Dee Snider: the soundtrack of my life
Singer, songwriter, radio host and actor Dee Snider picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why Lemmy was underrated
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Mutt Lange: a guide to his best albums
The best albums from producer Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, unparalleled audio perfectionist and man with the Midas touch, whose sonics sent the careers of AC/DC and Def Leppard soaring
Steve Vai: 8 songs that changed my life
Steve Vai, guitar maestro and former Frank Zappa/David Lee Roth/Whitesnake sideman, selects eight songs which inspired his musical journey
The Allman Brothers Band: The triumph and tragedy behind At Fillmore East
50 years on, At Fillmore East remains the Allman Brothers’ crowning glory – and guitarist Duane Allman’s epitaph. This is the story of how they went from the light into the darkness
The story behind Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston
Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston was a collision of Celtic punk, legless pirates, and beyond-the-grave lyrics from American folk hero Woody Guthrie
Ian Gillan: 8 songs that changed my life
Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan revisits the roots of his teenage rock‘n’roll education and picks eight songs that changed his life
Dave Navarro: "No one saw the 90s coming"
From leading the alt-rock boom of the 90s to dealing with his mother's tragic death, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro guides us through the lessons he's learned
Tracks of the Week: new music from The Dead Deads, The Hot Damn! and more
Eight excellent reasons not to stay in bed all week, featuring Inglorious, Smith/Kotzen, The Cadillac Three, Vega and more
10 NWOBHM albums you should definitely own
Taking the spikiness of punk and welding it to hard rock tradition, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal remains the stuff of legend
The Story Behind The Song: Iron Maiden's Man On The Edge
When Bruce Dickinson left, NWOBHM titans Iron Maiden entered their darkest days. Then Blaze Bayley gave them their first light in the black
Southern comfort: the unconventional story of Blackberry Smoke
Southern rock road warriors Blackberry Smoke want you to know there’s more to their music and their homeland than dog-eared clichés and ill-fitting stereotypes
Duff McKagan: 8 songs that changed my life
Guns N’ Roses bassist and punk rock renaissance man Duff McKagan selects the songs that fuelled his teenage appetite for destruction
The 10 best BB King songs, by Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa, one of blues music's current stars, chooses the 10 best by BB King, the late king of the blues
The story behind Refugee by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Refugee was a true band collaboration, and took a hundred takes to get right
Wolfgang Van Halen interview: stepping into the spotlight
Following in the footsteps of a famous parent often means forever being in their shadow. Can Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Edward, escape it?
10 obscure but brilliant 80s bands who should've been huge
These bands came, they rocked, and they vanished without a trace – we look back at 10 obscure 80s bands who deserve way more love than they get
The story behind The Spirit Of Radio by Rush
Written as a statement about the demise of radio's sense of adventure, Rush's classic The Spirit Of Radio was a surprise hit. And it's "fun to play" says Alex Lifeson
How Helloween buried the hatchet and returned with one of the best albums of their career
With differences sorted, a new-look seven-piece Helloween followed a successful world tour with a fruitful trip to the studio. But will the love last?
The story behind the album cover: Cream's Disraeli Gears
How an Australian in London provided the lyrics to a Cream song, then chose a Cambodian sculpture to inspire the Disraeli Gears cover art
