Latest articles by Mick Wall
With Bon suddenly gone, few expected AC/DC to come back in such an explosive way with their next two albums.
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.
Free's Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke pay tribute to their ex-bandmate
Former Buffalo Springfield/Poco man returns with “heartfelt” solo LP, and he's ready for the road
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
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.
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
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
The forecast for tomorrow is rather good.
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
The original King of Americana reclaims his crown.
Randy Rhoads is acknowledged as one of the most important guitarists of all time. In 2012, we talked to those who knew him best
Career-spanning collection of great live reworkings of Slash ‘classics’.
