Howard Johnson

Led Zeppelin may be the greatest rock band of all time, but they weren't perfect – and here's the proof

Think waiting 53 years for a new MC5 album is a chore? They're merely the latest in a long line of slow-working, deadline-averse dawdlers

From 70s hard rock anthems to mystical prog deep cuts, Iron Maiden are the kings of the cover versions

10 songs America took to its rockin' heart while the Brits remained oblivious

Ten songs showcasing the talent and personality of Metallica's late bassist Cliff Burton

Metallica's Masters Of Puppets was arguably the record that broke the band into the big time, but was every song on it a winner? We rank every track from worst to best...

Ozzy is responsible for some genuine classics. And then there are these stinkers

On the 30th anniversary of Metallica's Black Album, we go behind the story of the album's cover

Because not everything has to be about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll...

Classic anthems re-imagined by the most unlikely artists

Here are the 10 most successful rock star entrepreneurs who have shown their business acumen is just as legendary as their stage presence.

How Iron Maiden forced BBC bosses to bend the rules in order to broadcast their performance of Running Free

In 1984, Iron Maiden became the first major western rock band to play in Poland. Howard Johnson witnessed rock history being made

Can we make one of the biggest selling albums of all time better? Of course we can't. But we can rearrange it so it gets better as it plays

Metallica have always been generous in their support of other band's songs. So here's ten cover versions we really think they should take on...

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is a perfect album from start to finish, but that doesn't mean we can't rip it up and start again. So here it is, rearranged so it improves the longer you listen

Take a bunch of ambitious lads from Yorkshire, add a brilliant producer, and you get the sort of alchemy that sells 10 million albums. Here's Pyromania, restructured to slowly improve as it plays

Kiss legend Gene Simmons fondly recalls the days when a fledgling Rush would regularly play support to the panstick-sporting rockers

17 great musicians whose final moments went down in history for the wrong reasons

Eddie Van Halen's band were never afraid to wear their influences on their (record) sleeves

How can you improve on perfection? You can't. But you can rearrange it, from Worst to Best, as we've done with AC/DC's gargantuan, gazillion-selling classic Back In Black

Feel like makin' love? Here's the 10 sexiest rock songs ever. For makin' love to.

Black Sabbath's Paranoid was a full-stop to the Sixties and the start of something truly extraordinary. Nearly five decades later, its impact still resonates...

Bob Dylan has rightly been lauded for his contribution to literature, but what about those who lyrical skills are more rudimentary? Here are 10 serial offenders

The story behind Rage Against The Machine's nude, wordless protest at Lollapalooza in Philadelphia