The 20 best songs by The Doors By Max Bell Over the course of just five years, The Doors changed the course of rock forever. These are their 20 best songs
Pink Floyd repackage the past once more on Live At Knebworth 1990 By Max Bell Wish you’d been there? Pink Floyd's Live At Knebworth 1990 is super slick but lacks mystery
Peter Frampton remembers his guitar on Frampton Forgets The Words By Max Bell Peter Frampton Band's all-instrumental covers album Frampton Forgets The Words is richly toned and stately
The Doors' Love Her Madly - the story behind the song By Max Bell Robby Krieger reveals how he came to write The Doors' Love Her Madly, how Jim Morisson loved it, and how their producer didn't
How Pavlov's Dog were poised for megastardom but let it all slip away By Max Bell There was a time when Pavlov's Dog were bigger than the Stones or Zeppelin in Missouri. But life conspired to stop them in their tracks
Grateful Dead's American Beauty gets a makeover for its 50th Anniversary By Max Bell Grateful Dead's American Beauty appears through a fug of smoke in 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition form
The Doors sparkle on Morrison Hotel's 50th anniversary out-takes By Max Bell Seamy tales from a downtown LA Hard Rock Café as The Doors mark the 50th anniversary of Morrison Hotel
Lou Reed's New York: a compelling cacophony of bad news, now in deluxe form By Max Bell 31 years on, Lou Reed's New York is still conversational, caustic and full of characters
Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead: inventive songs of doom and desperation By Max Bell Grateful Dead's change-of-direction album Workingman's Dead celebrated with a 50th anniversary edition including a full live show
Paul Weller's On Sunset: a musical magpie, refusing to stagnate By Max Bell Songs from the Twilight Zone provide intrigue on Paul Weller's 15th solo album On Sunset
The strange tale of Rod de'Ath: the drummer who came back from the dead By Max Bell When Rory Gallagher passed away it was widely reported that his former drummer, Rod de'Ath, had died years earlier. Only thing was, he hadn't
Ginger Baker interview: an afternoon with the world’s most irascible drummer By Max Bell Mick Jagger is “a musical moron”. Hawkwind’s music “was fucking appalling”. And rock stars? “Fucking idiots, most of them.” How to win friends with the late, great Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker's half-dozen: six of the best from a legend By Max Bell, Fraser Lewry Six songs that broke the mould from the extraordinary career of Ginger Baker
Tom Waits: a guide to the best albums By Max Bell From boozy beat poet to avant garde conductor of the ‘Junkyard Orchestra’, a guide to Tom Waits' best albums and the work of a musical maverick
Jim Morrison: 15 peculiar facts you might not know By Max Bell Jim Morrison was an enigmatic man – but these facts reveal an alternative portrait of The Doors’ frontman
Jimi Hendrix: the life and times of a genius By Max Bell, Johnny Black, Rob Hughes, Hugh Fielder, Ken Sharp, Mick Wall, Henry Yates Classic Rock talks to Jimi Hendrix's friends, admirers and other musicians about his life and importance
Creedence Clearwater Revival: The Complete Studio Albums review By Max Bell From a time when Creedence Clearwater Revival and Californian plaid ruled the world
Bruce Springsteen: Springsteen On Broadway Official Soundtrack review By Max Bell Baby, Bruce Springsteen was born to run, and run, and run…
The story of Humble Pie, the anti-supergroup By Max Bell In 1971 Steve Marriott’s mad mod-rock brew blew up big style, taking the rest of Humble Pie with him – for better and for worse.
Canned Heat: the badass blues band that death couldn’t kill By Max Bell Booze, barbiturates, suicide and overdoses – the twisted story of America's first great boogie-rock band
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) album review By Max Bell The Doors’ dog day afternoon
The Band – Music From Big Pink album review By Max Bell Expanded edition of the holy text of American roots music
Massive Wagons: Full Nelson album review By Max Bell Hot as English mustard fourth album from NWOCR favourites Massive Wagons
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The triumph and tragedy of In Step and Family Style By Max Bell Overdoses, divorce and too much drink, but with a health scare that nearly killed him and the In Step album to make, Stevie Ray Vaughan looked like he was finally getting back on track
Can: The making of landmark album Tago Mago By Max Bell In the heady days of 1971, German experimentalists Can pushed the musical envelope to the furthest fringes with their landmark album Tago Mago. Cue broken bones, acid-fried recording sessions, and terrified British actors
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