Paul Elliott

With Creedence Clearwater Revival he turned the Hippie generation on to classic roots and Americana... then John Fogerty went rockin’ all over the world

From troubled outsider to all-round metal visionary – these are the life and times of Celtic Frost/Triptykon leader Tom G Warrior

Celebrated as ‘the female Motörhead’, Girlschool became stars of the NWOBHM scene. But what were their best albums?

Blues giant Kenny Wayne Shepherd picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and recalls the life-changing show he went to as a three-year-old

Def Leppard are joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on new album Drastic Symphonies. We went to Abbey Road Studios to watch it come together

Robert Plant is of an age when most rock stars have run out of steam or are repeating themselves, but he's still moving forward - and these are his best albums since Led Zeppelin

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley picks his favourite songs, albums and musicians, and reveals his least favourite Kiss album

AC/DC’s 30 best songs with Brian Johnson, the much-loved frontman who's led the band from theatres to stadiums across the globe

Queensrÿche were pioneers of progressive metal, leaving their mark with a trio of great albums before a bitter, messy split and a subsequent return to action

The Manic Street Preachers’ debut came from nowhere in 1992, confirming the fiery Welsh quartet as the most exciting rock band in Britain

Joe Elliott on the Stadium Tour, Miley Cyrus, that Album Of The Year award and being loved by former haters

From Bring Me The Horizon’s Sempiternal to Ghost’s Infestissumam, happy birthday to these absolute montsers

One of the most successful solo female rock artists of the 80s, Pat Benatar became a superstar by doing things her way or no way

With a cracking new album and a new image, former Rainbow and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner is loving his fresh start

Survivor survived a change of singer to become a rare example of a band achieving mainstream success with two different frontmen – and these are their best albums

Venom legend Cronos on the birth of black metal, the success of former support band Metallica and why there’s zero chance of the classic line-up getting back together

From power ballads to balls-out OTT anthems, and from mega-hits to cult classics, the rock duet comes in all shapes and sizes

Fronted by vocal powerhouse Joyce Kennedy, Mother’s Finest were simply too ahead of the game: black musicians playing rock. If they’d arrived a decade later they could have been huge

Steely Dan boffins Donald Fagen and Walter Becker brought jazz smarts and lyrical sophistication to rock, conjuring up brainiac music that sold millions

Six songs to introduce you to the fierce funk-rock wizardry of Atlanta's very own Mother's Finest

Updated A guide to the recorded work of Ozzy Osbourne: Black Sabbath frontman, rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure

Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground's influence would carry over generations, from David Bowie to punk rock and beyond. These are his best albums