Classic Rock Features

The Megadeth frontman opens up to Metal Hammer about his cancer diagnosis – and what helped get him through it

Iron Maiden's eponymous anthem would go on to inspire their mascot Eddie and closes their set to this day

Straight outta Champaign, Illinois, Starcastle's love of Yes was true and pure

Queen's September 18, 1976 concert in London's Hyde Park confirmed their ascendancy into British rock's gilded elite

One of the most influential bands of their generation, Soundgarden's restless creativity and refusal to recognise boundaries has ensured that their music will never grow old

2015 solo album explored war, loss and hope for the future, as he explained why he regarded his career as being over, why he didn’t want to talk about Pink Floyd, and why he’s a David and not a Dave

Evanescence singer Amy Lee picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the worst record she's ever made

Spark up a fat one – these are the albums that built stoner metal

King Crimson offshoot Beat leader and Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it

The Way It Is was inspired by Bruce Hornsby's home town of Williamsburg, Virginia – and enjoyed a second life with Tupac Shakur

He talks about their early character clashes, the studio trick he learned from Brian Eno, recording versus playing live, and why he got the blame as the band became more musically streamlined

Boarding the crazy train, escaping werewolves and a giant bat biting Ozzy’s head off - here’s what it’s really like inside Universal’s brilliant, Ozzy-themed haunted house

Phil Manzanera’s Quiet Sun released one album four years after they’d officially broken up. But in building an anniversary edition, they found themselves writing new music

San Francisco rock'n'rollers the Flamin' Groovies are about to embark on a UK tour to celebrate 50 years of their classic Shake Some Action single

The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear

Billy Morrison partied with Ozzy, got a bollocking from Sharon, shot up with Nick Cave, choked on Cypress Hill’s weed smoke, and was tasked with Lemmy’s backstage rider. These are his stories

Released on September 14, 2009, Muse's Grammy Award-winning fifth album saw Matt Bellamy's band deliver a soundtrack for those "fighting back against malevolent interests"

While ex-Misfits singer Glenn Danzig went onto solo stardom, his former bandmates Jerry Only and Doyle launched forgotten ‘Christian metal’ band Kryst The Conqueror

Roger Waters argued there was no difference between playing guitar or a water tap. But after exploring the concept of Household Objects over four years, they abandoned their early experimental era for ever