Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman looks back on 10 classic songs that made the 70s great

The Small Faces were at the forefront of British psychedelia in the late 60s with their career-peaking album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake, and all it took was one trip

The Stooges' Search And Destroy started out with James Williamson “goofing around making machine-gun sounds”, its combination of pounding rhythm and aggressive guitar a template for punk.

In 1973, prog-rock behemoth Emerson Lake & Palmer unleashed their ultimate album: Brain Salad Surgery, the record that marked the pinnacle of their creative extravagance

As the 60s dream turned to dust and po-faced singer-songwriters kept it real, a new generation of kids just wanted to rock: cue the rise of glitter and glam

After 44 years of smashing things up, The Damned have just released one of the finest recordings of their entire career

It was very nearly all over for the biggest band on the planet at the turn of the millennium – but with St Anger, Metallica's fortunes were about to change. Here's the story, from rehab-to-rebirth

In 2001 Metallica were on the cusp of extinction – until the departure of bassist Jason Newsted brought them back from from the brink

Former Runaway Cherie Currie talks Kim Fowley, Jodie Foster, and new album Blvds Of Splendor

With her looks, charisma and star quality, Suzi Quatro was the undisputed queen of 70s glam-rock. These are her best albums

Tom Robinson thinks of it as “the punk Woodstock”. It was the moment punk turned popular, and people’s band The Clash became real rock stars

Even the best can get it wrong sometimes: here's the worst albums by 10 of rock's greatest bands

The Alice Cooper Band's outrageous behaviour prompted a statement in Parliament while their songs thrilled a generation

After early days as a signwriter, Ronnie Wood joined the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces and the Stones. More recently he's beaten cancer, recorded a Chuck Berry tribute and fathered twins

Joan Jett was a Runaway, had a Misspent Youth, got a Bad Reputation. And yet her sneers and pop snarls created the ultimate queen of noise

Killing Joke vocalist Jaz Coleman joins us to talk classical music, the survival of mankind and why he's banned from politics

Altamont was meant to be a celebration, but The Rolling Stones' set was the soundtrack to tragedy and chaos

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

The title track of the band’s live debut album which captured the band at their most inspired and inspiring, it was the incendiary call to arms that originally ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit

The Rolling Stones' debut album came out 55 years ago today. The sleeve alone changed everything

Roger Daltrey on The Who, Pete Townshend’s arrest, not having regrets and the secret of a successful marriage

It may well be Chreeeeesssstttmaaaaaaasssssss, but there's far more to Slade than that...