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David Bowie interview: the art and process of songwriting
By Bill DeMain published
David Bowie explains his creative process and reveals why time and place matter

Wrestling legend Adam Copeland names his favourite song on each Metallica album
By Joe Daly published
We sat down with the wrestler formerly known as Edge and wouldn‘t let him leave until he named the best track on each Metallica disc, from Kill ’Em All to 72 Seasons

Every Queen album ranked, from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Queen albums, like the band, were brilliant, flamboyant and preposterous, and the work of a band who lit up the 70s and 80s and remain a juggernaut today

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Airbourne, Creeper, Wytch Hazel and five other kings and queens of the nighttime world

“He saw what everybody saw: they could play, they had a ton of energy and they were authentic”: The weird story of Frank Zappa and AC/DC
By Classic Rock published
The story of AC/DC’s most unlikely famous fan

The riotous story of Aerosmith’s Pump, the album that turned them into superstars all over again
By Mick Wall published
How a drug-free Aerosmith hit a new career high with 1989’s Pump

How Nightwish become the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful
By Dave Everley published
Nightwish endured line-up changes and self-doubt to swing for the fences with 2015’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful

How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness
By Joel McIver published
Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it

"Me and Ozzy were a team. I never thought, 'What about me?'"
By Eleanor Goodman published
Sharon Osbourne looks back on a 40-plus year career in the music industry

The trauma and transformation of Stevie Ray Vaughan
By Max Bell published
After almost dying at a London show, Stevie Ray Vaughan was given two weeks to live - it was the wake-up call he needed

Flesh For Lulu could have been one of the biggest bands of the 80s. So what went wrong?
By Scott Rowley published
Fistfights with John Lydon, sword fights with the Sisters of Mercy, gangsters, goth and Ferris Bueller: The epic story of Flesh For Lulu

How Taylor Hawkins and a nameless girl inspired Luke Spiller's brilliant and beguiling solo album
By Fraser Lewry published
Struts frontman Luke Spiller mixes velvet-lined pop and old European flair with a modern Hollywood love story on Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes And Wine

The twisted story of Tobias Forge’s favourite cult horror-metal band, Death SS
By Chris Chantler published
They were as infamous as they were influential, inspiring everyone from Venom to Ghost. This is how Death SS became a cult metal legend

Yngwie Malmsteen's wild tales of Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio, Metallica and more
By Richard Bienstock published
Even talked soccer with Ritchie Blackmore as he lies on a table in a black leather trench coat, looking like Burt Reynolds? Shred king Yngwie Malmsteen has

Aerosmith, Kiss, and the making of Honkin' On Bobo
By Gary Graff published
With the back-to-basics blues-oriented album Honkin' On Bobo, Aerosmith let the music do the talking once again

A Beginner's Guide to 70s AOR in 10 essential albums
By Dave Ling published
AOR might have come truly blossoming into platinum-tinged life in the 1980s, but the genre had been holding lighters aloft and weeping in its beer in the 1970s. These are the best albums

Every Garbage album ranked from the worst to the best
By Stephen Hill last updated
Garbage have carved out a unique space in the modern rock world, and we've reviewed their eight albums to offer the definitive guide to their catalogue
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