What happened the night Vince Neil punched Izzy Stradlin
A feud between Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses came to a head at the MTV Awards in 1989, and it still hasn't been resolved
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How a reunited and rebooted Korn put religious differences aside to make The Paradigm Shift
In 2013, former Korn guitarist Head rejoined his ex-bandmates to make The Path Of Totality - this is how it happened
Does vinyl really sound better than other formats?
Vinyl is often lauded for its warm sound, but is the experience of listening to a record tangibly different from digital or CD? We take a closer look
The series of incidents that led to Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins’ A Scarcity Of Miracles
The reunion of two bandmates who’d fallen out badly in the 70s, combined with the energy of a lifelong fan, resulted in a stunning album that assembled the leading lights of Crimson’s final era
Einar Solberg: 10 records that changed my life
The songs that turned Leprous’s leader from teenage raver to prog metal maestro
Why Armored Saint recorded a cover of a Four Tops classic
American metallers Armored Saint are steeling themselves for a US tour with W.A.S.P. via the magic of Motown
How Poison's career imploded
In 1991 Poison were ready to consolidate a year of enormous success at the MTV Music Video Awards... but it all went wrong in the most disastrous way
Record shopping with Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
“When I toured with Jeff Beck I never missed a single soundcheck. I'd sit on the side of the stage, just soaking it in" - Tyler Bryant
The Top 10 times Gene Simmons repeated his Rock Is Dead theory
PS. Rock is very much alive, pass it on
How Mastodon transcended tragedy and trauma to make Crack The Skye
The story of Mastodon’s 2009 prog metal masterpiece, Crack The Skye
10 Britpop-era indie bands we need to reform in 2025
Bummed at missing out on Oasis tickets? Us too. The Verve, Supergrass, Elastica, Super Furries... we need you back now, please
Spooky Tooth’s Ceremony did more for prog than anyone realised at the time (bar the French)
Their 1970 collaboration with avant-garde composer Pierre Henry bombed almost everywhere, but pioneered an approach that later became its own sub-genre
The need to deceive loved ones inspired Caravan’s Paradise Filter
Canterbury pioneers’ 14th album was surprisingly lacking in their traditional Ealing Studios views of England, containing more serious observations on modern life instead
The story of the All Sports Band, Cleveland's favourite gang of nylon-abusing supervillains
It was Ronald Reagan’s fault, really
Why I love AC/DC's Back In Black, by Def Leppard's Joe Elliott
Def Leppard man Joe Elliott on Mutt Lange, Hells Bells and replacing Bon Scott
The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums
How Ministry’s Al Jourgensen tried and failed to bow out with the George W Bush-baiting The Last Sucker
In 2007, Al Jourgensen was talking about retiring – and it was mostly down to the US President
Charlotte Church: “I love Radiohead more than I could possibly love anything other than my kids.”
“Basically I really like Radiohead”
Producer Flood thought U2 were joking when they wanted to work with him
When U2 came calling for British recording engineer Mark 'Flood' Ellis, he assumed it was an April Fool's joke
