Classic Rock

Soundtracks from the band’s first seven years illustrate how many directions were open to them over the period from 1965 to 1972

Santana made a hit of Peter Green's Black Magic Woman, but that's only a small part of the song's journey

In a decade when they redrew the prog map and could sail wherever they want to, here are the best musical journeys of them all

As Somewhere In Time turns 40, we reveal the secrets hidden in Iron Maiden's most intricate album artwork

Sub Pop: the best releases from Seattle's game-changing record label

When Faster Pussycat hit the Sunset Strip in the mid-80s, tails up and cocky as hell, glam metal superstardom beckoned. Just six years later, it was gone

Pseudo spy nonsense, barely-competent green screen scenes and an out-of-control stunt car… what were they thinking in 1984?

His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”