Paul Elliott

With Thin Lizzy, on solo albums and playing jazz rock, Gary Moore proved himself to be one of the greatest guitarists of his generation. These are his best albums

Since forming in 1971, Eagles have produced some of rock’s most timeless and enduring music... and some of its biggest-selling albums

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

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

The best Queen songs Freddie Mercury didn't sing

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

In this interview from 1989, just four years after Live Aid, Brian May talks about the band's new album, The Miracle

Step into a world of WTF, as we round up the biggest turkeys from metal’s greatest bands

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

After reuniting in LA in 2011, things quickly spun out of control for Black Sabbath, Iommi's cancer, Bill Ward's controversial departure, Ozzy falling off the wagon, how did 13 ever get made?

Knife-carrying thug, practical joker, drug fiend and the inventor of heavy metal, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on his life less ordinary

In 1979, Ozzy was out of Black Sabbath and on the ropes. Then he made the two albums that saved his career – and his life

From his seismic debut with the band to the defining live album of their careers and the sprawling concept album that divided fans, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson picks three of his favourites

From Number Of The Beast to The Book Of Souls, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and co look back at every studio album Iron Maiden have recorded

"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...