Paul Rees

Enduring Brummies Magnum recall the making of the classic Chase The Dragon: flash bombs, Ozzy Osbourne, and how the ‘ELO factor’ nearly scuppered everything

What happened the night The Who's John Entwistle died

ZZ Top were a boogie-blues band barely known outside the US – until they recorded Eliminator, slammed into fifth gear and took over the world

As America mourned in the wake of 9/11's terrorist attacks, Bruce Springsteen made The Rising, an album that offered comfort and light in the cruellest, most impenetrable darkness

In the early 90s, Mick Jagger teamed up with LA blues band The Red Devils for what could have been a return to his roots

Many were longlisted, but this is the final selection – the best rock songs of the 21st century thus far, as voted for by you

From Dire Straits' big hits to deep cuts, these are the 10 greatest tracks from the biggest British band of the 80s.

The greatest American blues band of the early 90s, The Red Devils were as short-lived as their frontman, Lester Butler, was mortally fated

The cult Texan singer took the blues to strange new places. But he never had a chance to conquer his demons.

Veteran sideman guitarist and solo artist Nils Lofgren on back-flips, culinary skills, crying, sugar and more sugar

With his latest album A Deeper Understanding, Adam Granduciel has borrowed from some of the greats of the 80s and fashioned a record filled with bittersweet melodies and enveloping drama

Guitarist with Springsteen’s E Street band, leader of his own band, label owner, actor (Silvio Dante in The Sopranos), radio host… And there’s a lot more to Steven Van Zandt than that

In an exclusive extract from his new autobiography, Mick Jones tells the story of how he went from Reading via France to the USA, where he put together a new band called Foreigner

1987 saw classic album releases from Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, U2, Whitesnake, Anthrax, Heart, Motley Crue, Marillion, The Replacements and more...

Joshua James may have just produced a deeply personal record of devastating songs, but don’t count on him remaining a musician...

As Deep Purple release new album Infinite, all five members look back over almost 50 years of golden days and glittering success, dark clouds and stormy relationships. Where next?

In 1977, when punk was washing away the old and bringing in the new, Jethro Tull released an album that could have come from the Middle Ages. Ian Anderson remembers making Songs From The Wood

After releasing an incredible debut in 2001 – an epic, apocalyptic, double concept album – disillusionment, drugs and death led to Lift To Experience splitting. Now the Texans are back

Aerosmith's 1985 comeback Done With Mirrors served as a crucial bridge between the wild 70s Aerosmith and the smooth-rock behemoth of the 80s and 90s

Blue Oyster Cult's wild tales of alien races and the Middle Ages helped make Imaginos one of the best albums of the 1980s

With the band’s line-up decimated, it’s stick, twist or bust time for Angus, the last man standing in rock’s Aussie rulers

Iris turned the Goo Goo Dolls into stars. But booze and burnout meant they nearly didn’t make it to their new album, Boxes

There's more to the New York band than one big ballad…