Paul Henderson

In the late 60s and early 70s, rock music was synonymous with Festivals. Some of the events still exist today, but back in the day they could turn innocent hopefuls into household names

Mixing rock and exotic musical styles, The Tea Party's Blood Moon Rising is arguably their best album since the mid-90s

Celebrate the pioneering, the spectacular and the unrepeatable, with our history of the guitar's greatest onstage moments

Made-up languages? The apocalypse? The guilt of lighthouse keepers? Newcastle-upon-Tyne? They're all present in our round-up of progressive rock's most ludicrous album concepts

Robin Trower played guitar for Procol Harum, supported The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, then sold stadiums out as a solo artist in the 70s. So why did he never became a household name?

How Caravan created the legendary Canterbury masterpiece In The Land Of Grey And Pink

As humanity celebrates 50 years of heavy metal, here’s half a century’s worth of pioneering heavy music, from the classics to the contemporary hard-hitters

The best British Blues Rock albums: Direct from the Delta to Dartford and beyond, the Blues turned British rock on its head

From the sublime to the ridiculous, from jaunty tunes to head-spinning jazz rock, the Canterbury scene is a prog-head’s Utopia

Forget computer games – get some proper bells, whistles, flippers and balls in your living room

The Moon 888 from Simaudio might just have grasped the holy grail for hi-fi amplifiers

In 1992, Steve Vai went to Spain to play tracks from Passion And Warfare for the very fist time. Waiting for him at the airport was Classic Rock's Paul Henderson

In 1990, Peter Grant sat down to look back on his career with Led Zeppelin. This is what he had to say

Why British blues survivor John Mayall is still searching for that elusive hit record...