What Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury was really like, by Peter Hince – a roadie for Queen for 12 years

The best Queen songs Freddie Mercury didn't sing

Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election

ELO fused electric rock and pop with classical influences, creating a sound that was truly unique

Proving there's much more to life than Love In An Elevator

A dozen unsung classic tracks that show there's much more to Jimmy Page than Stairway To Heaven. Much, much more

Iron Maiden reveal the stories behind their sixteenth album The Book Of Souls

The world domination of Guns N’ Roses began not in LA, but with three chaotic weeks in London in June 1987. They came, they drank, they fought, they conquered

In 1992, reeling from the death of their guitarist Steve Clark, Def Leppard were determined to keep the party going. The result was Adrenalize – hard rock’s last great blockbuster album

"Just out of this world" – that’s how his life in Queen is summed up by Brian May – or rather, Doctor Brian May, CBE, for whom 2017 has been another memorable year in a career of many

Saxon were cruising the New Wave of British Heavy Metal... and their signature tune celebrated it

Seven was the lucky number for the Chicagoan pomp masters, as their seventh album hit the shelves in 1977.

"Imagine me trying to play Run To The Hills at fucking seventy-three years old!" Nicko McBrain might not be ready to retire yet, but he knows he's not going to go on forever...

Paul Elliott – the only UK journalist at the LA launch party for Appetite For Destruction – remembers the drugs, women and chaos surrounding GN'R.

That’s what producer Kevin Shirley says of Inglorious. Frontman Nathan James talks about how, after he was humiliated on national TV, they’re determined to live up to that lofty billing

For these long-time carriers of the heavy metal flame, the term ‘none more metal’ fits like a studded black leather glove