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They played alongside Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith and Keith Chegwin. Then they were gone
Rumours of alchemy, magick, war heroism and Van Gogh’s ear surrounded the “bonkers, eclectic and free-thinking” group earlier known as The Giant Sun Trolley, National-Balkan Ensemble and Hydrogen Jukebox
Jess Roden grew up with Robert Plant, worked with The Doors, and nearly joined Free – but today no one knows his name
Jess Roden is one of British rock’s best kept secrets
The story behind Def Leppard’s disastrous Jim Steinman sessions
The story of Def Leppard’s ‘lost’ Jim Steinman sessions
“I saw Frank Zappa sit in with Pink Floyd. He was terrible”: Swans’ Michael Gira
The lifelong experimental rocker believes only the first three Mothers Of Invention albums are worth listening to, because after that Zappa succumbed to “unfortunate prog tendencies”
How Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote the accidental classic that lifted them to immortality – and defined a genre
Lynyrd Synyrd’s Free Bird was the monster hit that the band themselves didn’t believe in
How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology
Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album
Anika Nilles interview: stepping into the glare of the Rush spotlight and growing up with music
New Rush drummer Anika Nilles will make her tour debut next month in Los Angeles
When Talking Heads asked Adrian Belew to replace David Byrne, he knew the answer
Tension drowned the post-punk art quartet’s creative powers. But they point out that no one died in the making of their records
John Garcia reflects on Kyuss, stoner metal and a life in music
From Kyuss to Hermano, Slo Burn and Unida, John Garcia helped define a genre. Just don't call him a stoner metal legend.
How Judas Priest's Rob Halford and a visit to a Hollywood sex shop helped inspire This Is Spinal Tap
How one of the world's great comic actors got into character for This Is Spinal Tap
After years of trauma, Corrosion Of Conformity are on the comeback trail - for the second time
Stoner-metal icons Corrosion Of Conformity are back in the groove
Six decades on from the hit that made him a legend, Arthur Brown's world continues to be crazy
On tour throughout 2026, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year
My favourite Thin Lizzy song, by James Hetfield, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Suzi Quatro and more
Everyone has a favourite Thin Lizzy song, right? So we asked a load of famous folks to pick theirs and tell us why
The Metallica song that made both James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett cry
One Metallica song above all others had a profound effect on James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett
How much-missed Huntress singer Jill Janus found her true calling in heavy metal
Much-missed Huntress singer Jill Janus had one of the most unusual career paths in heavy metal history
The failed Springsteen song that topped the charts for Manfred Mann after getting banned
How Manfred Mann took a song, added the Chopsticks chords, got the song banned and scored a No.1
The importance of Debbie Harry, Blondie's defiant leader of the pack
Debbie Harry’s distortion of stereotypes, her costumes and her confrontational use of sexuality, defined her as a true artist
