Mick Wall

By the end of 1969 The Doors were in disarray. But in the midst of the darkness, they dredged up a true return to form with their new album

Gary Moore was one of the greatest hard rock guitar heroes of the 1980s – and he hated it. Then he rediscovered the blues and found his true calling.

Through punk’s 70s heyday, metal’s 80s dominance, the grunge onslaught of the 90s and well into the new millennium, one musical force has remained true and untarnished. Its name is AC/DC.

Metallica biographer Mick Wall reveals the truth behind Metallica's most controversial, and least-loved, album.

Time to look back at Bad Company's good times, bad times...

Roxy's glam-era debut broke all the rules: no chorus, a fade intro and a stop-dead ending. So just what was Bryan Ferry's exercise in coolly-aloof style all about?

Written by Keef as he brooded over Anita's dalliance with Mick, The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter represented something darker and more universal: rape, murder and the death of the 1960s spirit

As the 60s ended, session supremo Jimmy Page put together a band and a plan that would change rock forever - even if it did owe a whole lot to music's past

Slash on how he came up with the idea of making an album with some very good friends – both old and new.

A make-or-break album, Highway To Hell proved to be the fast-track to superstardom for AC/DC, but recording it pushed the band to their limits, as Classic Rock discovered in 2013

An outsider with no interest in rock’n’roll, believed in freedom but ran his band like a dictator, between 1966-1970 Zappa was promiscuous, controversial and, just maybe, a musical genius

One of the great live albums, Made In Japan happened during a turbulent time in Deep Purple's career, as the line-up Mk II was falling apart. This is the inside story of what really happened.

Slash holds forth on fame, leaving Guns N' Roses, and the first time he heard Chinese Democracy

When AC/DC’s career stalled at the end of 76, they were “seriously fucking pissed off”. They responded in utterly explosive fashion...as Classic Rock chronicled in 2012

Randy Rhoads is acknowledged as one of the most important guitarists of all time. In 2012, we talked to those who knew him best

Megadeth's Peace Sells... is a cast-iron classic three decades on. Hammer goes back in time get a startling vision of the man behind the madness and music...

How Def Leppard's initially under performing High 'N' Dry album launched them to super-stardom and changed the face of the band forever