Latest articles by Dave Ling
As Hollywood Vampires gear up for a run of European shows, we talk to Joe Perry and Alice Cooper about Johnny Depp, compiling setlists, and what's going on with Aerosmith
Listen to Principle and you’ll hear Bumblefoot, David Paich, Marco Minneman and others, plus Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jordan Rudess influences
Inspired by Motown and R&B as much as by UFO, Queen and Judas Priest, Armored Saint have been ploughing a singular furrow for more than four decades
The failure of Heaven & Earth and the passing of the iconic bassist left people wondering if the veteran band should keep going. After making 2021’s The Quest, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes argued their case
Go-to songwriter, solo artist and former Argent guitarist/singer Russ Ballard hung out with The Beatles, is mates with Roger Daltrey and heard Elvis stories from Robert Plant
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts begin a UK tour this week
It Bites co-founder shares his experiences of Steve Hackett, Genesis, Yes and the music industry - and why he thinks it’s no bad thing that most of prog is a “caricature”
British heavy metal veterans Saxon are currently engaging in some festival fun in the (hopefully not blistering) sun
The Western Front thought a major label deal was a formality... but instead, their master tapes sat in a garage for decades
Buying guide Big voices, bigger hair and Zippo-waving ballads: from Journey to Bon Jovi, these are the 10 essential AOR albums that ruled the 1980s
After a gap of 15 years Texan heavy prog rockers King's X delighted fans by releasing their 13th studio album in 2022
Status Quo were one of the most enduring rock bands of the 70s and 80s – until they hit the tequila cocktails
His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes
Six months of classic rock, prog rock, stoner rock, southern rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, power pop, heavy metal, punk and all forms of rock'n'roll
Almost 40 years on, the singer of Queensrÿche’s signature album releases his own third instalment
Singer explains why he gets involved in so many projects
Def Leppard and Extreme are currently playing a bunch of dates on what promises to be a cracking double-header
Headlining over Van Halen, hanging with Bon Scott, out-partying Mötley Crüe – Y&T deserve way more love than they get
They’d been utilising prog rock for decades. But with 17th studio album Crash Of The Crown, they fully embraced the genre and their post-Dennis DeYoung era, and gained a new lease of life
Buying guide Heroes to the NWOBHM – and covered by Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Iron Maiden – Welsh legends Budgie are the ultimate example of a band whose influence outshone their commercial impact
Canadian singer’s five-year absence was long enough for his bandmates to fail the challenge of reinventing themselves
Jazz-rock experimentalists, money-spinning soft rock kings, derided balladeers? The mighty Chicago have been all of these and more
"We're a pretty unmanageable bunch of stoned musos, which might have something to do with our lack of commercial success."
