Classic Rock Features

Jimi At 80 New York, August 3, 1966. Jimi Hendrix is playing Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village, and through the door comes the man who will turn him into a star

The 1980s didn't just happen by accident: here are 10 albums from the previous decade that laid the groundwork

Jimi at 80 When Jimi Hendrix arrived in London in 1966, he not only blew the minds of fellow rock legends-in-making: he'd help spark a whole new form of electric blues

King Crimson downed tools as Robert Fripp's battle with Universal Music escalated. It’s a war he’s waged since the 1970s, he says, on behalf of artists everywhere

Oderus Urungus and Beefcake the Mighty presented the legendary comic with a gruesome gift on the set of her chat show

He's Kiss legend Gene Simmons. He's the Demon. And he has some stories to tell

Queen's Hot Space featured an all-time classic in Under Pressure, but Freddie Mercury and John Deacon's fascination with disco, funk and R&B resulted in a much-mocked album

Did an insult from an old man put David Bowie on the road to Let's Dance success?

On a mission to recreate 'the sound of the earth vomiting', the back catalogue of West London's dark prophets of doom Killing Joke is no laughing matter

As Bill Bruford notes in his comment on the video, "contrary to some in the commentariat, it wasn't all doom and gloom in King Crimson"

When Muse were asked to mime on an Italian TV show they saw it as a golden opportunity to "arse about", to quote drummer Dom Howard

Axl Rose certainly wasn't shy of sharing his opinion on fellow rock and metal heavyweights back in the day

Eight songs to take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of Rockdom

Prog pays tribute to the late Big Big Train frontman who touched so many lives, through his music and his warm and engaging personality

Audioslave's debut album brought the face of Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine's engine room roaring into the 21st century. Here's our ranking of its 14 songs, from the mediocre to the magnificent

Metallica were already one of the world's biggest bands in the mid-90s. Then came a chapter in their career that'd change many fans' perceptions of them for good

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale talks sibling rivalries, discovering her sexuality and being the first woman to win a Grammy for best metal performance

With Hellraiser 2022 now out in the world, we rank the eleven films that make up the horror franchise so far

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page reflects on the making of the band's 1976 album Presence, recorded in difficult circumstances in just three weeks

Judas Priest and Bon Jovi both made possibly ill-advised forays into dance music but backed away when they heard the results