The real story of the show that brought Eric Clapton back from the brink
By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life
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"It's only afterwards that you realise, 'Hey, Kayak could really have been something'": the story of the Dutch proggers and their 2018 album Seventeen
When Dutch prog rock legends Kayak released album number Seventeen, longstanding keyboard player Ton Scherpenzeel looked back and pondered what might have been
How Metallica kicked back against the 1990s haters with Reload
Haters gonna hate – but with 1997’s Reload album, Metallica just didn’t care
The punk cult hero who unwittingly became Lou Reed’s drug dealer
The ex-Velvet Underground leader got into the habit of throwing house parties in West London, and always made sure one man was invited
The forgotten singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath before Ronnie James Dio
It was a short tenure – but they recorded at least one track together
Pulp guitarist Mark Webber on the band's strangest ever gig
Jarvis & co. headed all the way down to New Orleans for a show, and then wished they hadn't
“Anger needs to be used as a tool”: The game-changing 2015 album that reinvented metalcore
Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes on his prog life: Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis… Kiss
He discovered Canterbury bands in his teens before moving on to Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis, obscure Dutch trio Three Dwarves Make War – oh, and Kiss
How Aerosmith defied grunge and a giant meteor to become bigger than ever in the 1990s
Aerosmith were huge in the 70s and 80s - but the 1990s was their most successful decade ever
How Babymetal smashed the barriers and defied the haters to become Japan’s biggest metal band
The rise of the of the 21st century’s most unexpected metal sensations
How a reinvented Black Sabbath saved themselves from oblivion with Heaven And Hell
Heaven And Hell was the start of Black Sabbath’s short but glorious second chapter
Revisiting the time that Willie Dixon sued Led Zep for plagiarism and won
It’s 40 years ago this weekend that the veteran bluesman took action against the rock icons for borrowing his song...
How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek
Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others
WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’ wild tales of Lemmy, Gene Simmons and The Village People
Mark Tremonti on why side-projects help to keep Creed “healthy”
The guitarist has a new record out now, and next on his schedule is another Alter Bridge album before returning to Creed duties
Why My Bloody Valentine had to hire their own security guard to protect audiences from the security guards at their gigs
My Bloody Valentine's infamous live white noise freak-out could have strange effects on those subjected to it
"They seemed to come out of some New York film where it was all flick-knives on the street." The Damned's Dave Vanian on the gig that changed his life
In November 1973, a US rock band visited London for the second time and helped spark a punk rock revolution
10 epic songs that showcase Orphaned Land’s ferocious pursuit of peace and understanding
An introduction to the music of the Israeli prog metal powerhouse and their mission to promote peace and wipe out war
