Latest articles by Paul Rees
The inside story of the Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there
Drugs, darkness, death – the inside story of The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there
Sandy Denny helped invent folk-rock with Fairport Convention and sang with Led Zeppelin – but couldn’t escape her demons
Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny had fans in Led Zeppelin and The Who – but her life was cut short at just 31
The rise, fall and resurrection of Urge Overkill – Quentin Tarantino’s favourite alt-rock band
Urge Overkill were one of the most unlikely success stories of the 1990s
How making the follow-up to Bat Out Of Hell nearly broke Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf’s Dead Ringer is no Bat Out Of Hell – but it’s still a great album
The life and death of Gerry Rafferty, the singer who couldn’t escape his biggest hit – or his demons
There was much more to late Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty than Baker Street
Why the world is seeing a lot of Bruce Springsteen
The last year has seen the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the expanded Nebraska ’82 and the completion of the Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour... and there's plenty more to come
The southern rock legend who quit Lynyrd Skynyrd before they became famous and then rejoined 25 years later
Rickey Medlocke has been involved in not one but two iconic Southern Rock bands
The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame
How Dire Straits went from the pubs of London to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s
He played with Traffic, Hendrix and Free. But this doomed musician has been all but forgotten today
The life and death of lost musical alchemist Chris Wood
The doomed blues hotshot who blew away Bono and toured with Dylan – but ran from fame and died in obscurity
He was signed to the same label as Dylan and Springsteen and brought the blues into the 1990s, but success eluded him
The Black Keys are back and they're bruised
Last year, they cancelled a tour, their album flopped and they fired their managers. Can the Black Keys come back?.
Interview: Dire Straits and the adventure of Brothers In Arms
Everything changed for Dire Straits when they made Brothers In Arms: Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Guy Fletcher look back
A beginner's guide to Dire Straits in seven essential albums
More than Brothers In Arms: The Dire Straits albums you need to know
The epic story of Born In The USA and Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s
The Boss owned the 1980s thanks to landmark albums The River, Nebraska and Born In The USA
“We did the album at festivals – it was self-sabotage”: The Decemberists’ prog credentials
Colin Meloy’s band were raised on Roxy Music, British folk and concept albums. He isn’t big on Jethro Tull, but he’s in awe of Rick Wakeman’s King Arthur ice show
Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Blue Öyster Cult DNA lies within Mike Scott and the Waterboys
It might not be obvious in his songs but it’s clear in his progressive attitude – he wants other musicians to get better so he can aim to outdo them
The insane story of The Wildhearts’ Earth Vs The Wildhearts, the cult ’90s classic that should have been huge
How cult British reprobates The Wildhearts made a masterpiece in Earth Vs The Wildhearts
How Done With Mirrors put Aerosmith back on the long road to redemption
In 1985, the reunited Aerosmith had a long way to go to recapture old glories – and Done With Mirrors was the first step
Mick Jones looks back on 50 wildly successful and often fractious years with Foreigner
Mick Jones steered Foreigner to instant success, but with a self-confessed "bit of a control freak" at the helm it was often far from plain sailing
How John Mellencamp went from failed pop star to reluctant American icon
John Mellencamp is one of American’s great heartland rockers – and record labels, bad press and a heart attack couldn’t stop him
The night Roger Glover assembled three Deep Purple singers and a cast of stars for the Butterfly Ball
When Roger Glover was asked to soundtrack a film based on a poem by a 19th century botanist, little did he know that soon it would become a one-off live extravaganza
The wild life of The Who's combustion engine, John Entwistle
Delivering a deafening but dextrous bass-in-your-face assault, John Entwistle was a key part of The Who’s sound – and also their chemistry. This is his story
The Wilson sisters reflect on Heart's 50-year roller-coaster life
Heart's long and eventful career has taken the Wilson sisters to thin-air highs and crushing lows in a real rock’n’roll saga
