Latest Features on Classic Rock
Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers
The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ongoing search for extraordinary music
"Edge left the band. He was feeling that he couldn't serve both god and man. I decided I couldn't either. So we both quit."
Fears that Christianity was incompatible with life in a rock band caused much soul-searching for U2 in the early '80s, and almost led the band to break up
How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music
Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording an all-time classic
Brian Wilson interview: "I don’t like SMiLE any more. I got so tired of it and did it so many times"
The late Brian Wilson on carrying the legend of the Beach Boys, Macca’s tears, and how soft drinks messed him up for years
The Beach Boys albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
Bolstered by the genius songwriting and production of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' best albums contain some of the greatest music you’ll ever hear
Slash on Guns N' Roses' most controversial song, One In A Million
"I can’t sit here with a clear conscience and say, It’s okay that it came out."
How Van Halen followed one of rock's greatest-ever debuts
For their second album, Van Halen created an infectious sound that was perfect for the new decade, and a look that MTV couldn’t get enough of
Wild times on the road on Rory Gallagher's most iconic tour
Known for his musical integrity and down-to-earth approach, Rory Gallagher was the workingman's guitarist, and Irish Tour '74 his defining statement
David Bowie interview: the art and process of songwriting
David Bowie explains his creative process and reveals why time and place matter
Wrestling legend Adam Copeland names his favourite song on each Metallica album
We sat down with the wrestler formerly known as Edge and wouldn‘t let him leave until he named the best track on each Metallica disc, from Kill ’Em All to 72 Seasons
Every Queen album ranked, from worst to best
Queen albums, like the band, were brilliant, flamboyant and preposterous, and the work of a band who lit up the 70s and 80s and remain a juggernaut today
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Airbourne, Creeper, Wytch Hazel and five other kings and queens of the nighttime world
“He saw what everybody saw: they could play, they had a ton of energy and they were authentic”: The weird story of Frank Zappa and AC/DC
The story of AC/DC’s most unlikely famous fan
The riotous story of Aerosmith’s Pump, the album that turned them into superstars all over again
How a drug-free Aerosmith hit a new career high with 1989’s Pump
How Nightwish become the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful
How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness
Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it
"Me and Ozzy were a team. I never thought, 'What about me?'"
Sharon Osbourne looks back on a 40-plus year career in the music industry
