Heading for glory in the 80s, Krokus skidded out of the fast lane due to inflated ego, divisive management and white-line fever. Now, after 45 years, they’re parking the bus for good

Here's 10 records that reveal possibly everything about the life and times of Glenn Hughes, a.k.a. the Voice Of Rock™

How five working class heroes from East London helped kickstart the 80s

A unique sound, a handful of great albums but no sniff of the charts, King’s X were the greatest unknown band in the world

Queensryche interviewed about their classic Operation: Mindcrime, the milestone album that became a millstone

The 30 albums that define heavy metal as we know it

Gimmicks? You can keep 'em. This is the story of Tesla, five working-class kids from Sacramento who sold millions

A joyous and, at times, emotional chat with Judas Priest legend Rob Halford

The Marshall Tucker Band sold millions of records in the 70s and 80s, and never really escaped from the shadow of Skynyrd and the Allmans. But that didn’t stop them having a hell of a good time

Singer songwriter Heather Findlay discusses her album Wild White Horses

With the likes of Marguerita Time and In The Army Now lurking, you need to tread carefully while exploring Status Quo’s mighty catalogue

We asked some of rock's brightest stars to tell us about their favourite Rolling Stones tracks

Slayer had begun to attract the wrong kind of reputation in the UK in the late 80s. So, when they came back for their first full UK tour, they made sure that we’d never, ever forget it

Five decades of rockin': a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep

As humanity celebrates 50 years of heavy metal, here’s half a century’s worth of pioneering heavy music, from the classics to the contemporary hard-hitters

Interstate Love Song started out as a bossa nova tune, had a country riff added, and ended up as a hit single on Stone Temple Pilots' multimillion-selling Purple album

Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion

AC/DC became one of the biggest-selling bands of all time by never trying to fix what wasn’t broke in the first place. In 2003, we asked Malcolm and Angus Young how they did it

It began with a gig – which turned into a riot – in a Troubles-blighted corner of Northern Ireland. The end result, however, was one of the greatest triumphs of thrash metal

To this day, Whitesnake are still often tagged as an 80s band, but it all began with bluesy hard rock in the 70s. Then along came 1979’s game-changer, Lovehunter

To this day, some fans cite Iron Maiden and Killers as their favourite Iron Maiden albums. This is the best of the man who sang on them

From big hitters like Journey, Boston and Foreigner to the lesser known lights of AOR, these are the 50 albums that truly sparkle

In 2016, the late producer and Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O'Neill told us about his favourite Prog acts