Interviews
Latest about Interviews

Watch Robert Plant and Jimmy Page perform Stairway To Heaven as a duo
By Fraser Lewry last updated
It's the song Robert Plant famously refuses to play. But on one occasion, as Page and Plant promoted their Unledded album in Japan, he relented

The story of the magical Saxon classic inspired by heavy metal music, heavy metal fans and... Toto?
By Paul Elliott published
Saxon were cruising the New Wave of British Heavy Metal... and their signature tune celebrated it

What members of Marillion, Dream Theater, Asia and more think of Yes’ Tales From Topographic Oceans
By Sid Smith published
It was the double-album that split critics, fans and the line-up who recorded it. We asked a range of prog stars for their thoughts on the 1973 release

How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
By Malcolm Dome published
The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day

The story of Ian Dury's biggest hit, a song that was never actually a hit at all
By Malcolm Dome published
Its riff was stolen, twice, but its title defined an era and introduced a new phrase into the English vernacular

The story of the sexually ambiguous anthem that got Placebo a tour with David Bowie
By Rob Hughes published
A three-minute rush of hedonism, Placebo’s alt-rock anthem raised two fingers to Britpop and got them on Top Of The Pops – so why do they feel so ambivalent about it?

The story of the song that found 21 missing children and made Soul Asylum superstars
By Sleazegrinder published
The song made Soul Asylum superstars, if only for a little while

Neil Young's most mysterious song: Rooted in the Peruvian jungle and an apocalyptic screenplay
By Nick Hasted published
"Neil never told me what the song was about": Even Nils Lofgren doesn't know, and he played on it
Select the newsletters you’d like to receive. Then, add your email to sign up.


