Latest articles by Phillip Wilding
How Godley and Creme quit 10cc and went to play with their Gizmo instead
Kevin Godley on the machine they invented at the wrong time, an overheard conversation, the decision that ended the band, missing the punk explosion, discovering video – and being mistaken for the drummer in Paper Lace
The turbulent story of The Alarm, the band who could have been the new U2
The Alarm’s Mike Peters has experienced all the highs and lows life has to offer
The epic story of Living Colour, the band that revolutionised 80s hard rock
Living Colour are the black rock band who blazed a trail through the 80s and 90s music scene
The wild life and drunken times of cult rock’n’roll pirate king Tyla J Pallas,
Musician, artist, poet – Tyla J Pallas is rock’n’roll’s answer to Charles Bukowski
Coheed And Cambria mix the personal and the cosmic on new album The Father Of Make Believe
Coheed And Cambria retain their sci-fi prog metal crown on The Father Of Make Believe
How the Manic Street Preachers shook things up to make new album Critical Thinking
Even after all this time, the Manic Street Preachers still bow to no one
The Wildhearts prove once again they’re one of the UK’s greatest bands with The Satanic Rites Of…
Cult UK rock heroes The Wildhearts deliver another masterpiece with their 11th album
How Rush’s Clockwork Angels became the prog icons’ perfect swansong
In 2012, Rush released their nineteenth and final studio album Clockwork Angels – and last words don’t come any better
The history of Rush’s live albums, by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
From All The World’s A Stage to Rush In Rio, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back over Rush’s journey as a live band
How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes reunited in 2005 to make the Fused album
How the rejuvenated Rush hit full stride during their final chapter with Snakes & Arrows
Rush’s 2007 album Snakes & Arrows found the prog icons back from their late 90s hiatus with a vengeance
Duff McKagan’s wild tales of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Iggy Pop, Aerosmith and more
Boozing with Arnie, jamming with Iggy, ignoring Aerosmith’s phone calls – Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has done it all and more
How Stone Sour made the leap from Corey Taylor’s ‘other band’ with Audio Secrecy
In 2010, Stone Sour released their third album Audio Secrecy – and finally shook off the ‘side project’ tag
“There was a crunching noise, as the plane hit the tarmac, and the propellers and engines flew off, along with the odd bit of wing”: the epic life and mad musical journey of Rick Wakeman, keyboard wizard and Knight Templar
The epic life and mad musical journey of Rick Wakeman, keyboard wizard and Knight Templar
