Classic Rock Features

After the massive success of Moving Pictures, Rush had the world at their feet. So the ever-contrary Canadians turned to new technology for 1982's Signals...

The combination of drugs, guns and a troubled wife meant things wouldn’t end well for the Mountain bassist. Here, insiders and eye-witnesses remember his murder trial

Wolfmother guitarist and singer Andrew Stockdale on The White Album, a Beatles record that scared him to death as a kid and inspires him as an adult

Missouri hillbillies the Ozark Mountain Daredevils look back to the mellow times when country rock ruled the US airwaves and Jackie Blue became a radio classic

Black Sabbath created Sabotage with their backs to the wall, yet it was a masterpiece, fearlessly experimental and adding added yet another dimension to their music

In 2002 Andrew W.K. was interviewed on New Zealand TV series Space. It did not go according to plan

It’s little wonder Thunder are frustrated at not being able to tour latest album All The Right Noises – it’s one of the best records they’ve made in decades

Fêted by critics, mobbed by crowds, admired by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton… then God intervened to dim the lights of Pacific Gas & Electric

Want to know the best Led Zeppelin albums? And the worst? Here is the ultimate guide…

How Led Zeppelin borrowed Mick Jagger's house to make Houses Of The Holy, the album that would finally gain them respect from the critics... before it all went dark

A side-project escape for two members of Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains, addict-sheltering Mad Season was also planned as a ‘recovery’ band. Musically it worked. As rehab, sadly, it didn’t

If you thought all Hawkwind’s freaky stuff belonged to the early 70s, you ain't seen nothing yet

Voivod drummer Away digs deep into his record crate and pulls out vintage metal, head-spinning prog and crusty anarcho-punk

Eight contestants are poised, itchy fingers on triggers, for this week's gunfight at the rock'n'roll corral

After the experimental left-turn of The Dreaming, Hounds Of Love's contemporary prog sound saw Kate Bush back at No. 1

With some of Motor City’s iconic musicians on board for the thrill ride, Alice Cooper’s new album Detroit Stories is "an homage to the place to which we owe our careers"

Blue Oyster Cult frontman Eric Bloom picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why he won't have (Don't Fear) The Reaper played at his funeral

Can’s classic albums sound only like themselves, yet the band’s influence lives on. These are their best albums

When Def Leppard teamed up with Jim Steinman they expected big things. What they got was a huge food bill