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How Therapy? ram-raided the mainstream with an ode to the soap opera of teenage existence
By Henry Yates published
Inspired by Irish punk and the Smash Hits Awards, Screamager brought Therapy? unexpected fame

The story of Feeder's breakthrough hit, a song its writer doesn't want to talk about ever again
By Henry Yates published
Drink cider from a lemon? Grant Nicholas reveals the real inspiration behind Feeder's hit single Buck Rogers

The story of the joyous breakthrough hit inspired by Thin Lizzy, Star Wars and Dutch cigars
By Henry Yates published
From school to hellraising in short order – all enabled by a story of a whirlwind intergalactic romance

How Thin Lizzy made the albums that saved them, only to be plunged into chaos
By Alan Byrne published
Thin Lizzy went from being stone broke to recording the two albums that came to define their career, but bad luck always seemed to be lurking in the shadows

Born in a dream, the solos in Sweet Home Alabama were out of key, but superstition kept them in
By Rob Hughes published
Lynyrd Skynyrd's down-home anthem was a retort to Neil Young's Southern Man, but decades on it's soundtracked everything from KFC to video games

The story of the Living Colour song that namechecked Stalin and inspired Tom Morello to form a band
By Dave Ling published
Living Colour’s biggest hit was boosted by Mick Jagger, adopted by wrestling's CM Punk, and used to make a point by Jimmy Kimmel

“Somebody threw a toilet roll at Peter Gabriel. He threw it back and it landed just below me. I had that bog roll on my windowsill for years!” Marc Riley’s prog world
By Rob Hughes published
Turned on by Genesis, Beefheart, Zappa and Can, the former member of The Fall and The Creepers continues to smuggle prog into his radio shows

Iron Maiden legend Steve Harris on 50 years of heavy metal - and what comes next
By Rich Hobson published
Steve Harris discusses the band's amazing career, celebrating 50 years and what the future may yet hold for metal's most celebrated band
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