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The true story of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin's lost jam
By Dave Everley published
Black Sabbath’s Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi on the legendary Black Zeppelin jam – the greatest session you’ve never heard

After a long slog, a ballad made stars of REO Speedwagon - and their die-hard fans didn't like it
By Malcolm Dome published
In the 1970s, REO Speedwagon were the Midwest rock band everyone was rooting for - until they actually had a hit

How Oathbreaker made one of the 21st century's best metal albums - and then disappeared
By Stephen Hill published
Oathbreaker seemed destined for greatness after the release of the superb Rheia. Then the band went on a near-ten-year hiatus. But why?

10 obscure and criminally under-rated UK punk albums
By Mörat published
There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling

A salute to Axe's forgotten blue-collar gruntrock party classic, Offering
By Ken McIntyre published
Revisiting one of melodic rock's greatest long-lost albums

Big Big Train's Greg Spawton picks the soundtrack of his life
By Polly Glass published
Big Big Train co-founder Gregory Spawton picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

“Professional pianists are the only ones who say, ‘I understand why he wanted to kill himself’” – Keith Emerson’s partner
By David West published
Mari Kawaguchi remembers hearing his best-ever performance of Tarkus in a Japanese dive bar, where the critics couldn’t hurt him

How Aerosmith changed the internet as we know it
By Fraser Lewry published
In 1994 Aerosmith did something no other major band had ever done, and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come
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