Dennis DeYoung interview: 'no band has worked harder than Styx at diminishing its own reputation' By Paul Elliott Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung on bowing out, new album 26 East Vol 2, and the disappointment of no last Styx reunion tour
L.A. Guns still cocked and loaded on Cocked And Loaded Live By Paul Elliott Out now: L.A. Guns' hair metal classic Cocked & Loaded revisited – again!
The story behind The Logical Song by Supertramp By Paul Elliott How Supertramp's The Logical Song, a Beatle-approved existential pop-rock masterpiece, turned its creators into unlikely transatlantic superstars
How Def Leppard made On Through The Night, by Joe Elliott By Paul Elliott Def Leppard's Joe Elliott looks back at the making of the band's debut album, On Through The Night
The story behind Saturday Night Special by Lynyrd Skynyrd By Paul Elliott Saturday Night Special was the anti-gun tirade that belied Lynyrd Skynyrd’s pistol-packin’ image. Except things weren’t quite that black and white
Def Leppard: a guide to their best albums By Paul Elliott Def Leppard took Sheffield to the world's stadiums and arenas, staring down tragedy and selling millions in the process. These are their best albums
Drug abuse, violence, and the making of Fleetwood Mac’s Tango In The Night By Paul Elliott Forget Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s craziest album was Tango In The Night
At war, unravelling and flying high: how Black Sabbath made Sabotage By Paul Elliott Black Sabbath created Sabotage with their backs to the wall, yet it was a masterpiece, fearlessly experimental and adding added yet another dimension to their music
The story of Def Leppard's Jim Steinman sessions, the most expensive unreleased album ever By Paul Elliott When Def Leppard teamed up with Jim Steinman they expected big things. What they got was a huge food bill
AC/DC interview: miracle cures, old riffs, and the making of Power Up By Paul Elliott It looked like it was all over for AC/DC after their last tour. But the best hard rock’n’roll band in the world don’t quit that easily. And back they came, with Classic Rock's best album of 2020: Power Up
Steve Winwood: A guide to his best albums By Paul Elliott With the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and solo, Steve Winwood has shown himself to be a truly singular talent. These are his best albums
Lou Reed: a guide to his best albums By Paul Elliott With the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, Lou Reed’s influence has touched each new generation of music fans. These are his best albums
Every Black Sabbath album ranked, from worst to best By Paul Elliott A total of 23 Black Sabbath albums have been released. Some of them great, some of them average, some downright embarrassing, and we've ranked them - from woeful worst to brilliant best
The Black Crowes celebrate 30 years of Shake Your Money Maker in deluxe style By Paul Elliott The Black Crowes' classic debut album Shake Your Money Maker, boxed, now with previously unreleased material
Billie Jean and big choruses: the recipe that sent FM into the Swiss charts By Paul Elliott FM singer Steve Overland reveals how positivity and lack of pressure has done the British melodic veterans good
Accept's Too Mean To Die: It’s still balls-to-the-wall, man By Paul Elliott Battle-hardened veterans Accept are still going at it with astonishing intensity on Too Mean To Die
Lars Ulrich interview: lockdown, missing live music, and the future of Metallica By Paul Elliott Metallica's Lars Ulrich reveals the album that's soundtracked his lockdown, explains why Bon Scott was great, and speaks of the brilliant unpredictability of Ritchie Blackmore
The battle for Van Halen: how Sammy Hagar triumphed over Dave Lee Roth By Paul Elliott When Dave Lee Roth walked away from Van Halen it caused a war, but new frontman Sammy Hagar ensured there would only be one winner
The inside story of the return of AC/DC: how Angus Young and Brian Johnson Powered Up By Paul Elliott They’d lost Malcolm. Brian was out. Axl was in. Phil was in trouble with the law. Then Cliff retired. it looked like AC/DC‘s high voltage had been unplugged for good... but then something sparked
Paul Rodgers: a guide to his best albums By Paul Elliott From Free to Bad Company and beyond, Paul Rodgers' back catalogue is a gold mine. Here's how to buy his best albums
The 100 greatest rock songs of the century... so far By Malcolm Dome, Paul Elliott, Dave Everley, Polly Glass, Dom Lawson, Fraser Lewry, Dave Ling, Sian Llewellyn, Luke Morton, Paul Rees, Johnny Sparks, Philip Wilding, David Stubbs, Henry Yates Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you
Van Halen: a guide to their best albums By Paul Elliott Van Halen albums have it all: One of the most innovative guitarists of all time, your choice of rock star frontmen, and some great tunes. Here we pick the best of their back catalogue
The Soundtrack Of My Life: Lars Ulrich By Paul Elliott Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the album that makes him bounce around
All 57 Bon Scott AC/DC songs ranked in order of greatness By Paul Elliott Scott’s AC/DC legacy amounts to six years, six studio albums and 57 tracks. Here we rank every one that the great man recorded with the band, from high-voltage classics to obscure B-sides and everlasting anthems
Thin Lizzy's Rock Legends is a stunning tribute to the coolest band there ever was By Paul Elliott Seven-disc box set from rock legends Thin Lizzy with all the hits and 74 – yes, 74 – previously unreleased tracks
