Latest articles by Philip Wilding
Def Leppard’s spectacular homecoming show, now available on CD and DVD
In 2012 Rush's drummer Neil Peart told us about modern alchemy, thinking big, how Nirvana influenced Rush, and why he'd never watch Beyond The Lighted Stage
Power-pop bristling with poignancy and pathos, Love Junk is packed full of enduring, impassioned classics
This Rick Wakeman medley reworks and reimagines some of his greatest moments
The soundtrack to the summer: glorious Technicolor power-pop-rock from The Hot Damn!
Graham Gouldman explains why the art-rock icons believed in themselves so much, the album that best represents them, and why he’d never release new music using the band name
Dream Theater keyboardist hired former Enid singer Joe Payne and a cosmetic dentist to perform material around lyrics by his daughter
Drummer reflected on his favourite support act, the album he’d love to re-record, his approach to writing books and accepting he’d grown up as much as he ever would
In 1993 a future Prog writer landed a magazine interview with his hero – neither of them knowing it would his last
You’re Gone, from 2004 album Marbles, was their first Top 10 entry since 1987, and the track came about in a non-standard manner for the band
Former Biters frontman Tuk Smith delivers a power-pop/classic rock gem
With Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo, Chris Cornell proved to be a vocalist of singular talent. Here we round up his best albums
Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare album was released on July 27, 2010 – their first without late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan
Following Jon Bon Jovi's vocal surgery, the band are back, and it's about time
Overlooked and undersold Yes gem Talk gets a welcome multidisc reissue
Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on the making of 2007's Snakes & Ladders album
The other ELP’s sole album remastered and bulked out, frustratingly showing how good a live act they were
Buying guide Heart-shaped guitars, Berklee music school and Frank Zappa – Steve Vai's had no ordinary career. Here are each of his albums, ranked from worst to best
Judas Priest's late-career renaissance continues apace with thundering nineteenth album Invincible Shield
Replacements lynchpin Paul Westerberg is one of the most lauded songwriters of his generation
Blackberry Smoke's eighth album Be Right Here delivers stomp, soul, country, and rock and roll in equal measure
Raucous yet soulful second album Bed Of Nails makes good on debut promise from Welsh rockers Florence Black
Buying guide He's an underachiever and proud of it, man: These are the best from Paul Westerberg, from the Replacements to a delightfully erratic solo career
Buying guide A musical jack of all trades and master of many, with Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age and more, Dave Grohl has recorded a truly glittering catalogue
Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals what happens when you spend half your studio budget on beer and speed
