Michael Schenker's track-by-track guide to new album My Years With UFO
Michael Schenker's My Years With UFO features contributions from Axl Rose, Slash, Roger Glover, Joey Tempest and many more
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A group of talented musicians with a bunch of tracks among the top of the AOR pops, Toto are among the genre’s big boys - and these are their best albums
Neil Peart’s love, pain and thoughts on live performance before Rush bowed out
Drummer reflected on his favourite support act, the album he’d love to re-record, his approach to writing books and accepting he’d grown up as much as he ever would
Frank Zappa’s final print interview, including the 12 words he signed off with
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The Gospel according to Duff McKagan
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The 1992 MTV Awards was a memorable evening for Nirvana, in more ways than one
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Brian Johnson on the worst and best cars he's ever owned
In 2009 AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson joined the ranks of celebrity authors - but forget the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, it was all about cars
Five days after releasing Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix played a casino in a hotel basement
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How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career
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Ten times Billy Corgan parked his own genius for just a second to rework some of his favourite songs
Billy Corgan and crew's renditions of hits by U2, Hole, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, The Cure and, umm, Natalie Imbruglia
How Kiss fought back against the music industry with Sonic Boom
In 2009, Kiss released Sonic Boom, an album that called back to past glories
How 1984 became the year that thrash metal broke big
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