Latest articles by Mick Wall
The riotous story of Aerosmith’s Pump, the album that turned them into superstars all over again
How a drug-free Aerosmith hit a new career high with 1989’s Pump
Don Airey on Rainbow, Deep Purple and his awesome solo album Pushed To The Edge
Deep Purple keyboard player, go-to session guy and solo artist Don Airey on his new album, touring, Purple, Blackmore and more
“Gary was so talented it actually haunted him. He wasn’t really in control of what was coming through him. That sort of thing always comes at a price”: How guitar icon Gary Moore snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with his early 80s solo albums
The late Gary Moore made some classic solo albums – but he never got the success he deserved
How Bon Jovi hit the jackpot with Slippery When Wet, the album that turned them into the hottest hard rock band of the 80s
Slippery When Wet turned Bon Jovi from also-rans to multi-platinum superstars
How Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and a modern blues icon came together to form Black Country Communion
Black Country Communion’s second album, BCC2, established them as one of the greatest supergroups of the 21st century
The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed
Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album marked the end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band
The story of how Metallica got themselves an orchestra – and the album that followed
With Metallica’s S&M reaching the grand old age of 25, we look back at how, and why, the world’s leading metal band teamed up with – shock, horror – the San Francisco Symphony
The rebellious making of Bon Scott: AC/DC frontman, sun-worshipper and night-crawler
45 years on from the death of AC/DC singer Bon Scott, we look back at the greatest rock’n’roll frontman of them all
How Mötley Crüe cleaned up and made their biggest album
Drugged up, boozed up and almost washed up, Mötley Crüe went into rehab, came out and recorded a classic of the late-80s LA metal scene: Nikki Sixx takes us back
The Bob Dylan albums you should definitely listen to
Without the man who raised pop lyrics to the level of poetry, we might still be waiting for the concept of album-oriented music
How the Rolling Stones channelled chaos to make the final album with their most potent line-up
When Ronnie Wood, the Stones and some A-list mates holed up at his house to help with his solo album, it sparked a days-long party and a Rolling Stones hit
The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars
1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever
Meet Sacri Monti, the psychedelic rockers who don’t know where they’re going but dig the journey
From Oceanside, California, Sacri Monti met in high school in the early 2000s and have been jamming (and other things) ever since
Nikki Sixx on making new music, replacing Mick Mars and work-life balance
We catch up with Mötley Crüe legend Nikki Sixx
How The Doors snatched victory from the jaws of chaos to make the classic Morrison Hotel album
By 1970, Jim Morrison was in an alcoholic spiral and facing jail time – but The Doors still managed to make one of their greatest albums in Morrison Hotel
Scott Gorham on Thin Lizzy's breakthrough, Phil Lynott, and why they screwed up their US tours
1976 was a pivotal year for Thin Lizzy. Guitarist Scott Gorham, one half of the band’s classic twin-guitar sound, takes a trip down memory lane
How the delivery of a new drum kit gave Motörhead's Overkill to the world
'Fast' Eddie Clarke: "Once we'd cracked the formula of how to work together on Overkill, that's when we really started to take off"
How Aerosmith got their wings and flew
With their label ready to drop them after a so-so first album, Aerosmith clung on, dreamed on, and recorded a second that gave them lift-off: Get Your Wings
The epic life and high times of Bad Company bassist Boz Burrell, rock’n’roll’s ultimate cool dude
Boz Burrell bought effortless cool to King Crimson and Bad Company and died the way he lived – on his own terms
The story of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Flea thinks is the best they ever made
The Red Hot Chili Peppers were unravelling, but they pulled together, kept it together, and recorded their masterpiece album: Californication
An unexpected interview with Kate Bush while she was writing Hounds Of Love
In 1984 Mick Wall was surprised when he rattled off a hopeless request for a chat – and received an invitation to visit the Def Leppard fan at her home-from-home
As Fish prepares to move to an island, he reflects on Marillion, going solo and life after music
After next year's farewell tour Fish is leaving music and the bright lights behind to live with his wife (and 13 sheep) on a Scottish island
The song Ronnie James Dio called one of the "proudest things he'd ever done"
Begun by Dio when he was fronting Black Sabbath, it transformed his career and became one of the classic metal tracks of the 80s
