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The true story of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin's lost jam
Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi on the legendary Black Zeppelin jam – the greatest session you’ve never heard
After a long slog, a ballad made stars of REO Speedwagon - and their die-hard fans didn't like it
In the 1970s, REO Speedwagon were the Midwest rock band everyone was rooting for - until they actually had a hit
10 obscure and criminally under-rated UK punk albums
There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling
A salute to Axe's forgotten blue-collar gruntrock party classic, Offering
Revisiting one of melodic rock's greatest long-lost albums
Big Big Train's Greg Spawton picks the soundtrack of his life
Big Big Train co-founder Gregory Spawton picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
“Professional pianists are the only ones who say, ‘I understand why he wanted to kill himself’” – Keith Emerson’s partner
Mari Kawaguchi remembers hearing his best-ever performance of Tarkus in a Japanese dive bar, where the critics couldn’t hurt him
How Aerosmith changed the internet as we know it
In 1994 Aerosmith did something no other major band had ever done, and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come
Every The Smashing Pumpkins album ranked from worst to best
The collected studio works of Billy Corgan and company rated and ranked, from the so-so to the smashing
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 20, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, The Karma Effect, Billy Talent and more
The story of the album that almost killed Metallica
Metallica almost destroyed themselves making 2003's St. Anger
How Thin Lizzy saved their career by recording an album of Deep Purple covers
It's late 1972, and Thin Lizzy are about to lose their record contract - then along comes an offer they can't afford to refuse
Blind Melon were more than just a grunge-era one-hit wonder – but tragedy cut their career short
Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon was one of the shining stars of early 90s alt rock
How Mott The Hoople fell to earth - and left one of rock’s great farewell albums behind them
Mott The Hoople’s The Hoople album was a fitting swansong
Therapy? were noise-rock outsiders from Northern Ireland – but they made one of the greatest alt-metal albums of the 90s
Therapy?’s 1994 album Troublegum united the tribes like few other things
The 70s rock classic inspired by a tragedy at sea which helped tear Mountain apart
Mountain served up a stone cold classic in Nantucket Sleighride
“Storm Thorgerson didn’t say the pig on the cover of Animals had been Roger Waters’ idea. Roger was very angry”: Why Pink Floyd didn’t go to their go-to artwork guys for The Wall, and what The Dark Side Of The Moon cover might have looked like
Hipgnosis design house co-founder Aubrey Powell recalls the 70s from their first big success and the inflatable pig incident to destruction at the hands of a young punk artist
Savoy Brown produced members of Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, UFO and Yes – but they remain under the radar
Savoy Brown have featured members of some of rock’s greatest bands – but they remain an mystery to most people
