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The bassist who survived Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and believing he’d murdered his bandmate on stage
Veteran admits he sailed close to the wind as he taught prog giants to drink – but he learned how much it means to play live with a band
How Sebastian Bach went from playing to Jon Bon Jovi’s parents to singing a classic hair metal anthem
The story of Skid Row’s classic hair metal anthem Youth Gone Wild
How Status Quo turned a minor John Fogerty hit into an all-time classic that kicked off the biggest gig in history
Status Quo beefed up John Fogerty’s ‘piddly’ original and struck rock’n’roll gold
Carmine Appice on getting high with Hendrix, falling out with Ozzy and the late guitar hero he spoke to just before he died
Drum legend Carmine Appice has been in the business for 60 years – and he’s crossed paths with everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Dave Grohl
That time Ozzy mooned the audience because he didn't think they were rocking hard enough
How Black Sabbath's induction at the 2005 UK Music Hall of Fame was overshadowed by Ozzy Osbourne's buttocks
Terry Reid: The last interview
Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life
The Alice Cooper song that started as a failure but finished as a smash
Rehashing a psychedelic tune from the days of Alice Cooper (the band), the man himself fashioned an OTT accompaniment to the 1972 presidential election
How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day
Steve Howe’s favourite moments as a guitar for hire, and the one that got away
Yes icon on guesting with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, his 1960s session career, and never listening to what he recorded for Lou Reed
Every Meat Loaf album ranked, from worst to best
The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best
The Hives on making their Back In Black and how the official franchise programme is going
The Hives' Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on Outkast, the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and becoming rock royalty
Luke Morley on his band, his other band, his solo career and wearing silver suits in the sun
Luke Morley doesn't know what the future holds but right now he's busy
The story of Ian Dury's biggest hit, a song that was never actually a hit at all
Its riff was stolen, twice, but its title defined an era and introduced a new phrase into the English vernacular
The true story of the Aerosmith classic built from a riff its writer almost didn't share
The tale behind one of Aerosmith's most iconic songs
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 27, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Michael Monroe, Mammoth, ZZ Ward and more
This 1969 album was a prog leap too far – and it wasn’t even by a prog band
Later regarded as a massively inspirational work, it was too demanding a prospect when American quartet made it
The story of the speed-freak anthem that was the most important song Lemmy ever wrote
A song written by the young Lemmy for Hawkwind has been through various twists - from Motörhead's own anthemic version to the unlikeliest remakes
