The 20 best Motörhead songs ever
Motörhead recorded more than 250 songs during their 40-year career. Here are the 20 best
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Robby Krieger interview: life in The Doors, the wonder of acid, and dealing with crazies
Robby Krieger might have become a trumpet player. Instead he swapped the horn for guitar, joined The Doors and became part of one of rock's most influential and legendary bands
Watch Jason Momoa bust out some Red Hot Chili Peppers on his brand new bass
Game Of Thrones star Jason Momoa seals his rock’n’roll credentials with a burst of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ cover of Higher Ground
The 10 best Leon Russell songs, by Bruce Hornsby
As Bruce Hornsby releases a new version of Anything Can Happen featuring Leon Russell, he lifts the veil on his favourite Russell songs
Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton: My Life Story
As the man who helped write the heavy metal gospel, Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton truly is a metal god.
The 20 best rock albums of 1974
1974 was a hectic 12 months for Queen which saw them hit gold twice, while Aerosmith started to get into their considerable stride and Skynyrd released their signature track
Why HIM’s Love Metal is the greatest goth album of the 21st century
If Anne Rice had made a goth-metal album, it would have sounded like HIM’s Love Metal
Martin Birch: a life in 10 essential albums
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Tracks of the Week: new music from Thundermother, Black Stone Cherry and more
The eight new rock tracks you need to hear right now! Tune in, check 'em out and vote for your favourite
The wisdom of Bruce Dickinson: Iron Maiden's frontman on creativity, cancer and cocaine
Highlights from the feverish brain of Iron Maiden singer and polymath Bruce Dickinson
The 10 best Elliott Smith songs, by the White Buffalo
The White Buffalo picks 10 moments of lyrical genius from the great Elliott Smith. "His lyrics were a gift that kept giving," he says
Joe Satriani interview: the soundtrack of my life
Guitar superstar Joe Satriani on the first gig he played, the most underrated band ever, and why you should give Greta Van Fleet a break
9 best budget turntables 2020: spin your vinyl records on our pick of sub-£300 decks
The best cheap record players from Rega, Pro-Ject, Audio-Technica, Sony, Lenco and more – including USB and Bluetooth turntables
This blues rock version of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy will make Joe Bonamassa consider a career change
A bluesy cover that's good enough to make Slash jealous and raise the ghost of Gary Moore
The new video by Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse is a trippy vision of lockdown bliss
TRIPPY! Bored? Let this slice of smooth-country-jazz-reggae and a promo filled with dolphins, buffalo and acid-fried wonder lift your spirits
Hawkwind: a guide to their best albums
For 50 years, the ever-changing line-up of space rockers Hawkwind has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums
You might not rate St Anger, but it single-handedly salvaged Metallica's career
It was very nearly all over for the biggest band on the planet at the turn of the millennium – but with St Anger, Metallica's fortunes were about to change. Here's the story, from rehab-to-rebirth
How The Beatles made Revolver, the album that changed Everything
Studio innovations, sonic trickery, songwriting genius and everything including the kitchen sink (well, a bathtub). This is how The Beatles made Revolver and revolutionised rock
