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Arthur Brown crossed paths with The Manson Family in 1968: “It was a strange encounter. I mean, what do you do with that? Was I supposed to say sorry?”

Fred Durst and Wes Borland are likely to get full marks – but what about you?

Hurricane Nita's experience of motherhood looks different to many: As well as returning to the stage with Alice Cooper, she's back playing halftime shows in her role as the LA Rams’ in-house guitarist

Cliff Burton’s pre-Metallica bandmates, friends and music teachers look back at the birth of the legend

Steven Tyler wrote it, Joe Perry hated it, but Aerosmith’s Dream On became one of the most influential songs in rock history

Keyboardist reflects on the emotion and nostalgia of the suite at the centre of 14th record Indigo

Sabaton, Death Angel and Charlotte Wessels are among Metal Hammer's tracks of the week for November 6

More than two decades into their career, Theory Of A Deadman have enjoyed a wild ride

Singer Alan Reed’s medical condition and guitarist Niall Mathewson’s move abroad seem to suggest their latest record is their swansong after a career spanning 50 years

How The Osbournes F-U to the music industry gave rise to nu metal and reshaped the heavy music landscape