Howard Johnson

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...

AC/DC's long-standing bass player Cliff Williams is stepping down at the end of the Rock Or Bust tour. And we'd like to say thank you for everything...

Living Colour's new video tackles American gun violence. Suicidal Tendencies' upcoming album is furious about the state of the world. Even Marillion are angry. But the youth are quiet.

“An outsider, never been part of a trend,” said Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash’s producer. “A rock star is a musical outlaw... and that’s Johnny.”

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...

Because not every Led Zeppelin song can be as good as Kashmir

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

Think waiting for a new Metallica album for eight years is a chore? They've got nothing on these slow-working, deadline-avoiding dawdlers...

Guns N' Roses have recorded some absolute turkeys in their time. Here's 10 prime examples...

In 2001, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore went to Cuba to meet revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. This is the story of a trip that was "as loud as war".

Rearranging the songs on Aerosmith's classic 1975 album in order of greatness

We have seen things you can’t unsee

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

Let there be light...sound... drums... guitar... and some terribly awkward acting

Big hair! Small clothes! Good times!

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

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

Classic anthems re-imagined by the most unlikely artists

Ten cover versions that aren't Freebird or Smoke On The Water, where the musicians have explored a little further... and not always got it right

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

Guns N' Roses have been installed as favourites to headline Glastonbury next year, adding a much-needed dose of Hollywood sleaze to rural Somerset. But surely both can do better?

As Aerosmith hint at a "farewell tour", Howard Johnson asks why bands continually promise one thing and do another, and why we fall for it every time

Ten cracking covers from the Iron Maiden back catalogue

Because not every song AC/DC has recorded is a stone cold classic

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