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Burning Tree were doomed by a record company stunt, but a lost classic was born
Burning Tree introduced Marc Ford to the Black Crowes, but their debut album was scuttled by an ambitious record label plot
Every song on Pearl Jam's Ten ranked from worst to best
Released on August 27, 1991, Pearl Jam's Ten lit grunge's blue touch paper. Here's every track on the album, re-ordered from worst to best
Despite an armed cop drama, Joe Satriani has always loved Jethro Tull
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
How Ozzy Osbourne conquered personal demons and bitter contract wars to eclipse Black Sabbath
Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne took on his former band – and won
From rags to riches, Dolly Parton's story embodied the American Dream
In 2014, on the eve of a new album and a world tour, Dolly Parton revealed some of the biggest challenges and hurdles she’d had to overcome
The story behind QOTSA's modern rock masterpiece Songs For The Deaf
Released on August 27, 2002, Songs For The Deaf saw QOTSA anointed as the next “saviours of rock music”
“She spent so long in the water she contracted hypothermia”: Kate Bush’s Before The Dawn was a triumph and a terror
22 shows, 25 songs, 80,000 witnesses – her triumph was tinged with terror, but she’ll never forget the love she felt from her audiences in 2014
Tom Scholz reveals the secrets of Boston's masterful debut album
Driven on by one man’s perfectionism, Boston’s debut took seven painstaking years to complete, yet its creation was inspired by just 20 seconds of music
After 50 years of pioneering heavy metal, Accept are in the mood to celebrate
Accept's Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 features guest appearances from Rob Halford, Kirk Hammett, Billy Corgan and more
How Dolly Parton corralled a Who's Who of rock royalty to record her landmark Rockstar album
Dolly Parton, the late Queen Of Country, on the road to her rock album, transcending Nashville, and what Stairway To Heaven and Free Bird mean to her
What happened when country icon Dolly Parton met Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford
Two icons met in the most unusual of circumstances and it left an indelible impression on Rob Halford
What happened to prog in the year of punk? Rick Wakeman and JJ Burnel were there
1977 is remembered as a moment of musical revolution, when bands like Burnel’s Stranglers took crowns from bands like Wakeman’s Yes. But as the pair agreed when they discussed that time, it wasn’t that simple
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 24, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Earth Tongue, De Staat and more
Forget what critics and sales stats might tell you, Flick Of The Switch is the finest AC/DC album since Back In Black
Flick Of The Switch is AC/DC's most under-rated album. The End
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner made us a playlist
Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick
“He tore the whole thing to shreds and was very unkind”: Jethro Tull’s War Child and 1974
Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year
Biff Byford reveals why he thinks Metallica have never covered a Saxon song
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?
