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Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on how he ended up on a Paul McCartney record
Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice wound up recording with the Beatles icon thanks to a little help from some guy called George Harrison
A beginner's guide to new wave in five essential albums
From punk rock to pure pop, new wave saw it all: here, the story of how it happened, told by the records that defined the genre
The incredible rise of guitar hero Sophie Lloyd: from YouTube covers to Machine Gun Kelly
Sophie Lloyd has gone from playing Avenged Sevenfold covers in her teenage band to working with Matt Heafy and Machine Gun Kelly
A beginner's guide to grunge in five essential albums
Teenage angst really did pay off well: five albums that define grunge's story, from the brilliant beginning to the bitter end
How Sammy Hagar made Van Halen even better, according to Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar says he blew Van Halen's minds when he joined: "they thought wow, here’s a professional”
"The police should all retire. They're disgusting. England is falling to pieces." Mick Jagger's 1972 state-of-the-nation anarchist rant was quite something
In 1972, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger was furious about what he saw as a Tory government attempt to crush civil liberties
The story behind every cover version on Ghost’s new Phantomime EP
Everything you need to know about Ghost’s covers of classics by Iron Maiden, Genesis and Tina Turner
How Rick Rubin helped Linkin Park break free from nu metal
When Linkin Park turned to Rick Rubin to help them reinvent themselves, the band said that the legendary producer had a “touch of genius”
10 metal musicians who hate backing tracks and 6 who don’t have a problem with them
From Kiss and W.A.S.P. to Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Megadeth, metal is divided over the use of backing tracks live
Every Nightwish album ranked in order of greatness by Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen
If anyone is allowed to put Nightwish’s epic back catalogue in the correct order, it’s the band’s keyboard player and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen
Bon Scott's pre-AC/DC bandmate remembers their wild times: “We nicknamed him Road-Test Ronnie. He tried it all!”
AC/DC's former frontman Bon Scott was also, apparently, a talented marriage counsellor
Before Eddie Munson, Alice Cooper played Dungeons & Dragons on TV once and here’s what happened
Alice Cooper appeared in That 70s Show as Mandar, a dragon-slaying gamer
A beginner's guide to shoegaze in five essential albums
Music industry in-joke or one of the most influential sub-genres in alternative history? Here's the story of shoegaze in five must-hear albums
In 1984, Nick Cave and Henry Rollins crashed a fancy Hollywood party at the Australian Consulate: their behaviour soon saw them escorted off the premises
"Nick is on his hands and knees... he crawls up to a large woman and bites her on the ankle..."
From triumph to nowhere and back: the story of Kansas, in their own words
After a career peppered with notable successes, Kansas came close to being dead and buried. But, taking the advice of their most famous song, they picked themselves up and carried on
In 1968 Tony Iommi joined Jethro Tull for two weeks: it was the making of Black Sabbath
Tony Iommi left Birmingham to join Jethro Tull in time for the filming of The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus, but he didn't hang around for long
Joe Satriani: the 10 greatest instrumental tracks ever written
Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock
Myles Kennedy: The Soundtrack Of My Life
Alter Bridge singer and Slash conspirator Myles Kennedy names the greatest album ever made, the song with the "freaky sex sounds" that changed his life, and the piano piece that makes him cry
