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Why the best thing AC/DC released in the mid ’80s wasn’t an album – it was an EP of 10-year old songs
The ’74 Jailbreak EP was a reminder of what AC/DC sounded like at their rawest
The heartbreaking tragedy that produced a cult early 90s metal anthem
Armored Saint should have been bigger than they were – but they produced a classic in Last Train Home
Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Free and the forgotten British blues pioneer who played a part in all their careers
There were bigger and more famous British blues musicians, but few were as influential as the late Alexis Korner
The Pink Floyd song that David Gilmour says marked the beginning of the end for the band
It featured not one but two astounding guitar solos
How Metallica turned childhood trauma into The Unforgiven: heavy metal’s decades-spanning trilogy
Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series
Meet Hollow Souls, the rising blues rockers making a big noise
Kris Barras's new group is informed by his time in the all-star Supersonic Blues Machine
Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper
Creeper’s new album is a rich, lascivious feast of vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, Jim Steinman-style. But the real Creeper story starts with shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots and community spirit
The forgotten singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath before Ronnie James Dio
The story of the short-lived union between Black Sabbath and a former singer of Fleetwood Mac
The story behind Ozzy's Crazy Train (and why it gave him mixed emotions decades later)
After being dumped from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy Osbourne needed a big comeback. And boy did he find it
Meet Margarita Witch Cult, the big-riffing Brummies keeping Black Sabbath’s traditions alive
Built on a Sabbath template with lashings of Motörhead and Alice Cooper, Margarita Witch Cult also admit to being influenced by Desmond Child
The story of the 15-year-old boy who flew to Rio to meet Ozzy Osbourne
Stephen Rea's 40-year friendship with the Osbourne family began at Rock In Rio in 1985 - and he tells the story in a new book
The Norwegians who abandoned black metal and re-enacted the psychedelic rock era
They were always known for genre-hopping. But their exploration the Age of Aquarius’ disintegration via obscure tracks from the era was something else again
“I said, ‘I don’t want to work with him!’ But I needed the money”: The prog supergroup with 200 hits between them
Quartet with connections to Yes, 10cc, Kate Bush, The Police and many others took five years to agree their debut album was ready to release
The Lemonheads are back and Evan Dando says he's straight and "in heaven"
After almost two decades, The Lemonheads have returned with a new album, Love Chant
Debate: Which is the better album? Highway To Hell or Back In Black?
AC/DC's last album with Bon faces off against their first with Brian
The story of what happened when AC/DC arrived in America
AC/DC landed in the US four days after the release of Let There Be Rock, primed for their first North American tour. Nobody knew who they were
How Metallica turned tragedy into Fade To Black: the acoustic epic that put the elitists in their place
Inspired by the time Metallica’s gear was pinched, Fade To Black threw the metal scene into an uproar – but the band had the last laugh
Three decades in, Paradise Lost still haven't made their best album
Goth-metal progenitors cast a cautiously optimistic eye on the future
“It’s voted biggest spectacular and biggest folly. That’s a compliment!” Six myths and legends of Rick Wakeman
Keyboard maestro on his 36-year wait to play Hampton Court, the apparent disaster of King Arthur on ice, buying a £1,000 synth for £35 because its owner thought it was broken, his innocence over the Sex Pistols’ firing from A&M and more
