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“Pretentious, perhaps. But let’s call it pioneering”: Why we still love Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Surreal imagery, crediting classic poets and philosophers, trying to scare each other with freak-out jams, inspiration from mime artists… it’s without doubt the most adventurous music any member the band ever made
Nine Johnny Cash albums you should listen to and one to avoid
Original Man In Black and iconic singer-songwriter Johnny Cash recorded almost 100 albums over the course of his career - and these are the ones you need
Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut
The classic 90s album that almost turned Paradise Lost into metal’s next mainstream stars
Paradise Lost’s Draconian Times is one of the key British metal albums of the 1990s
How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth
Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived
“If I find him haunting me, I’ll know I did something wrong”: How Cardiacs completed late leader Tim Smith’s album LSD
A brother who took over the band, a singer who struggled to keep the secret and a determination to do exactly what their late leader would have wanted led to the end of an 18-year journey
Nine Jack White albums you should listen to and one to avoid
From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, Third Man Records and beyond, Jack White is Detroit's latest favourite son
“I felt like the John Lennon of Israel. But this is a ‘failure’ album”: The story of Blackfield V
Aviv Geffen expressed deep admiration for Wilson on their fifth collaborative work – but also his jealousy over the Porcupine Tree leader’s success
