Max Bell

"Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play" - the story of the Thin Lizzy-Deep Purple supergroup that could have been

With hits like Mony Mony and Crimson And Clover, Tommy James should have had the time of his life. Instead, he found himself robbed and threatened by the Mafia

Paul McCartney tells the story of the rise of Wings, from humble beginnings to the monster Wings Over America tour

Vocalist and keyboard player Steve Winwood looks back at Blind Faith, one of the first supergroups

From music business outsider to superstar Space Cowboy, these are the Steve Miller Band's best albums

1969 heralded the end of the 60s and the birth of real rock. Here we look at some of the gilt-edged albums from a pivotal year in rock history

The Grateful Dead's best albums are a kaleidoscopic, loose-limbed, ever-adventurous alchemy of psychedelia, country, folk and blues

Over the course of just five years, The Doors changed the course of rock forever. These are their 20 best songs

Robby Krieger reveals how he came to write The Doors' Love Her Madly, how Jim Morisson loved it, and how their producer didn't

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

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

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

Six songs that broke the mould from the extraordinary career of Ginger Baker

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 was an enigmatic man – but these facts reveal an alternative portrait of The Doors’ frontman