Kris Needs

After moving to New York to escape an abusive father, pre-Dee Dee Ramone Doug Colvin wrote a song about the coastal escape he frequented

From Sydney via Detroit, Radio Birdman were Australia's anarchic answer to the Stooges and Blue Öyster Cult

Jimi At 80 New York, July 5, 1966. Jimi Hendrix is playing Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, and through the door comes the man who will turn him into a star

The Buckinghamshire venue was instrumental in furthering the careers of David Bowie, Genesis, VdGG, King Crimson, Marillion and more

David Peel tooled around with John Lennon, was the first man to use the word "Motherf*cker" in a song title and directly influenced The Clash. This is his story

Jimi at 80 It was Jimi Hendrix vs Eric Clapton, and there was only ever going to be one winner

It's New York, it's 1966, and Jimi Hendrix's life is about to be turned around by Keith Richards' girlfriend

Jeff Lynne reveals all about his early days in music: honing his craft with The Idle Race, joining Roy Wood in supergroup The Move, and experimenting with a certain classical rock project...

Here's the story of London-based baroque pop duo Nirvana who became unwitting prog trailblazers when, in 1967, they released one of the first concept albums, The Story Of Simon Simopath

Kate Bush’s early years established her as the first lady of Brit rock, but after just one tour she retired from the stage. She wouldn't return for 35 years

They might not get the credit, but they’re as pivotal to rock as Pink Floyd or The Beatles. This is the story of George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and their out-of-this-world Mothership

Vivid proof that there's so much more to Kate Bush's first three albums than Wuthering Heights

Siouxsie And The Banshees made incredible music and gave rock a true icon. The editor of Zigzag magazine at the time of their rise tells the band's story