Latest articles by Max Bell
"Why would a young man like Jim think so much about death? Sure he was a poet. But my theory was that he always felt he had something wrong" - Robby Krieger
Skiffle may have ignited the British music scene more than 60 years ago, but it's never to late for Van Morrison to play a few old favourites
1969 was the year people started buying albums rather than singles, the underground became mainstream, and the pop scene wilted as rock music came of age
Bob Dylan's Fragments travels back to the 1990s and the Time Out Of Mind sessions with Daniel Lanois
For three years in the 70s David Bowie could do no wrong, and redefined the very concept of the rock star
Released as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event, Paris Blues features the last (apparently) unreleased studio recording by The Doors
A hefty Record Store Day hefty document from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ‘72 tour
Blues legend Freddie King pulled a gun on him. He’s a TV star with a radio show and a day job with Bruce Springsteen. He's Stevie Van Zandt
Grateful Dead take Manhattan on 17-CD live collection In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83
Dr John raves from the grave on star-studded album Things Happen That Way, completed after his death
Wish you’d been there? Pink Floyd's Live At Knebworth 1990 is super slick but lacks mystery
Sound and vision treasures from the soundtrack of David Bowie: Moonage Daydream – Music from the film
Ten Years After completed 27 American tours in seven years. For guitarist and frontman Alvin Lee it was a wild, wild ride, and it took its toll
Buying guide 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
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
Great English rock’n’roller Mickey Jupp goes cross-country on Up Snakes, Down Ladders
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
"Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play" - the story of the Thin Lizzy-Deep Purple supergroup that could have been
Australian stoneage romeos Hoodoo Gurus are still rocking for Mars on comeback album Chariot Of The Gods
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
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 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
