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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

Radio stations wanted to cut Eddie Van Halen's solo from their biggest hit
By Rich Hobson published
Iron Maiden legend Nicko McBrain has hosted an epic interview with Alex Van Halen

The story of the psychotic debut single that kick-started the grunge revolution
By Sleazegrinder published
The riff was stolen and it came out on 7" single when vinyl was in its death throes, but Touch Me I'm Sick changed the course of music

The 12-month struggle for the life of Phil Lynott
By Harry Doherty published
The final year of Phil Lynott's life saw him try to get his career back on track. Instead, it was 365 days of missed opportunities, lost passports and crazy deals

“Kate Bush gave me a copy of Aerial and said, ‘Don’t fall asleep while listening!’” Simon Drake’s magic life
By Jo Kendall published
He helped create Bush’s one and only tour show, corrupted light entertainment TV into a counterculture variant, and refused to star in Cats – mainly because of Arthur Brown and Peter Gabriel
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