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How Lenny Kravitz brought together rock, soul and funk and became a superstar in the process
By Nick Hasted published
Bowie and Petty loved him, Jagger danced onstage with him, Slash jammed with him – this how Lenny Kravitz’s retro mix of rock, soul and funk made him a crossover star

The story of You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’: the song that made Judas Priest icons in America
By Rich Hobson published
With one big single, and a little help from an Iron Maiden tour, the Brummie underdogs found their footing across the pond

Nine Todd Rundgren albums to listen to, and one to avoid
By Bill DeMain published
Songwriter, producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, digital pioneer: Todd Rundgren is a restless and progressive artist with diverse, distinguished catalogue

How David Coverdale used glamour and bombast to turn Whitesnake into international superstars
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Between 1984 and 1987, Whitesnake underwent a transformation like no other – and it paid off

The Police's journey to superstardom wasn't the smooth ride you might imagine
By Ian Winwood published
How The Police's debut album Outlandos d’Amour helped pushed 'new wave' into the mainstream

Album Of The Week Club review: Deep Purple climb an early pinnacle on Machine Head
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Machine Head was the album that set the template for Deep Purple’s entire future direction

The story of how Pyromania sold 100,000 copies a day and turned Def Leppard into superstars
By Paul Elliott published
Def Leppard made an album so huge that only Michael Jackson’s Thriller prevented it from reaching No.1 in America

Sigur Rós, a discredited medieval poem and the end of Heaven and Earth
By Grant Moon published
Labels have learned that post-rockers will do whatever they want. But did anyone expect a collaboration with a pagan master and a 70-piece stone instrument over an Icelandic myth?
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