How Billie Joe Armstrong wrote Green Day's game-changing three-minute classic Basket Case in a basement surrounded by pizza boxes

Birth, death, love and loss… Live's post-grunge hit I Alone has soundtracked them all. Frontman Ed Kowalczyk remembers the song that was born in a barn

By tapping into the worries and hopes of ordinary people, The Moody Blues became a phenomenon. But a vital part of the band’s inspiration came from tapping into some mind-expanding chemicals

Former Motorhead man Phil Campbell on his family band, the tyranny of politicians, and what Lemmy would have made of the pandemic

From the archive: Leslie West talks about dropping acid at the Fillmore, kicking methadone with Johnny Winter and missing Jack Bruce

Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you

With Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH joining the likes of Metallica, My Chemical Romance and Limp Bizkit in California, Aftershock 2021 is officially next year’s most mouthwatering US rock festival

With themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust, Black Sabbath’s Paranoid remains the ultimate difficult second album. Fifty years on, we remember how it razed the rock’n’roll landscape

From interactive fan-only concerts to hook-ups with your favourite artists, the redesigned Show4me music interaction network is breaking down the barriers

Session ace Michael Landau on punk-jazz, pubbing with Rod Stewart, and pranks with “foul-mouthed” Steve Lukather

George Thorogood’s ode to brawlin’ and heart breakin’ Bad To The Bone was inspired by The Rolling Stones and almost recorded by Bo Diddley. Surprisingly, it was never a big hit

For some, it never gets better than the beginning: here's 10 bands who never improved on their debut albums

Late Chicago powerhouse Howlin' Wolf was equal parts transcendent and terrifying. These are the releases that will blow down your house

From Mississippi roots to wilderness years and redemption, John Lee Hooker always played the blues his way. Here are the albums that go boom boom

Deep Purple, Black Country Communion and Dead Daisies man Glenn Hughes picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the songs he doesn't remember singing

Rabid dogs, lost souls and the ghost of Jimi Hendrix – how HIM made the album that turned them into transatlantic superstars

Morpheus Project unveil their debut single Mozaick – complete with spellbinding video

Introducing prog-loving shamanic prog-blues duo Crown Lands, who say “more is more” and mix brains with musical brawn.

The Pretty Reckless have announced they'll be releasing a new album next year – as they share an acoustic version of lead single Death By Rock And Roll