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Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, and the truth about rock's most misreported beef
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news

An unusually candid Neal Schon comes clean on drugs, errant frontmen and the future of Journey
By Paul Elliott published
The long, strange trip of Journey's Neal Schon

The story of Player's debut album, a record for people who like to get home before it gets dark
By Ken McIntyre published
Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard

How an American band who were "just too weird for the powers that be" became national treasures
By Paul Brannigan published
The story behind The B-52's timeless anthem Love Shack

Why Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green walked away from his band, and began to give away all his money
By Paul Brannigan published
"Fleetwood Mac has become a business, and I don't want to be a part of a business"

Ian Anderson explains why he does what he does – and the onstage mistake that sometimes stops him
By Paul Sexton published
The Jethro Tull mastermind reveals who he’s really performing for – and why he never plays as much flute as he planned to on his albums

Suzi Quatro's stories of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Phil Lynott, Peter Frampton and more
By Jo Kendall published
Suzi Quatro shot Alice Cooper, sang with Donovan, starred on Happy Days and toured with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott: These are just a few of her stories

From a much-loved bomber to a creaking mechanical fist: The story of Motörhead's Spinal Tap moment
By Neil Jeffries published
It probably worked on paper

How Rick Wakeman got his first cape, by Rick Wakeman
By Rick Wakeman published
After reading a live review that described him as a giant comical spider, Rick Wakeman knew he had to take action

The story of the Jimi Hendrix guitarist who was written out of history
By Henry Yates published
When Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, old friend Larry Lee played guitar beside him - but his contributions were scrubbed from the movie

7 metal songs from the year 2000 that were way ahead of their time
By Merlin Alderslade published
Metal was in a time of serious evolution as the New Millennium dawned, and these seven bands were already getting ahead of the pack

The day the Rolling Stones accidentally killed thousands of butterflies
By Ian Fortnam published
What better way to pay tribute to a fallen comrade?

Blood brothers: Bob Ezrin on his long, strange trip with Alice Cooper
By Ian Fortnam published
Visionary producer Bob Ezrin – who steered Alice Cooper to his greatest triumphs – looks back on decades of madness, mayhem and macabre genius

Nine Buckcherry albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Henry Yates published
Buckcherry were always gloriously out of step with the times. Here are the cherries on their catalogue cake

Carl Palmer: Keith Emerson’s death wasn’t the worst part of losing him
By Dave Everley published
They met when Palmer stood in with Fleetwood Mac for a show with The Nice. Half a century of amazing music and friendship followed. The drummer reveals what they’d be doing today if Emerson was still alive

The story of that time Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl crucified himself on the Hollywood sign
By Neil Jeffries published
In 1992 Love/Hate wanted to get their career back on track. What better way than by fastening their frontman to a homemade cross attached to the most famous landmark in Los Angeles?

The story behind the obscure debut album which inspired Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and changed Seattle rock
By Laurent Barnard published
"They started the Seattle sound 15 years too early" - Kurt Cobain
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