Michael Monroe on Axl Rose, Lemmy and how Mötley Crüe killed Hanoi Rocks
Glam rock icon Michael Monroe shares his memories in new book from DJ/podcast host Matt Stocks
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Michael Monroe on Axl Rose, Lemmy and how Mötley Crüe killed Hanoi Rocks
Glam rock icon Michael Monroe shares his memories in new book from DJ/podcast host Matt Stocks
Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons perform Fleetwood Mac’s The Green Manalishi
See Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons cover Fleetwood Mac classic The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) at Peter Green tribute concert
Al Murray and daughter Willow May play free charity show on Saturday
Al Murray and daughter Willow May will play free live show to raise to raise money for blood stem cell charity DKMS
You might spot someone you know in Queen’s fan video for Don’t Stop Me Now
Queen + Adam Lambert salute their global family with fan video for Jazz album single Don’t Stop Me Now
If anyone wants to buy Eddie Van Halen’s 2000 Black Ferrari 550, we’re free to go for a spin
Eddie Van Halen’s 2000 Black Ferrari 550 Custom Race Car is up for auction, with bids starting at $200,000
Trapped Under Dice: Metallica launch Monopoly World Tour Edition board game
Just in time for Xmas, an all-new Metallica Monopoly edition
David Coverdale dons Santa Claus outfit, empties his sack to bring Xmas cheer
David Coverdale is dreaming of a White(snake) Christmas and wants to stuff your stockings with his new release
Black Sabbath’s Vol 4: Super Deluxe Edition to feature 20 unreleased recordings
Black Sabbath’s 1972 masterpiece Vol 4 gets a deluxe reissue, due in 2021
Eddie Van Halen and Neil Peart feature with Darth Vader in ‘Sgt. Pepper’ style artwork mourning 2020’s greatest losses
Eddie Van Halen and Rush drummer Neil Peart join Darth Vader, Little Richard and Diego Maradona in tribute to lost icons
Marisa And The Moths launch powerful video for How Did You Get So Weak?
How Did You Get So Weak? coincides with the launch of Time To Talk, a campaign set up by Moths singer Marisa Rodriguez to support victims of domestic abuse
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Listen to Nightwish’s Floor Jansen absolutely smash her cover of Heart’s 1987 power ballad Alone
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen shares another stunning lockdown cover version, with piano-led version of Alone
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Zappa: "I think the FBI keep their eye on me”
In 1993, while writing for a new music paper called Cutting Edge, Philip Wilding spoke to Frank Zappa, little knowing it would be his last print magazine interview
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Eddie Van Halen's band were never afraid to wear their influences on their (record) sleeves
Jimmy Page: The Classic Rock interview
From his ‘Excalibur moment’ with the guitar to The Yardbirds to (re)inventing hard rock with Led Zeppelin and beyond, Jimmy Page’s journey has seen good times, bad times and everything in between
Ginger Wildheart’s 10 Favourite Live Albums
As The Wildhearts release their new double live album, 30 Year Itch, frontman Ginger reveals his 10 favourite live albums
Side projects, solo albums and ukulele jams: the best of the Pearl Jam extended universe
Your guide to Pearl Jam's best and most important forays into the unknown
The Story Behind The Song: Scorpions’ Rock You Like A Hurricane
Inside the old school classic that turned German heavy metal warhorses the Scorpions into unlikely sex symbols
The 50 Greatest Live Albums Ever
We asked you to vote for the greatest live album of all time, and 27,561 of you did. These are the results: the 50 greatest live albums ever
The Top 10 best Bruce Dickinson Iron Maiden songs
There’s more to Bruce Dickinson than just a voice like an air-raid siren, as these 10 Iron Maiden classics prove
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Brothers TJ and John Osborne wouldn’t be who they are without the original country greats, grunge, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Nashville’s music community, among many others
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We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
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Manowar's Black Wind, Fire And Steel: three albums of the truest metal
Black Wind, Fire And Steel: The Atlantic Recordings 1987-1992 is a barebones repacking of Manowar's major label adventure
Hollywood Undead's New Empire: Volume 2 is another chance to bedroom mosh
The seventh album from ever-masked LA rap-rockers successfully brings the bombast
Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day finds Kelly Jones twisting his standards into fine new shapes
Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones reimagines his songbook on Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day
Live In Tokyo is a rapturous farewell to Walter Lure's LAMF
Slaughter & The Dogs guitarist Mick Rossi fills in for Johnny Thunders at Walter Lure's last stand, Live In Tokyo
Jimmy Page's new book The Anthology is a must for hardcore fans
The sonic sorcerer opens the Led Zeppelin archive to reveal how the magic was made in his new book
Volbeat hit the heights on Rewind, Replay, Rebound - Live In Deutschland
Rewind, Replay, Rebound is Volbeat's latest album (and all the hits) live recorded Live In Deutschland
Cats In Space joyfully tramp through the trad-rock tropes on Atlantis
Atlantis is the supremely crafted fourth studio album from rock classicists Cats In Space
Graham Bonnet sings literally everything on Solo Albums 1974-1992
Six-record set Solo Albums 1974-1992 proves Graham Bonnet could pretty much sing anything – and frequently did
The Stranglers' Peaches highlights a career that veers from degeneration to delight
Peaches - The Very Best Of The Stranglers is a schizophrenic charge through classics and curios, and it's now on vinyl
Heavy Pettin's Best Of proves that music doesn't always age well
Even a Best Of from Def Leppard wannabes Heavy Pettin fails the test of time
Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London will get you through any grim winter
Veteran virtuosos return to full vivacity on Dream Theater's Distant Memories - Live In London
