Steve Morse: 10 records that changed my life
Deep Purple and Flying Colors guitarist Steve Morse picks ten discs of vital importance in shaping his road through rock
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Metallica at Download 2004: the night Joey Jordison saved Metallica
Metallica are late onstage, drummer Lars Ulrich has gone AWOL, and 100,000 fans are about to witness an unexpectedly historic show
The Darkness: the story behind the Permission To Land artwork
A naked blonde flagging an alien ship onto a runway? It can only be Permission To Land by The Darkness
Mdou Moctar: the Hendrix of the Sahara
With its West African grooves and Eddie Van Halen-inspired guitar mastery, Mdou Moctar‘s new album looks set to take him out of Africa and on to the world stage
Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV, by Geddy Lee
Rush legend Geddy Lee on the impact of Led Zeppelin IV and the greatest guitar solo ever
Tracks of the Week: new music from Joe Bonamassa, Howlin Rain and more
Eight Olympian efforts from eight thoroughly trained rock'n'roll contenders
10 Folk Rock albums you should definitely own
There's much more to folk rock than its hey nonny nonny roots, as Jimmy Page will attest. These ten essential albums prove it
The story behind Survivor's Eye Of The Tiger
How Sylvester Stallone and Eye Of The Tiger took Survivor from no-hopers to heavyweight champions of AOR
The story behind The Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women
The first single released after Brian Jones' death and the Rolling Stones' last UK No.1 hit, Honky Tonk Women was the song that ushered in the future for the band
Yngwie Malmsteen: "I'm always pushing myself, attempting things which are more extreme"
Yngwie Malmsteen joins us to talk creativity in isolation, the freedom of having more time and new album Parabellum
Why fans ❤️ Slash, and why he matters
Guns N' Roses man Slash plays great guitar, and he writes great songs. But what’s the real reason he's such an icon?
"The label expected us to do a pop album!": The lost Lemmy interview
In July 1981, shortly after No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith topped the charts, Hammer’s Malcolm Dome met Lemmy to talk about Motorhead’s fast-rising fame. Unpublished until now, here is their conversation in full
The kaleidoscopic story of Acid, the drug that inspired music's wildest experiments
The creators and advocates of LSD were an integral influence on the genre of psychedelia, but its history is bound up in espionage and government spooks as much as fun-lovin’ hippies
Heart's Nancy Wilson: 8 songs that changed my life
Heart founder and guitarist Nancy Wilson picks eight songs that rock her world
The story of Van Halen's nightly destruction of Black Sabbath
An excerpt from Paul Brannigan's new book Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story, featuring Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Lynott and more
10 albums by supergroups you should definitely own
Often maligned and occasionally magnificent, sometimes supergroups really do make albums as good as the sum of their parts - here are 10 of the best
10 grunge bands that time forgot
There was far more to grunge than Nirvana, as these lost treasures prove
Why NWOCR is a community, and why that makes a difference
Highlights from the much vaunted New Wave Of Classic Rock have been collected together on a compilation album. But does the movement's inclusivity undermine its strengths?
Counting Crows' Adam Duritz: despair, hope, and hunting rabbits
Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz on mental illness, dairy produce, romance, the band’s new EP Butter Miracle, Suite One, and shaving off his dreads
