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How I wrote Damn Yankees' High Enough, by Jack Blades
How Night Ranger's Jack Blades helped craft High Enough, a smash hit ballad for US supergroup Damn Yankees, without being labelled a "pussy" by bandmate Ted Nugent
How King Crimson resurrected themselves with Islands
King Crimson were staring into the abyss in 1970, but somehow managed to regroup to record Islands with a one-off line-up
"Sabbath was a ghost ship when I joined”: Read an extract from Ronnie James Dio’s brutally honest memoir
In an excerpt taken from his posthumous autobiography, here Ronnie James Dio shares his take on how 1981 album Mob Rules came to be
Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and the alarming rise of the Covid conspiracy rock star
Eric Clapton and Van Morrison are among a number of rock stars who've loudly touted Covid-sceptic and anti-vaxx sentiments since the pandemic arrived. Here we ask: does rock have a Covid conspiracy problem?
Meet Florence Black: the Welsh firebrands blending heavy rock swagger with melody
Florence Black might sound like Temple Of The Dog meets Fleetwood Mac, but two million streams says they're onto something
10 music video cameos by people who went on to become super famous
We can't all start at the top, and once upon a time music videos were fertile ground for training up soon-to-be-A-listers – as these 10 cameos prove
The 20 best classic rock albums to own on vinyl
From AC/DC and Black Sabbath to Queen, the Rolling Stones, Rush and more, we’ve selected the very best classic rock vinyl you need to have in your collection
The A-Z Guide to Joey Jordison
An alphabetical guide to the late legendary drummer and Slipknot founder Joey Jordison
Gojira: six things you need to know
French metallers Gojira on their spooky house, the influence of Mike Oldfield, and inspiring people to change the world
Dennis DeYoung interview: 'no band has worked harder than Styx at diminishing its own reputation'
Former Styx singer Dennis DeYoung on bowing out, new album 26 East Vol 2, and the disappointment of no last Styx reunion tour
Remembering Joey Jordison's best lost project
On an archive episode of the Metal Hammer Magazine Show, Joey Jordison discussed one of his many passion projects, Scar The Martyr, as well as life in Slipknot after the passing of Paul Gray
The ultimate Joey Jordison playlist
Drumming legend and Slipknot founder Joey Jordison passed away on July 26, 2021. We pay tribute to him with this ultimate playlist of classic tracks written by or featuring Joey Jordison
Joey Jordison unmasked: the ultimate interview
In 2016, Joey Jordison appeared on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine and opened up about leaving Slipknot, his health problems and more in an emotional interview
Steve Morse: 10 records that changed my life
Deep Purple and Flying Colors guitarist Steve Morse picks ten discs of vital importance in shaping his road through rock
Download 2004: the night Joey Jordison saved Metallica
Metallica are late onstage, drummer Lars Ulrich has gone AWOL, and 100,000 fans are about to witness an unexpectedly historic show
10 times Joey Jordison was an absolute hero
Celebrating some of the finest moments from the career of the late Joey Jordison, former Slipknot drummer and all-time great
The Darkness: the story behind the Permission To Land artwork
A naked blonde flagging an alien ship onto a runway? It can only be Permission To Land by The Darkness
