy
Joy, pain end where they began: Fish reissues Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors and Internal Exile
Extended editions of his first two post-Marillion albums mark his final releases before he bows out
Ian Hunter's stories of Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and more
He’s Ian Hunter, solo artist and former Mott The Hoople frontman, and these are some of his stories
Geddy Lee’s thoughts when there was still an even chance of a new Rush album
Soon after the trio’s final tour had ended, the ever-optimistic frontman insisted his band should still be discussed in the present tense
How A Perfect Circle made the funniest and most provocative rock album of the 2010s with Eat The Elephant
Death stares, Axl Rose and The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy are all part of the story of Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel’s A Perfect Circle
The wild tale of LA Guns, Hollywood’s most chaotic band
LA Guns laid the groundwork for the Sunset Strip glam metal scene, but they were too combustible to become superstars
"There’s no bad blood." An update on new Nightwish album Yesterwynde, why they still won't tour and what comes next
Nightwish mainman Tuomas Holopainen lifts the lid on album number 10
The 100 Songs That Changed Metal
From founding fathers like Black Sabbath, Rainbow and Judas Priest to metal's modern leaders such as Ghost, Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the songs that have defined a genre
Rick Wakeman: Jon Lord inspired me, made me laugh, and he was a true progger at heart
Deep Purple icon, who inspired Yes counterpart to remake Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, had a wicked sense of humour and was a true progger at heart
Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on Rick Rubin, Ginger Baker, and surviving the music industry
Chris Goss lit the fuse on the 90s stoner revolution, but his band Masters Of Reality remain a cult act despite their enormous influence
"I have never heard a sound like that, before or since": In 1967, Queen’s Brian May was an unknown student. Then he booked Jimi Hendrix to play his college for £1000 and his life changed forever
A pre-fame Brian May got to watch Jimi Hendrix play a student ball from 10 feet away
We got Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott to pick his ultimate AC/DC setlist
From big hitters to deep cuts, this the perfect AC/DC setlist according to Def Leppard singer and AC/DC megafan Joe Elliott
How Metallica changed the game forever with a "sloppy" little demo track called Hit The Lights
With Hit The Lights, Metallica found their first signature song and a track that'd have a profound effect on heavy metal's evolution
“Jollity can’t undercut the music’s impact”: Marillion’s An Hour Before It‘s Dark Live
Pandemic-era masterpiece brought vividly to life with additional material.
"I knew that these songs were meant for me to sing": Sebastian Bach on his extraordinary life
He played clubs and guzzled beer at 14; fronted Skid Row and got hit records, star friends, a taste for coke and the sack; then things got really interesting
“I was in a bad place”: how Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix pulled himself back from the abyss
Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix nearly didn’t make it through the recording of his band’s 2012 album The Connection. But it was the wake-up call he needed
“People were giving me 10 minutes to live when I was 30”: why Lemmy was one of rock’s great warriors
In 2013, two years before his death, legendary Motörhead frontman Lemmy looked back on a life on rock’s frontline
How the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was born, by those who were there
In the late 70s, rock music was given a steel-booted kick up the backside by a new breed of band. The NWOBHM would go on to rule Britannia – and the world
Kerry King has a new solo album - he also has things to say
Slayer guitarist Kerry King on his old band, his new band, his new solo album, humanity’s failure, and the pressure of going solo
Duff McKagan keeps it intimate on Tenderness Live In Los Angeles
GN’R bassist Duff McKagan scales things down on solo live double album
