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In the late 70s, Riot were the Great White Hopes of American rock. But that was before the public ignored them, their label disowned them, and their singer quit. And then things got really bad…

In 1989 Meat Loaf's career was floundering, and he was booked on a tour of small Irish halls. It did not go according to plan

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Clutch singer Neil Fallon salutes the terrifying majesty of Black Sabbath‘s self-titled debut

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As Tinnitus Week 2021 gets under way, we speak with the British Tinnitus Association’s Emily Broomhead to find out more about the condition and how you can protect yourself when live music returns

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Shinedown and Smith & Myers frontman Brent Smith on drug recovery, the death of Eddie Van Halen and the cover songs the world never needs to hear again

How Billie Joe Armstrong wrote Green Day's game-changing three-minute classic Basket Case in a basement surrounded by pizza boxes

First recorded by the Scorpions 50 years ago, In Search Of The Peace Of Mind has been re-recorded for MSG's new album Immortal. Here, Michael Schenker tells the story of the song he calls "the theme for my life"

With Glastonbury having been cancelled for a second consecutive year, we ask industry insiders what festival season 2021 is really looking like – and if the festivals we love can survive another fallow year

Here's that version of Paradise Lost doing Bronski Beat you never knew you needed – plus a goldmine of other unsuspecting pop hits given the goth treatment

While Chrissie Hynde has been involved in other projects, she’s always had The Pretenders. And with 2020’s Hate For Sale they returned to guitar-based rock’n’roll and came back with a bang

Cooped up inside success, Peter Gabriel walked out of the Genesis machinery and into a brand new, mumble-free dawn

Picking up where their heroes The Doors left off, roots-punk firebrands X documented California’s dark underbelly in the late 70s

With Mountain, West Bruce & Laing and solo, Leslie West – the big guitarist with the big voice and big sound – proved he was a class act