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Forty-four years on from their first hit and almost 10 since their last album, The Stranglers have weathered storms and return with a new record dedicated to late keyboard player Dave Greenfield

Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright made a surprise appearance with David Gilmour at a London Cinema in 2007. A year later, he was gone

Dead Daisies bassist and singer Glenn Hughes details his experiences of David Bowie, Linda Blair, Richard Burton, John Wayne, Tommy Bolin and more

Wardruna's Einar Selvik and Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson reveal the birth of their tempestuous Skuggsjá project, on its seventh anniversary

Commemorating the metal and hardcore heroes who disbanded with so much more to give

He’s collaborated with Crazy Horse, Ringo Starr and even auditioned for Brookside, but now Icicle Works founder and current solo artist Ian McNabb is ready to conclude his latest trilogy

Nancy Wilson reveals the inspiration for Stillwater, the fictional band at the heart of the movie Almost Famous, as the soundtrack's 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition box set hits the stores

REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin on Crosby, Stills & Nash's debut album, a “stunning, important record” that inspired him to join a band

From Alchemist to The Butterfly Effect - 10 progressive metal bands from Down Under creating a storm across the world

Eight unheralded qualifiers for this week's Open Championships of rock

Jim Capaldi made wonderful music with Traffic, and on a run of seriously star-studded solo albums

From Miley Cyrus to Corey Taylor through country rock to Ghost - all 53 tracks of The Metallica Blacklist ranked from the sad to the true

London’s much-loved extreme metal festival Incineration returns in May next year for a day of devilry with Emperor, Bloodbath, Dark Funeral amongst the overlords of extremity

Inglorious's new album Heroine is a collection of songs originally made famous by some of music's greatest female singers

The Sisters Of Mercy guitarist talks us through the songs that shaped his love of – and life in – the goth rock icons

The Who Sell Out is A Pop Art album of dazzling music interspersed with radio-style ads and jingles and released in an iconic sleeve: Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey spill the beans

Ross Halfin's new book of Led Zeppelin sleeves from around the world includes hundreds of designs other than the ones we’re familiar with

In August 1970, Elton John played his first US gig at the 300-capacity Troubadour club in Los Angeles. That one show would launch his career into the stratosphere

Killswitch Engage bandmates and Times Of Grace co-founders Adam D and Jesse Leach interview each other for an emotional journey through highs and lows