Paul Elliott

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

It’s easy to forget that there’s more to Macca than The Beatles and the Frog Chorus: Just take a look at his rock’n’roll legacy

Just four years after Live Aid, Brian May gave an interview about the band's new album, The Miracle, and revealed where Queen lost their way

The booze was starting to kill Alice Cooper, so his wife and manager checked him into an asylum – little knowing it would inspire his most personal work

Dave Mustaine hit the canvas but lifted himself back up and found God, and still has the ambition to make Megadeth the biggest metal band in the world

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson explains why even Rush's worst songs might have sounded brilliant on ecstasy

From stadium-filling rock to the ultimate lighter-waving ballads, AOR titans Journey and their various frontmen have done it all

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him, and which song he'd have played at his funeral

The setbacks Def Leppard have faced over the past 45 years would have finished off many lesser bands, but now they’re very much on the up again

Five young hopefuls called Guns N’ Roses walked into a recording studio. They walked out with one of the best debut albums ever, but Appetite For Destruction could have turned out very differently