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The story of the Neil Young classic written on a piece of newspaper in the back of a car
Written while Neil Young was high and unable to sing, Like A Hurricane has gone on to become one of his most durable creations
How thrash kingpins Anthrax and hip hop titans Public Enemy created the greatest rap-metal song of all
"There was an equal chance that both bands would lose audiences"
The story of Ritchie Blackmore's most epic Rainbow song, Stargazer
Inspired by a cello riff and launched by one of rock's great drum intros, Stargazer found Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio at their absolute peak
Hold up your phone, hang on to your tissues, we're going in: The 40 greatest power ballads of all time
Break out the inflatable guitars, let those smartphones beam like galaxies of stars: These are the greatest, most heart-stirring, most life-affirming power ballads of them all
How a deteriorating DevilDriver made Clouds Over California
Even as Dez Fafara’s melodeath riff-slingers were falling apart, they masterminded one of their era’s most enduring singles
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale reveals the 10 albums that changed her life
From Black Sabbath to Björk, this is the music that moulded modern hard rock’s leading lady
“I was struck by how he told the audience he wanted to die”: The Al Stewart hit that started out too dark
The folk icon with prog tendencies on how he persuaded his label to release a song that started out too dark – and the downside of hitting the US Top 10
The story behind Ghost's Mary On A Cross - and what it really means
The story behind Ghost's viral mega-hit, and what its lyrics mean, in Tobias Forge's own words
