
New York Dolls: the ultimate bluffers's guide
20 facts you need to know about influential glam rockers the New York Dolls
20 facts you need to know about influential glam rockers the New York Dolls
Singer/guitarist George Thorogood picks his records, artists and gigs of significance, and reveals why Elvis Presley was a freak of nature
Like everyone else, Keith Richards' life is currently dictated by you know what. And while he’s behind on his reading, he still found time to “sit around writing songs, basically, or parts of songs”
Free Bird was a song Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant said had too many chord changes to write lyrics for, and that both band and their label thought was too long to be a single... but it became a rock classic
Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy answers your questions on lockdown survival, deep cuts and the joys of trash TV
The guitar solos that helped build the Metallica legend
Behind Slade's glam-disaster outfits, the dunce spellings, Dave Hill’s haircut and a Christmas perennial there’s some classic pop-rock. Here are their best albums
Remembering the musicians we have lost in 2021
Led Zeppelin did business like no one before, especially when it came to dealing with their record company. Former Atlantic Records Vice-President Phil Carson explains all
Swedish guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen on Deep Purple's Made In Japan, the album that affected him “in Biblical proportions… It had so much crazy energy, man”
Eight spectacular reasons why rock can get your week rolling
Who said AOR was on the ropes in the 1990s? These 10 essential melodic rock classics from Journey, Boston, Harem Scarem and more prove it was alive and kicking during the grunge years
After spending the last four decades immersed in music, Fish is calling time. But with his farewell album, the prog legend is signing off with the best record of his solo career
In 2020 Prog Magazine readers voted the late Neil Peart the greatest prog musician ever
Big voices, bigger hair and Zippo-waving ballads: from Journey to Bon Jovi, these are the 10 essential AOR albums that ruled the 1980s
From Mafia finales to Bedtime Stories: the bizarre and brilliant afterlife of Journey’s classic anthem Don't Stop Believin'
Rumours of the David Bowie’s demise proved to be premature when he kicked off 2013 with the shock release of a new album, The Next Day, recorded in complete secrecy
Metallica's Lars Ulrich reveals the album that's soundtracked his lockdown, explains why Bon Scott was great, and speaks of the brilliant unpredictability of Ritchie Blackmore
AOR might have come truly blossoming into platinum-tinged life in the 1980s, but the genre had been holding lighters aloft and weeping in its beer in the 1970s. These are the best albums