Ken McIntyre

Fancy a ‘pocket symphony of hard times and gorgeous melodies’? Then Dangereens might just be the band for you

Having trudged down the same sorry, drugs-littered road as some of his heroes, Marcus King has cleaned up his act and is now on the road to major success

From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022

It's 2008, Jimmy Page is thinking about going on the road, but Robert Plant isn't interested: Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler tells the story of crossing the Atlantic to audition

Throwing space-rock, proto-metal, acid-rock and a lot more into a swirling pot, Monster Magnet have a gift not for invention, but reinvention... and these are their best albums

The story of Brownsville Station, creators of the classic Smokin' In The Boys Room and Michigan’s biggest band of the glam era

The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best

Classic Rock gave Mojothunder's self-released debut album Hymns From The Electric Church a 9/10 score, and their “southern alternative” sound is on the rise

Missouri hillbillies the Ozark Mountain Daredevils look back to the mellow times when country rock ruled the US airwaves and Jackie Blue became a radio classic

A side-project escape for two members of Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains, addict-sheltering Mad Season was also planned as a ‘recovery’ band. Musically it worked. As rehab, sadly, it didn’t

The psychedelic scene brought great bands such as Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead to the fore. But that wasn’t the whole story

In the early 80s, San Francisco became the epicenter of an extreme new scene. This is the story of the birth of thrash metal

The perfect soundtrack to limb-threatening aerial stunts, skate-punk was thrash metal’s snotty younger brother. Here's the story of what happened when punk and metal came face to face

As Sonic Temple reaches its 30th birthday, we speak to Billy Duffy about how The Cult created one of the greatest rock records ever made

They toured with Sabbath and laid the foundations for stoner rock. This is the chaotic tale of Sir Lord Baltimore

Was Woodstock really the peace and love apogee of the hippie dream? Sha Na Na – whose career stemmed from Woodstock – and festival organiser Joel Rosenman explain what really happened

In September 2008, Slipknot scored their first number one album in the US with All Hope Is Gone. We travelled to Des Moines to find a band standing on the edge of the abyss

Some of the freakiest, funkiest, sassiest tracks in history, guaranteed to improve any record collection

From commercial peak to critical reappraisal, it's been a helluva ride for two of rock's good guys, Hall & Oates

Five great 90s bands who made all the right noises but never achieved the success they deserved

They took the best bits of 70s rock, refried it with stoner metal, doused it with a sour mash whiskey marinade and barbecued the lot. Them's good eatin'...

They're the missing link between the Manson and Partridge Families, punk rock brats turned power-pop kingpins and they're heading out on tour with Melvins in October. But who are Redd Kross?

How a straight blues outfit from the streets of Stafford became a globe-trotting rock band with high-maintenance habits, via a huge hit with a ‘warm, evergreen slice of pure pop genius’.

Depleted by deaths, disagreements and disinterest, Motown’s token rock band Rare Earth didn’t get an easy ride through the 70s. But what a ride it was

LSD, rehab, whiskey, fights. And in their spare time they invented heavy metal. Blue Cheer leaders Peterson, McDonald and Whaley tell their twisted tale