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By Fraser Lewry Published
How Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh found his way down under, produced a landmark Pacific reggae album, and stumbled into a spiritual reawakening

By Imelda May Published
Irish singer Imelda May has sung with Jeff Beck, Ronnie Wood, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Johnny Depp and more – and these are the songs that inspired her

By Brett Callwood Published
GN’R weren’t at their hell-raising best, but we got to see Run-DMC and Aerosmith on the same stage. Here are our highlights of Night Two of the Aerosmith & Friends extravaganza

By Malcolm Dome Published
From avoiding school bullies using his piano skills to burning the American flag and struggling with early Moog synths, the prog icon was determined to become known as a composer above everything else

By Dave Everley Published
Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon on surviving Heroin High, keeping his faith, staying out of the cool kids' club and texting Jon Bon Jovi

By Polly Glass Published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Saxon, Steven Wilson, Cats In Space and more

By Simon Young Published
Only the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx would get 100 per cent correct in this Rush trivia challenge

By James McNair Published
Night Ranger’s Jack Blades, Brad Gillis and Kelly Keagy might be weekend warriors these days – but they've fought plenty of battles over the decades

By Eleanor Goodman Published
The Crow has inspired countless Halloween costumes – but the on-set death of star Brandon Lee still overshadows it

By Bill DeMain Published
The Monster Mash by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers paid the singer's rent for decades

By Dave Everley Published
In 1974, Queen released their third album, Sheer Heart Attack – a record that set them on the path to greatness

By Tommy Udo Published
1971 release, misunderstood by many at the time, set out their stall as the great sonic architects they’d become. But Nick Mason says it was the beginning of the end of their complete freedom

By Paul Elliott Published
He recalls his first musical disappointments, leaving Scotland for England, being labelled a poor man’s Genesis, and what he hears now when he listens to Script For A Jester’s Tear

By Holly Wright Published
Mercusial Dutch creative explains why he tries to avoid working with big-name performers more than once, citing the example of 2013’s The Theory Of Everything

By David West Published
“If my wife sends me to get milk I’ll come back with a handbag”: Adam Wakeman’s brain is full of prog, jazz and metal

By Mark Blake Published
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on prosthetic arms, royal honours, Back To The Beginning and From The Dark

By Johnny Sharp Published
Released on October 28, 1977, Never Mind The Bollocks is furious, funny, wildly obnoxious, and an undisputed classic album

By Johnny Sharp Published
The psychedelically-charged mavericks’ 2020 record included some of their strongest songs ever, inspired by drugged-up notions of the future, Bowie, the Beatles and a life-threatening armed hold-up
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