Classic Rock

It’s a dirty job, but we’ve done it and ranked Slayer’s untouchable back catalogue in order of greatness

For Stranglers founder Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Doors' L.A. Woman became “the soundtrack to an important time in my life” after just one acid-fuelled listen

For Low Cut Connie mainman Adam Weiner, music is not something he just wants to do, he says, it’s his religious calling. And what he delivers suggests that maybe the devil doesn’t have all the best tunes after all

Shauna Tohill aka Rews (now effectively a solo artist) is inspired by Trent Reznor, loves to rock out, and relies on her ”inner child” for confidence

Slipknot singer Corey Taylor on solo album CMFT, partying sober, bringing up kids, mask-rejecting “idiots” and the fun of working in a porn shop

Kiss wanted to be stars of the silver screen as well as the concert stage but they couldn’t act, they had no budget, and Phantom Of The Park went horribly wrong

It's 1976, and Ted Nugent is poised for greatness. The Great Gonzo has inked a solo deal with Epic – and his self-titled album is tearing out of the stores like a pack of wolves

Moving Pictures was the album that propelled Rush into the mainstream and onto the radio. Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher tells how he was seduced by the band’s organised chaos

Straddling prog and avant-garde, Van der Graaf Generator are more of a cult band than any of their UK peers. This is their story

Ghost’s debut album Opus Eponymous turned 10 this year. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about this occult metal masterpiece