Paul Elliott
Freelance writer for Classic Rock since 2005, Paul Elliott has worked for leading music titles since 1985, including Sounds, Kerrang!, MOJO and Q. He is the author of several books including the first biography of Guns N’ Roses and the autobiography of bodyguard-to-the-stars Danny Francis. He has written liner notes for classic album reissues by artists such as Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy and Kiss, and currently works as content editor for Total Guitar. He lives in Bath - of which David Coverdale recently said: “How very Roman of you!”
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Bruce Dickinson reveals the solo album that should've been better and the song Iron Maiden play while he enjoys a cup of tea

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Jimmy Page talks absent friends, superstar fans, bad reviews and the next best thing to playing with Led Zeppelin

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With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else

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You may already have Rush's 1976 masterpiece 2112 on your vinyl shelf, but do you have the awesome Hologram Edition? If not, now's your chance

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Iron Maiden's Live After Death – one of the greatest live albums of all time – is currently available for a total steal

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As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first

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Buying guide The self-proclaimed heroic kings and defenders of True Metal: How to buy the very best of Manowar

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In early 2001 the Eagles were about to start work on their comeback album, Long Road Out Of Eden – so we tracked them down

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Buying guide Europe took the classic hard rock template and made it 'continental'. Here's the countdown of the Scandi-rockers' best albums

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Almost 50 years on from their formation, NWOBHM spearheads Saxon and much-loved frontman Biff Byford are verging on national treasure status – and these are their best albums

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Buying guide A guitarist who helped define the sound of a genre, both pre- and post- Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore has a formidable back catalogue of classics

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Buying guide Foreigner blended hard rock and atmospheric ballads to the tune of more than 80 million sales - and now they're in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

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Alice Cooper was the original shock rocker who paved the way for Kiss, Slipknot and every parent-baiting rock and metal act that followed

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The blues boy from Ballyshannon at his peak

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Hauntings, heart attacks, exorcisms and lawsuits – King Diamond looks back on 40 years as Satan’s Little Helper

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From the NWOBHM to the world – how Def Leppard became one of the biggest British rock bands of all time

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Journey guitarist Neal Schon on his $50 million lawsuit, alleged photos of his penis, Michael Bolton's eccentricity and Steve Perry

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Michael Schenker celebrates his years with UFO with a stellar cast of guest musicians

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

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Stryper are still fighting the good fight on 15th studio album When We Were Kings

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Buying guide Hanoi Rocks' early records and electrifying live shows saw them tipped for superstardom, but fate dealt them a catastrophic blow

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Def Leppard man Joe Elliott on Mutt Lange, Hells Bells and replacing Bon Scott

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Gene Simmons pays tribute to the longevity of AC/DC, a band he first saw at the Whiskey a Go Go in West Hollywood in 1976
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