"He was drunk out of his mind and he asked me to make out with him": Billy Corgan on how he became a fan of The Cure... and the first time he met Robert Smith
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Cure leader went on to become fast friends
The trio have a knack for the spectacular, but sometimes the spectacular backfires…
Tool’s debut album was released on April 6, 1993. This is the story behind it
Motörhead struggled through the second half of the 1980s - but there was no way that Lemmy was going to give up
The epic story of Led Zeppelin's ever-expanding instrumental tour-de-force, Moby Dick
Stories From Time And Space marks the band’s first offworld work in years, after being mentioned in a book got them thinking of the cosmos again
Drum legend Cozy Powell passed away on April 5 1998 at the age of 50. This is his story, by the people who knew him best
50 years on from their debut, Judas Priest are still firing on all cylinders with new album Invincible Shield. We got Rob to sit down with a bunch of kittens for the fuzziest interview of his career.
The sequel to Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime was released in the US on April 4, 2006. This is how they made a follow up to a landmark album
When one of rock's most chaotic bands hung out with a true Hollywood icon in the early 90s, things were never going to go quietly
How Twisted Sister convinced their record company they weren't the worst band in the world and made Stay Hungry
By 1983 The Cars were stagnating, but Mutt Lange and a change of sound saw them heading to the top of the charts
In March 1967, Jimi Hendrix played a club show in Newcastle before venturing to the seaside for fish & chips, perhaps a pickled egg. Or did he?
Jethro Tull are about to play 10 UK shows, and band leader Ian Anderson is hitting the rails rather than the road
"A lot of s**t went down that nobody knows about..."
Orion without guitars and drums is still a majestic experience. That’s how incredible Cliff Burton was.
If acoustic hymns, weird gospel and “some real ripping guitar” floats your boat, climb aboard
Metallica changed the rules with their second album, Ride The Lightning. It was only a matter of time before the rest of the world would play along
The late Steve Harley was most famous for his 1975 hit Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), but his story involves so much more