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Rick Wakeman on his sequel to The Red Planet, and taking David Bowie along for the ride
Keyboard maestro has gone back to work with the English Rock Ensemble for the follow-up to his 2020 album, and he says the process feels like early 70s Yes
The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus
With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later
How Judas Priest bounced back with their best song in a decade: Painkiller
Heavy metal doesn't come much better than this absolute classic
The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music to make an iconic debut album
Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status
"These guys are simply timeless:" Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums
Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path
The story of the Ronnie James Dio classic assembled from other bands' spare parts
Rainbow In The Dark a highlight of Holy Diver, an album Ronnie James Dio said was “one of the proudest things I’ve ever done”
How Metallica broke the thrash metal mould with biblical barnstormer Creeping Death
Pinching a riff from Kirk Hammett’s former band and inspired by a Charlton Heston film, Metallica reached a new level with their 1984 single
“Often too leaden to float, but the future is visible”: Nektar’s deluxe edition of A Tab In The Ocean
1972 album, which saw them edging away from psychedelia back to standard rock, returns with live treats that hint at what was to come
