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How Alter Bridge regrouped, faced the dark side, put their foot on the gas and recorded a brilliant album
With solo projects, other bands and a massive Creed reunion between them, there were whispers that Alter Bridge might be on the way out
Brinsley Schwarz: Shouting At The Moon and the state of the world
A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs "about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons"
“He denied ever hearing the album. I find that hard to believe”: Did Jethro Tull inspire a character in Spinal Tap?
British prog icon wonders if his American fans really got the humour in 1972 album Thick As A Brick – because they all laughed at the wrong moments
After lacing their neighbour's water supply with LSD, the Small Faces wrote the hit that ended their career
Not representative of the Small Faces' style and released without their knowledge, Sunday Afternoon became a big hit – and “was the final nail in the coffin in finishing us off"
Meet Ever Age: The 21st-century power trio whose debut might just be a once-in-a-generation album
Something strange is happening in the Vancouver woods
“People say, ‘This isn’t Yes!’ Where did we say this was Yes?”: Arc Of Life’s struggle to self-identify
Featuring three members of the prog giants, their 2021 debut received mixed reactions. But Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood and Jay Schellen decided to focus on the follow-up record rather than fight with a few armchair generals
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 2, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Sheepdogs, Starbenders, Crossbone Skully and more
White Lion: The curious story of the thinking man's hair metal band
Two million sales. A dizzying rise. And a cataclysmic fall
Rising Southern rock star Marcus King picks the soundtrack of his life
Singer/guitarist Marcus King picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the song that brought him to tears - even though he didn't understand the words
How The Byrds, aided by a pair of South African legends, slammed manufactured pop music in song
A light-hearted pop at the superficial workings of the pop industry in the 60s, it remains a minor classic. And if you saw the band live in Bournemouth in 1965, you might actually be on it!
How a psychotic reaction triggered the cult 70s album that influenced Queens Of The Stone Age, The Damned and Nirvana’s producer
Groundhogs’ 1971 album Split is a nailed-on cult classic
How religious conflict and tragedy inspired The Cranberries’ grunge-era anti-war anthem Zombie
The Cranberries’ Zombie is one of the most furious songs of the 90s
“It was us, tears down our cheeks, trying to be manly”: How Big Big Train survived David Longdon’s death
He was the energetic hub of the band until his sudden passing in 2021. Faced with oblivion, they regrouped behind Alberto Bravin and made The Likes Of Us, a record for anyone who’s ever felt left out
“What Keith Moon did on drums, he did on keyboards”: When Geoff Downes first saw Keith Emerson live
The Yes man hails ELP counterpart as a musician and entertainer
Fishbone had the world at their feet. Then their guitarist joined a religious cult
This is the most unhinged chapter in Fishbone's decades-long career of funk-metal mayhem
The inside story of the Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there
Drugs, darkness, death – the inside story of The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 US tour, by the people who were there
How Steppenwolf’s Born To Be Wild ended up in Easy Rider – and named an entire genre in the process
Born To Be Wild songwriter Mars Bonfire looks back on a proto-hard rock classic
