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Runnin' with the devil: The stories behind the songs on Slash's Orgy of the Damned
From Robert Johnson to Lightning Hopkins, The Temptations to Stevie Wonder: The original versions of Slash's Orgy Of The Damned songs
From Robert Johnson to Lightning Hopkins, The Temptations to Stevie Wonder: The original versions of Slash's Orgy Of The Damned songs
The Rolling Stones’ secret weapon throughout their golden period looks back on his time with the band
The path to rock superstardom can be long and winding
Manic Street Preachers' June 1994 performance on Top Of The Pops was one of the more memorable moments in the show's history
Humble Pie were unable to capture the power of their live shows in the studio, but their best albums still include some absolute gems
The real sound of Seattle
For more than half a century, Hawkwind's ever-changing line-up of space rockers has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums
In 2004 everyone thought Mötley Crüe hated each other. But they reformed, and we asked them about it
Blues legend Walter Trout picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
With Deep Purple’s original plans for their sixth album having literally gone up in smoke, Machine Head was a triumph snatched from the jaws of disaster
The story behind the Pink Floyd song the band kept in their vaults for almost 50 years
Warning: Contains spoilers
Gong and Knifeworld guitarist recalls his time in Tim Smith’s band via five of their songs chosen by Prog
More quality rock than a mile-deep quarry
The son of an R&B legend, guitar virtuoso Shuggie Otis did it his way, turning down the Rolling Stones and David Bowie in the process
Influential alt.rock trio Failure were tipped for stardom, but imploded in a haze of drugs and exasperation
In 1966, The Who were a bunch of drinking, drugging, brawling rock stars-in-waiting. Pete Townshend was about to change all that
How Deep Purple went from one-hit-wonders to become one of the greatest rock bands in history
In 2005, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor sat down with Metal Hammer for one of his most in-depth interviews ever
Composer of prog’s greatest conceptual album – among many, many overshadowed works – recalls cutting the invaders’ language in half, casting Phil Lynott as a vicar and scraping his wife’s best pots for a tension-building sound effect