How John Lennon took an amazing x-rated story – told to him at an orgy – and turned it into part of a psychedelic masterpiece
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With the august influences of Bonnie Raitt, Beth Hart and Imelda May, Elles Bailey’s bluesy rock is winning hearts and minds
Video: Gregg Allman performs Don't Mess Up A Good Thing and Midnight Rider on Cher's TV show in 1975, just weeks before their wedding
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell on rebooting his classic metal side project Last In Line with album number three, Jericho
Founder of The Animals, party buddy of Hendrix and Morrison and hero to Springsteen, Eric Burdon is a bluesman, a rogue and a survivor, and this is his story
From the glorious to the impenetrable, Frank Zappa's best albums needs to be negotiated carefully – but it’s worth it
PJ Harvey’s savage, soul-baring second album Rid Of Me is 30 years old. Its howls of pain, rage and revenge now sound more vital than ever
British metallers Malevolence went viral in January 2023 for their wild mosh pits, but the band want to know: where have you been?
Punk pioneers The Clash were captured visiting a war-torn, troops-heavy Belfast at the height of the Troubles and it cemented their reputation as a result
It wasn't all doom and gloom in camp Nirvana – the band found time for some "real, sincere fun" along the way too
Everyone knows metal’s evilest genre for the arson and murder, but the music’s been transgressing boundaries for four decades
Your music was created to be played loud - so raise hell with our guide to the loudest Bluetooth speakers
Eddie Van Halen was a game-changing guitar player, but it was his band's exuberant songs that gave his genius the power to soar - and here are 50 of the best
You haven't lived until you've seen 16 thousand Parisians screaming along to Gojira
In 1988 Iron Maiden were enjoying soaring success – but as they prepared for their biggest UK show, tragedy awaited around the corner
Producer Tony Visconti was working with Thin Lizzy on their Black Rose album when Phil Lynott's partying started to spiral out of control
Forensically examining a cursed selection of artwork which are heinous crimes against the eye
