The 10 best metal cover versions of TV show themes
From Game of Thrones to Stranger Things, all theme tunes sounds better when put through a distortion pedal and cranked up to 11
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Jimmy Page: the 10 best Led Zeppelin guitar solos
With Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page revolutionised what could be done with the guitar. Here are his 10 best solos
Here are all the songs Iron Maiden have never played live
Iron Maiden just played Alexander The Great live for the first time ever. But there are still 48 Maiden songs that have never been given an airing
Amazing Grace: how Jeff Buckley got started on the album that defined his genius
Jeff Buckley’s move to New York in the early 90s was the flashpoint for Grace, the classic album that would outlive him. Collaborator Gary Lucas remembers a star who burned bright and fast
Alice Cooper: "There wasn’t one human being on the planet that thought we’d get past thirty years old"
Godfather of shock-rock Alice Cooper on the Hollywood Vampires, the perks of being a sober celebrity, and launching a Johnny Depp and Amber Heard soap opera
Classic Rock tracks of the week: eight new songs you need to hear right now
Rival Sons, Cadillac Three and Sophie Lloyd are among the best new rock songs this week. Vote for your favourite
DeWolff: If you're going to go old-school classic rock in 2023, this is how you do it
Some bands are retro. Some bands are very retro. Dutch trio DeWolff take that to the max in everything they do, looking back for inspiration and feeding it into something new
Bonnie Tyler: the soundtrack of my life
Power-ballad belter Bonnie Tyler picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that Axl Rose was "horny as hell"
The Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty albums you should definitely own
With Creedence Clearwater Revival he turned the Hippie generation on to classic roots and Americana... then John Fogerty went rockin’ all over the world
The story of the historic day heavy metal killed new wave
It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever
Here are the hardest songs to play by each of the Big 4, as chosen by one of thrash metal’s greatest drummers
Jon Dette has played with two of the Big 4, so he knows exactly which songs by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are toughest to nail
10 bands who changed the face of music in the 1990s
NY legends Life of Agony guitarist Joey Z picks his top 10 bands that changed heavy music in the 90s
What happened when Metallica went to war with Napster
Lars Ulrich's anti-Napster video remains one of metal's weirdest moments ever
Remembering the late Alan White
Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former John Lennon and Yes drummer Alan White, who sadly died in 2022
How Trompe le Monde proved that like most meaningful things, Pixies were simply before their time
Released the day before Nevermind, Pixies' fourth album helped set a blueprint for alternative music to come – not that they ever really got the credit for it
Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever
The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)
How Thin Lizzy hitting it hard in Paris was the beginning of the end
“When the brown powder marched in, we were done for” says Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham
13 bands keeping occult rock alive who aren’t Ghost
Ghost might be bringing Satan to the masses, but these bands are putting the 'cult' in occult rock and metal
"America is the most satanic country in the world": How Black Sabbath getting huge in the US opened Ozzy Osbourne's eyes to the cut-throat nature of capitalism
"They've found a way of destroying the world by just pushing a button... At times I don't think it would be a bad idea"
