The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars
1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever
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How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England
The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band
Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey
Duff McKagan on how Guns N’ Roses wrote the classic anthem that became their calling card
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The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks
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From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock
It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it
The epic story of Status Quo, the greatest British boogie band never to break America
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Jack White on the cult hero guitarist he learned the most from
The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master
How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,
Metal’s all-time greatest concept album? Operation: Mindcrime could be it
Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped
Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue
Arthur Brown’s wild stories of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and more
Jamming with Hendrix, partying with The Who, getting hit on by David Bowie’s wife – The God Of Hellfire has done it all and more
Stevie Nicks is a huge fan of this modern pop superstar but she'd like him to stop swearing please
The Fleetwood Mac icon has a contemporary pop favourite but isn’t happy about all the cussing
