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The tragedy and triumph of Queen’s final album and Freddie Mercury’s last goodbye
How Queen made Innuendo and Made In Heaven against the odds
Every Foo Fighters album ranked, from worst to best
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How Cheap Trick’s Dream Police finally turned four Chicago misfits into 70s rock superstars
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“Metallica have tried some crazy things, some which have worked better than others. That’s a part of being an artist”: Twenty thousand people, an 80-piece symphony and the world’s biggest metal band – the epic story behind rock’s greatest orchestral gig
Metallica’s S&M2 remains the ultimate meeting of metal and classical music
Earthquakes, power struggles, and songs that "sounded like people fighting": Inside the The Black Crowes 'lost' album, Tall
"Our studio collapsed. The ceiling dropped ten feet. No-one could get any sleep because of the aftershocks"
The unlikely boy band inspiration behind Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop, punk rock’s first classic single
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"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it." An audience with The Smashing Pumpkins in summer '95
"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it"
