Classic Rock

In the 1990s and 2000s, Porcupine Tree were rock’s square peg, playing beautifully twisted music to a modest but devout audience. After more than a decade away they’re back

This is what happened when metal stepped away from tradition and embraced the weird in the 90s and 00s

Fans hated Faith No More’s cover of The Commodores’ Easy at first, but it became one of their biggest hits and helped get their career back on track

Snarling biker-doom, sword-waving ghouls and Orson Welles – this is the best of the original early 80s New Wave Of American Heavy Metal

In 1964, faced with playing segregated audiences in the southern United States, The Beatles took a stand

New music from Tyler Bryant, Tuk Smith, Tedeschi Trucks Band and five others whose names don't start with the letter 'T'

South Park first appeared on our screens 25 years ago today, and hasn’t stopped winding people up since

"Seventy seven million dollars made from watching me c** under the sun"

Twelve songs, 53 cover versions - we rank all the tracks on Metallica’s epic Blacklist covers album in order of greatness

There's so much more to Metallica's best-selling Black Album than meets the eye. Here's 20 strange things you might now know

Alice Cooper got drunk with Jim Morrison, auditioned for Frank Zappa, made a movie with Mae West and pointed a loaded gun at Elvis Presley. These are his stories