Latest articles by Malcolm Dome
How the success of Owner Of A Lonely Heart gave Yes a “fantastic problem”!
It may have split their eager-to-argue fanbase but there's no denying the Trevor Rabin era of Yes were incredibly successful
How a book on dreams inspired Queensryche’s biggest ever hit single
How Queensryche went from prog metal wannabes to the UK singles charts with Silent Lucidity
Is Quantum Jump's The Lone Ranger the most bizarre hit single ever?
Banned when it was originally released in 1976, it was Kenny Everett that helped fire this UK avant garde quartet into the UK Top 5
Sally Oldfield on her biggest hit Mirrors
In 1978 Mike Oldfield's sister Sally proved he wasn't the only family member who could pen a memorable tune
The story of Curved Air's biggest ever hit, Back Street Luv
In 1971 UK prog rockers Curved Air found themselves at No. 4 in the UK charts and on Top Of The Pops!
How ELP scored a No. 2 single in the UK in the 1977, the year of punk rock!
Emerson, Lake & Palmer's progged up version of Aaron Copland's classical piece Fanfare For The Common Man was their biggest ever hit single!
ELP's Tarkus: The Story Behind The Album
Keith Emerson on the making of ELP's landmark sophomore album and why it was always his live favourite...
The 11 songs that changed Klaus Meine's life
Scorpions singer Klaus Meine selects 11 extraordinary singles, and reveals how he tried and failed to bring peace to the Korean peninsular
The King Crimson albums you should definitely own
An exploration of the puzzling, mould-breaking, occasionally very noisy and often terrifying world of King Crimson
14 songs that defined the career of Ronnie James Dio
From playing bass with The Vegas Kings, a rockabilly outfit formed in 1957, to his time with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, solo and beyond, Ronnie James Dio had a career like no other
Every Scorpions album ranked from worst to best
UPDATED From cult psychedelic warriors to global rock superstars, these are the Scorpions 19 studio albums, ranked from woeful to wonderful
The story behind Black Sabbath's Heaven And Hell
When Sabbath and Ozzy parted it seemed the Brummie metal gods had met their end. But as Tony Iommi tells Hammer, Ronnie James Dio was their rainbow in the dark
The Darkness's Justin Hawkins: 10 Records That Changed My Life
Justin Hawkins from The Darkness picks ten albums that shone a light down the path to rock'n'roll triumph
The 10 best Styx songs
Styx were the definitive pomp rock band of the 70s and 80s, and these 10 songs embody their epic songwriting and showmanship
"If you genuinely love music as art, then you’ll love Gentle Giant." Nik Kershaw discusses his prog heroes
Eighties pop stat Nik Kershaw forgets all about riddles and snoods and remembers his love of Gentle Giant
Buckcherry interview: the triumph of the trashmen
Buckcherry's Hellbound was one of our Albums of 2021, marking them out as one of the finest trashy rock’n’roll bands around.
Why I ❤️ Black Sabbath's Master Of Reality, by King's X frontman Dug Pinnick
Dug Pinnick of King’s X on Master Of Reality, an often overlooked Black Sabbath album that is "very dark, very stark, yet also uplifting"
Volbeat open up an exciting future with Servant Of The Mind
Danes Volbeat take their style to a fresh level on Servant Of The Mind
The 25 best symphonic metal albums
From Delain and Devin Townsend to Celtic Frost, Nightwish and Cradle Of Filth, these are the 25 best symphonic metal releases that saw metal embrace its grandiose side
LA Guns's Checkered Past finds them still hustling, still swinging, still packed with sleaze
Checkered Past finds veterans LA Guns retaining an edgy sound in their fourth decade of rockin'
The Scorpions, and the most infamous limousine ride in rock'n'roll history
When it was time for the Scorpions to close the Day On The Green festival, they were determined to get from their dressing room to the stage in style. So they took a limo. “What do you expect us to do?” asked guitarist Rudy Schenker. “Walk?!”
Whitesnake's Restless Heart: Nowhere near as bad as some claim
The David Coverdale-approved remix of Whitesnake's Restless Heart is improved and a pleasant surprise
Sixx AM show musical insight but lack consistency on curiously named Hits
Sixx AM's Hits - a misleading title for decent compilation from Nikki Sixx's other band
