Grand Funk Railroad sold out New York’s 50,000-seater Shea Stadium and headlined London’s Hyde Park. Blue-collar America adored their no-nonsense rock’n’roll music, but the band were despised by the critics

Between 1971 and 1974, Rory Gallagher made six incendiary albums that sealed his reputation as the People’s guitar hero. This is the story

50 years ago, Arthur Brown burst on to the scene - and into flames - with Fire. Here he looks back over some of the people he met and worked with.

With Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver the singer helped make some of the best hard rock albums of the early 21st century

Whether it’s thinking about changing their name to Stalingrad, titling their album Virgin Killer or filling their big hit with lots of whistling, there’s always a sting in the Scorpions' tale

Rehab, retribution and in-fighting. After an acclaimed multi-million selling debut, the wheels quickly started coming off for Velvet Revolver and their estranged and troubled singer...

He attempted to make sense of Sparks’ first band, had a very public bust-up with John Lennon, and found life surprisingly easy with Grand Funk Railroad. He's Todd Rundgren...

He saw Iggy Pop's first show, he thinks The Grateful Dead were abysmal, and he used to hang out with Grand Funk Railroad. He's Meat Loaf

He almost recorded an album with Sly Stone, toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan, “pissed Eric Clapton off big time”, and used to get mistaken for Mick Jagger. He's the legendary Jeff Beck

Church goer, golf addict, former alcoholic, Alice Cooper has been ploughing his gore-drenched heavyrock B-movie furrow for more than 40 years, and is still showing no sign of slowing down

Deep Purple’s teenybopper rock irked critics and failed to conquer the charts. Then came the transformation: enter leonine singer Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Blackmore's screaming Strat...

“There’s people that love me and there’s people that probably think I’m a prick” - Scott Weiland, Classic Rock, 2008

Dio’s Sabbath story wasn’t over when he left after 1992’s Dehumanizer. He would return for one final hurrah...

It wasn’t all about dragon-slaying, you know. On tour, Dio’s humour always shone through, whether it involved wearing a gorilla mask or being mistaken for a Mafia hitman.

The NOWOBHM luminary is still leading his Saxon horde. After a decade-long eclipse during the grunge-fixated 90s and a reality TV show, he says things have never been better...

The former Spencer Davis/Traffic frontman and R&B veteran speaks about adapting to a music industry in meltdown.

In his early 60s and still a fixture on the summer festival circuit, the Motörhead mainman dispels some favourite rumours about drink, drugs and death.

Rainbow Rising was hailed as an instant classic upon its release in 1976. Ritchie Blackmore and his band reflect on that album and their rise and fall...