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The life and death of Jimmy Bain, the bassist who brought the rock’n’roll to Rainbow and Dio
By Dave Ling published
They don’t make them like the late, great Jimmy Bain any more

How Dave and Paula Lombardo traded thrash for sultry alternative in Venamoris
By Alex Deller published
Venamoris' second album To Cross Or To Burn explores the darker side of the human psyche

Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Bob Geldof had had his way
By Paul Brannigan published
"Freddie smelt blood. He went for the throat."

John Lydon lost part of his vinyl collection after his kitchen was accidentally set on fire
By Fraser Lewry published
The former Sex Pistol hates shortbread, but loves toffees and biscuit tins

This WWE icon once invited a fake Sammy Hagar backstage and watched him snort so much cocaine his nose bled
By Matt Mills published
“There’s people trying to get in the locker room, but we’re like ‘Go, go, go!’ and he’s snorting this big line of cocaine”

Sex Pistols' Steve Jones confesses to stealing David Bowie's microphone from a London stage before the final Ziggy Stardust show
By Paul Brannigan published
Before he became the guitarist for the Sex Pistols, Steve Jones was an accomplished thief, as David Bowie was to discover to his cost

Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed
By Philip Wilding published
A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

How a drum machine confused the hell out of Bob Dylan when he tried to write a hit single in the mid '80s
By Paul Brannigan published
After seeing how Mike Campbell's input revitalised Don Henley, Bob Dylan fancied a slice of the action, but was thwarted by a uncooperative drum machine
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