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"Are you ready for the new sensation?" The 10 best David Lee Roth solo songs
David Lee Roth's solo work is composed of three basic elements: flash, bang and wallop. 40 years on from the release of his killer debut album Eat 'Em And Smile, here are 'Diamond' Dave's finest solo songs
The huge Radiohead hit that the band haven't touched for over 25 years
Thom Yorke first performed the band’s much-loved 1995 single with his previous group Headless Chickens, and there’s video evidence
Rush before Geddy Lee: Meet Jeff Jones, the bass player who stepped aside
"As far as I remember, I was always there" - original Rush bassist Jeff Jones puts the story straight
“He was wandering off, not wanting to be a star”: The beginning of the end for Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett
1968 single will always be significant in their history – but not all for the best reasons
10 essential 80s AOR albums
Big voices, bigger hair and Zippo-waving ballads: from Journey to Bon Jovi, these are the 10 essential AOR albums that ruled the 1980s
Keep Rob Halford up at night and you end up with a Judas Priest classic
Living After Midnight was pivotal in breaking Judas Priest in the US – and it all came about because Rob Halford couldn't sleep
Shinedown frontman Brent Smith on the loss, addiction and rebirth that led to new album EI8HT
Shinedown’s charmed career belies a band that has rolled with the punches
When Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale met Heart’s Ann Wilson
These two cross-generational icons talk about siblings, sobriety and covering Stairway To Heaven in front of Led Zeppelin themselves.
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 6, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Airbourne, the Temperance Movement, Stanley Simmons and more
The story behind QOTSA's modern rock masterpiece Songs For The Deaf
“There are a lot of people who like heavy music but don’t want to listen to Creed or nu-metal"
How Metallica's crazy team-up with Lady Gaga almost ended in total chaos
One of the most unlikely collaborations in Grammys history was also one of the most cursed, but they pulled it out of the bag
Watch a giddy Freddie Mercury warm up before his last ever show with Queen
Watch rare film of Freddie Mercury doing vocal exercises before his final show with Queen at Knebworth in 1986
How Carter USM upset the Stones and enjoyed a live-on-TV ruck with a once-popular presenter
With a ‘stolen’ hook-line that gifted Jagger and Richards writer credits, After The Watershed brought Carter USM fame for the wrong reasons
“Roger Waters had us trapped in limbo. I was putting my toe in the water”: David Gilmour’s solo career
Despite saying it’s less complicated to work alone, his association with Pink Floyd means he never wandered far, or for long, from the band
Toto’s Rosanna: the huge 80s AOR hit inspired by an up-and-coming actress and John Bonham
“I mean, how hard is it to have a beautiful woman around?”
How Ronnie James Dio and Black Sabbath put their differences behind them for the third and final time
Heaven & Hell was Black Sabbath’s classic Mob Rules line-up in all but name
Jeff Wayne: the studio maverick who turned a classic sci-fi novel into a musical masterpiece
“My wife said: ‘What’s Plan B if this doesn’t succeed?’ There wasn’t one”
