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How Bad Company karate chopped their way through burnout to make their great ‘lost’ album
If ever a gold-selling Top 20 album can be overlooked, then Bad Co’s Burnin’ Sky is it
Sevendust's 30-Year odyssey: Success, near-bankruptcy and new purpose
Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down
“Bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis were seen as over-the-top, showing-off kinds of performers. And to some extent I felt that, too”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson decided to lampoon prog and ended up making “the mother of all concept albums”
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more
“A feeling of loss but a sense of relief”: When David Gilmour auctioned 123 of his guitars
Just before he raised a record-breaking $21.5m, the Pink Floyd axe hero showed and played some of the historic instrument’s he’d decided to part with
“Prog taught me to do whatever the hell you want”: 10 times Iron Maiden went shamelessly all-out prog
A fan of Jethro Tull and Genesis, Steve Harris always had the longform genre among his influences. Over the past four decades his band have made more and more of it
Alex Lifeson on the battle behind Rush's most divisive song, Subdivisions
Sonically, Subdivisions took Rush further into the world of synthesisers – and guitarist Alex Lifeson wasn't happy about it
The story of Icon's stunning melodic metal masterpiece, Night Of The Crime
They came from the desert, and they rocked
Four Japanese schoolboys fell in love with The Beatles in the mid 70s. 50 years later they embarked on their own magical mystery tour
How the world's most wholesome Beatles fans lived out their dreams with a Fab Four pilgrimage
The day Bono and Jimmy Buffett went out for chicken and were almost killed by Jamaican police
Bono joins Jimmy Buffett on a flight to buy jerk chicken. What's the worst that can happen?
Guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson picks the songs that have soundtracked his life
Texan guitarist Eric Johnson picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and answers a morbid question with an even more morbid answer
How Photograph transformed Def Leppard into global pop-metal megastars
Aided by a game-changing video, Photograph annoyed the hell out of the PRMC and helped Def Leppard break America
Yes and the endless inspiration that led to Aurora, their third album in five years
The prog veterans’ third album in five years marks the end of one story. But as Steve Howe and Jon Davison explain, they’re not planning to close the book – and they don’t mind if some fans hate where it’s taking them
Venom frontman and godfather of black metal Cronos on his brilliantly bizarre double life
Best known as the godfather of black metal, Cronos is also a birdwatcher, a fitness instructor, a multimedia engineer, a pepperhead and a Kate Bush nut
Addiction, Doris, Riots and Tub Tarts: An A-Z Of Metallica
Your alphabetical guide to the world’s biggest metal band
Superstar magician Penn Jillette has a wild secret rock 'n' roll past that no-one ever talks about, and the "bloody scars" to prove it
Friends with the Ramones and Lou Reed, ex-boyfriend of Debbie Harry, and underground rock musician, Penn Jillette is a Las Vegas entertainment legend with a rock 'n' roll past
Burning keyboardists, flying tanks and free suncream - inside Wacken Open Air 2026
The world's biggest metal festival puts on a weekend to remember for its 35th anniversary
Twelve incredible live performances just uploaded to the internet
The internet is a goldmine, part 54568964
