Mick Wall

They rocked hard on record, caused mayhem with Motörhead on the road, and cared about only one thing: the music. Welcome to the world of Girlschool

They had Eric Clapton. They had Jeff Beck. They had Jimmy Page. In the late 60s, no other band could get close to them. And without The Yardbirds, there would be no Led Zeppelin

Mick Wall's book Like A Bat Of Hell tells the story of Meat Loaf's extraordinary career, including the time he lost his voice and his life almost fell apart...

In 1976, Thin Lizzy were just another rock band. Then they released Jailbreak, and the boys weren’t so much back in town as running it. But after a disappointing follow-up, the pressure was on

Mick Wall achieved worldwide notoriety via his namecheck in Guns N’ Roses’ legendary Get in The Ring, and years later people still ask him why

In August 1975, Led Zep were about to begin another huge US tour – then disaster struck. But out of the wreckage climbed Presence, and an album Jimmy Page rates as one of their best

1987 saw classic album releases from Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, U2, Whitesnake, Anthrax, Heart, Motley Crue, Marillion, The Replacements and more...

When the reigning kings of rock holed up in the Welsh countryside to write a new album, no one expected the folky pastoral results. But it became one of the band's essential albums...

Houses Of The Holy was the sound of Led Zeppelin at the top of their game. Producer Eddie Kramer was at the helm, and these are his memories of those eight landmark songs

The Bullet For My Valentine frontman revisits his former life as a Welsh sports prodigy

Mad time changes, dark imagery and oblique lyrical references – but was it inspired by a bad drug trip?

Ex-GN'R guitarist (and founding member) Izzy Stradlin looks back on Axl as childhood friend turned egomaniac, how drugs turned his band into zombies and how and why he left it all behind...

Dio’s Holy Diver was the third classic heavy metal album Ronnie James Dio had been involved in. But it stirred up bad blood that would last until his death

Lemmy on his band's Number One album, recording anywhere but London and why it still stands up all these years later

In 1989, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were reeling from the death of their guitarist. But the album they were about to make would change everything

In 1977, AC/DC were on the rocks. The fans had deserted them, the media was crucifying them and even Bon Scott wasn’t safe from being fired. It was make or break time

With Bon suddenly gone, few expected AC/DC to come back in such an explosive way with their next two albums.

Prime cuts from Lynott's early years.

Reeling from the death of their guitarist, it's make or break for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Luckily, they're about to make Mother’s Milk...

The multi-instrumentalist music lover on jazz, brother Johnny, growing up as an albino and the hit that made him famous.

Poles Apart: 1985 to The Split

Four decades after the death of AC/DC’s singer, we look at the greatest rock’n’roll frontman of them all

“We had the whole world in the palm of our hands in 1970. That’s what it felt like,” says Free drummer Simon Kirke. “And we let it blow away.”

Former Buffalo Springfield/Poco man returns with “heartfelt” solo LP, and he's ready for the road