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

How Supertramp's The Logical Song, a Beatle-approved existential pop-rock masterpiece, turned its creators into unlikely transatlantic superstars

Def Leppard's Joe Elliott looks back at the making of the band's debut album, On Through The Night

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

Forget Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s craziest album was Tango In The Night

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

When Def Leppard teamed up with Jim Steinman they expected big things. What they got was a huge food bill

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

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

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

FM singer Steve Overland reveals how positivity and lack of pressure has done the British melodic veterans good

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

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

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

From Free to Bad Company and beyond, Paul Rodgers' back catalogue is a gold mine. Here's how to buy his best albums

Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you

How a song about a disfigured soldier made the biggest cult band in the world even bigger – and said goodbye to thrash metal once and for all

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

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the album that makes him bounce around

Rush frontman Geddy Lee picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals his least favourite Rush album

Saxon frontman Biff Byford on the special records, artists and gigs of lasting significance