Latest articles by Max Bell
How Poco invented a brand-new sound, only to have it stolen by the Eagles
While everyone else was getting laid at the Tropicana, "squeaky-clean" Poco created a country-rock template others were quick to borrow
The Mick Ronson albums you should definitely own
Guitarist Mick Ronson made David Bowie famous, was the sound of glam rock, played with Bob Dylan and revitalised the career of Lou Reed - and these are his best albums
Fired up by riots: how Steve Miller found himself at the heart of a musical revolution
Joker's Wild: Steve Miller's biggest hits may have been radio-friendly, but he was educated by blues and jazz legends and fired up by radicalism
Mickey Jupp: Not a wasted word nor a pointless chord from a total original
Great English rock’n’roller Mickey Jupp goes cross-country on Up Snakes, Down Ladders
The Doors' albums you should definitely own
The Doors are more than just a band who produced some classic music - they are iconic, their best albums embraced by each new generation
How Randy Bachman lifted ideas from everywhere for the song that pays the bills
Inspired by his brother's stutter, Randy Bachman lifted ideas from Free and The Who and came up with Bachman-Turner Overdrive's rock-tastic classic You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was
"Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play" - the story of the Thin Lizzy-Deep Purple supergroup that could have been
Hoodoo Gurus return with a raucous scramble of garage guitars and kinky lyrics
Australian stoneage romeos Hoodoo Gurus are still rocking for Mars on comeback album Chariot Of The Gods
How Paul McCartney excised the ghost of The Beatles and took flight with Wings
Paul McCartney tells the story of the rise of Wings, from humble beginnings to the monster Wings Over America tour
Blind Faith: Steve Winwood on the problems of life in a supergroup
Vocalist and keyboard player Steve Winwood looks back at Blind Faith, one of the first supergroups
The Steve Miller albums you should definitely own
From music business outsider to superstar Space Cowboy, these are the Steve Miller Band's best albums
The 40 best albums of 1969, the year rock got real
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
Neil Young at Carnegie Hall: acoustic perfection and a rapturous audience make for magnificence
The first in Neil Young's Young's bootleg series was brilliantly recorded just after the Goldrush at the Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1970
L.A. Woman And The Last Days Of Jim Morrison
Forget what you think you know. How Jim Morrison REALLY died, by the people who found the body, moved the body and buried him
The 20 best songs by The Doors
Over the course of just five years, The Doors changed the course of rock forever. These are their 20 best songs
Peter Frampton remembers his guitar on Frampton Forgets The Words
Peter Frampton Band's all-instrumental covers album Frampton Forgets The Words is richly toned and stately
How Pavlov's Dog were poised for megastardom but let it all slip away
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
Grateful Dead's American Beauty appears through a fug of smoke in 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition form
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The Doors sparkle on Morrison Hotel's 50th anniversary out-takes
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
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
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
Songs from the Twilight Zone provide intrigue on Paul Weller's 15th solo album On Sunset
California Dreaming: the wild and tragic story of Spirit
Led by mercurial guitarist Randy California, Spirit were buddies of Jimi Hendrix and praised by Led Zeppelin. But their promise would collapse in blur of drugs and death
