How Ville Valo helped lead HIM to stardom and became a modern rock god in the process
In 2006, HIM were at the peak of their powers – and frontman Ville Valo was living the rock star life to the max
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The insane story of The Wildhearts’ Earth Vs The Wildhearts, the cult ’90s classic that should have been huge
How cult British reprobates The Wildhearts made a masterpiece in Earth Vs The Wildhearts
The chaotic story behind Motörhead’s Overkill, the album that turned three speed freaks into stars
Motörhead’s second album, Overkill, was the one that truly put them on the map
The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin and more
Partying with Keith Moon, jamming with Jerry Lee Lewis, getting into a ménage à trois with Brian Jones – Dave Davies has done it all
Test your rock knowledge with this week's Classic Rock Quiz
20 multiple choice questions to test your rock knowledge
"Serious amounts of lunacy": The mad, bad and dangerously daft story of The Damned
A fast history of punk legends The Damned. Includes: spit, vomit, cider, sulphate, haunted mansions, and "serious amounts of lunacy".
The epic story of 50 years of Iron Maiden, metal’s ultimate band
All six current members of Iron Maiden look back on their monumental 50 year journey
The 10 best Genesis songs, as chosen by Prog readers
Over 28 years the genre giants released 15 albums, achieving over 100 million sales. It’s unfair to boil their work down to just a handful of key songs – but you did it anyway
When David Gilmour revisited Pompeii and faced the ghosts of Pink Floyd
Safer pyrotechnics, local hero status and the benefit of a Wallace & Gromit movie helped make his 2017 concert movie a very different experience from Floyd’s 1972 release
Ronnie Romero has sung for Ritchie Blackmore and Michael Schenker and lived to tell the tale
When rock’s most ‘difficult’ guitarists need a singer, it’s Ronnie Romero they hit up
"Michael, come out and sing one with me please." Watch American icons Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe collaborate on a cover of Patti Smith's Because The Night and perform R.E.M. deep cut Bad Day together back in 2004
The all-star Vote For Change tour might not have made much impact upon the result of the 2004 US presidential election, but it did throw up some heavyweight collaborations
"Life is short and we need to try to enjoy it, and protect the people and the things that we love. The time to protest will come again.” Punk rock icon Bob Mould is back with an album to get you through another American Crisis
Times are dark, but our music doesn't have to be: here Bob Mould hits the cover of Louder to discuss his new album Here We Go Crazy, the state of the world, unexpected collaborations and how to stay hopeful through a crisis
I’m a Ghost fanatic, and these great songs by similar-sounding artists will stop me going mad during the wait for their new album
Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These anthems will keep you (and me) going until Skeletá drops next month.
Why Graham Gouldman is one of Britain’s greatest songwriters – even if people don’t know it
The former 10cc man has written for The Yardbirds, The Hollies and more – and now he’s taking his songs on the road
The best Black Sabbath songs that don’t feature Ozzy Osbourne or Ronnie James Dio
Ozzy and Dio may be Sabbath’s best-known singers, but these bangers with less-famous voices deserve their share of the love
Peter Sinfield, the prog poet who gave voices to King Crimson, ELP and Roxy Music
Lyricist, art director, producer and all-round creative who aimed to enlighten, provoke or stir died in November 2024 without being fully aware of what he’d achieved
Eric Bell on the controversial recording of Thin Lizzy's "new" album The Acoustic Sessions
Guitarist Eric Bell and producer Richard Whittaker tell us about Thin Lizzy's acoustic album, grass-addled sessions and why this project definitely isn’t AI
A Farewell to Kings - Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back on 50 years of Rush
We sat down with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson at the end of 2024 to speak about their 50-year journey from there to here - and what might happen next
“We were whisked off in a limo and I joined them on their Learjet. I overslept in Jon’s hotel suite because they’d been very generous with spliffs”: My 39 days as a cosmic brother of Yes, by Gryphon’s Brian Gulland
He once gatecrashed Chris Squire’s dressing room because he knew nothing about concerts. Later, when his own band were at their proggiest, he took everything he could out of opening on Yes’ Relayer tour of 1974
