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Japan’s Richard Barbieri on blue hair, lipstick, a fingerless glove and the unusual reason he joined the band
Future Porcupine Tree member recalls being put off playing keyboards by Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman, and feeling culturally homeless before the new romantic era
Aerosmith's Joe Perry on The Beatles, Jack White and the ridiculous amount of guitars in his collection
The Aerosmith guitarist definitely has way more instruments than anyone, unless your name is Guitar Center
The story of how Pyromania sold 100,000 copies a day and turned Def Leppard into superstars
Def Leppard made an album so huge that only Michael Jackson’s Thriller prevented it from reaching No.1 in America
Sigur Rós, a discredited medieval poem and the end of Heaven and Earth
Labels have learned that post-rockers will do whatever they want. But did anyone expect a collaboration with a pagan master and a 70-piece stone instrument over an Icelandic myth?
How the murder of Henry Rollins' friend Joe Cole inspired two songs on Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty
The killing of roadie and documentarian Joe Cole remains unsolved 35 years on
Rob Dukes from Exodus on the lessons that have shaped his life and career
He's had one of the most unique career trajectories in metal - but now Rob is back where he belongs
Native James is merging grime and metal to make one of the UK's most exciting new sounds
From making poems in school to playing Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury, Native James has confirmed himself as an artist with superstar potential
How alt. rock godhead Bob Mould finally struck gold with Sugar's Copper Blue
Released in 1992, Sugar's debut album Copper Blue gave former Hüsker Dü man Bob Mould the commercial success he so richly deserved
