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By Chris Lord Published
Evanescence singer Amy Lee picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the worst record she's ever made

By Rich Hobson Published
Spark up a fat one – these are the albums that built stoner metal

By Sid Smith Published
King Crimson offshoot Beat leader and Bowie, Shatner and Hancock collaborator has long been confident that the future is secure on the road – which pleases him because he loves it

By Bill DeMain Published
The Way It Is was inspired by Bruce Hornsby's home town of Williamsburg, Virginia – and enjoyed a second life with Tupac Shakur

By Chris Roberts Published
He talks about their early character clashes, the studio trick he learned from Brian Eno, recording versus playing live, and why he got the blame as the band became more musically streamlined

By Serena Cherry Published
Boarding the crazy train, escaping werewolves and a giant bat biting Ozzy’s head off - here’s what it’s really like inside Universal’s brilliant, Ozzy-themed haunted house

By Johnny Sharp Published
Phil Manzanera’s Quiet Sun released one album four years after they’d officially broken up. But in building an anniversary edition, they found themselves writing new music

By Dave Ling Published
San Francisco rock'n'rollers the Flamin' Groovies are about to embark on a UK tour to celebrate 50 years of their classic Shake Some Action single

By Dom Lawson Published
The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear

By Henry Yates Published
Billy Morrison partied with Ozzy, got a bollocking from Sharon, shot up with Nick Cave, choked on Cypress Hill’s weed smoke, and was tasked with Lemmy’s backstage rider. These are his stories

By Paul Brannigan Published
Released on September 14, 2009, Muse's Grammy Award-winning fifth album saw Matt Bellamy's band deliver a soundtrack for those "fighting back against malevolent interests"

By Dave Everley Published
While ex-Misfits singer Glenn Danzig went onto solo stardom, his former bandmates Jerry Only and Doyle launched forgotten ‘Christian metal’ band Kryst The Conqueror

By Mark Blake Published
Roger Waters argued there was no difference between playing guitar or a water tap. But after exploring the concept of Household Objects over four years, they abandoned their early experimental era for ever

By Stephen Hill Published
As Oasis gear up for their second world-conquering reunion tour in summer '27, here are the Manchester superstars' studio albums ranked from worst to best

By Rich Hobson Published
Since joining forces in 2003, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger have built Halestorm into one of rock's brightest bands

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Steven Wilson, The War On Drugs, Twin Temple and more

By Johnny Sharp Published
The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today
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