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Portrait of the British rock group Flesh For Lulu as they pose backstage at the Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois, February 13, 1988. Pictured are, from left, Derek Greening, Rocco Barker, James Mitchell, Nick Marsh, and Kevin Mills.
Flesh For Lulu could have been one of the biggest bands of the 80s. So what went wrong?

By Scott Rowley Published

Fistfights with John Lydon, sword fights with the Sisters of Mercy, gangsters, goth and Ferris Bueller: The epic story of Flesh For Lulu

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Gebe Simmons, Joe Perry and Paul Stanley onstage
Aerosmith, Kiss, and the making of Honkin' On Bobo

By Gary Graff Published

With the back-to-basics blues-oriented album Honkin' On Bobo, Aerosmith let the music do the talking once again

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Michael Schenker onstage in 2007
Michael Schenker and the appetite for self-destruction

By Dave Ling Published

Confronting Michael Schenker with the truth about Michael Schenker

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The Doors’ Jim Morrison
How The Doors’ Jim Morrison went from from drunken teen rebel to leather-clad 60s rock god

By Joe Daly Published

Drunkenness, arrests, ambition – Jim Morrison’s wayward childhood paved the way for the future

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Billy Idol onstage in 2005
The growing pains and artistic rebirth of Billy Idol

By Carol Clerk Published

Twenty years on from Rebel Yell and 10 years after overdosing on crack, Billy came back in 2005 with a trademark sneer and an album that did what he does best

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Hoppus and Hussein
"I saved the world from Saddam Hussein," says Blink-182's Mark Hoppus

By Paul Brannigan Published

Without Mark Hoppus' intervention, the world might be an entirely different place

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Liam Gallagher, Alan Partridge
The day Oasis' Liam Gallagher woke up to find British light entertainment legend Alan Partridge in his hotel bed

By Paul Brannigan Published

The '90s were a strange and magical time where anything could happen, and often did

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Ronnie James Dio in 1992
A tribute to Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010

By Paul Elliott Published

Ronnie James Dio: July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010

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Lennon and McCartney
In 1984, Paul McCartney shed revealing new light on his relationship with John Lennon

By Paul Brannigan Published

"If you ever got a speck of praise from John, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful." Paul McCartney on John Lennon

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Keryr King of Slayer and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth in 1991
The story of Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s short but whirlwind Megadeth stint

By Matt Mills Published

King played guitar for Megadeth’s first five shows in 1984 – but the partnership was never going to last

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