Latest Features on Classic Rock
Bono's best friend reveals exactly what it takes to be U2’s Creative Director
The former Virgin Prune and solo artist has been U2’s official Tell It Like It Is Correspondent since the mid-80s
“We swore no more flags would be burnt. I did it again”: Keith Emerson and the world’s first instrumental protest song
1968 track and its associated antics enraged its original composer, shocked an American diplomat and got The Nice banned from the Royal Albert Hall for ever
With a summer of European festivals ahead, Saxon are happy to fly the flag for British metal
British heavy metal veterans Saxon are currently engaging in some festival fun in the (hopefully not blistering) sun
The story of the song that saw Bob Dylan pivot from folk to rock
Using three chords nicked from La Bamba, Bob Dylan wrote the song that transformed his career – despite his record label's initial reluctance to release it
The wild and deadly story behind the 1979 World Series of Rock
With Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Journey, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC lined up to play, chaos reigned in the streets and backstage... and five people were shot
Bruce Hornsby on his unique musical life, and why new album Indigo Park gives him the chills
Bruce Hornsby could easily just rest on his laurels, but with his new album Indigo Park exploring memory and aging, he’s still forging ahead, adding fresh twists to his classic sound
Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson talk Eddfest, 50 years of heavy metal and more
Two-fisted flamethrowers, tough support acts, the late Paul Di’anno and the next Maiden album – Bruce and Steve reveal all
How Red Hot Chili Peppers made By The Way, in their own words
Released on July 9, 2002, By The Way proved that the Red Hot Chili Peppers' rebirth with John Frusciante was no fluke, and became the LA band's first UK number one album
How Bonnie Tyler became the ultimate power ballad diva thanks to Total Eclipse Of The Heart
With over a billion streams across YouTube and Spotify, Bonnie Tyler's hair-raising classic Total Eclipse Of The Heart might be the biggest power ballad of them all
The story of the RATM anthem that topped the Christmas charts 17 years after it was released
Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas smash after a fan campaign against TV talent shows
The Metallica Doodle Map: All of Rob and Kirk's local Doodles
Watch videos of all Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo's local Doodles from the WorldWired and M72 tour with our handy interactive Metallica Doodle Map
Why Jon Anderson drove himself mad making Olias Of Sunhillow
50 years ago, the singer banned everyone from his studio as he created his debut solo album about four musical tribes, three magicians, a flying galleon and a dying planet. He still doesn’t know where it all came from
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on the "life-changing" record which blew his teenage mind
Trent Reznor testifies to the mind-expanding wonders of his teenage record collection
The story of Money, the song that turned Pink Floyd into rock heavyweights
Money: A song so good it's been recorded three times – once by Pink Floyd, once by David Gilmour, and once by Roger Waters
40 years ago, Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham recorded an AOR album - and it's finally being released
The Western Front thought a major label deal was a formality... but instead, their master tapes sat in a garage for decades
On the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd: A story of guns and homicidal bass players
Terrifying tales from the road as a 20-year-old British writer tours the American south with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Atlanta Rhythm Section
“A guy said, ‘You ruined a classic song.’ Another said, ‘He wrote it!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident
The keyboard legend’s jam-packed career saw interactions with a varied cast from the ‘strange’ Dario Argento to Motörhead’s Lemmy
