The 10 best Blaze Bayley Iron Maiden songs
Showing some love to Iron Maiden’s most under-rated period
“He came up and said, ‘Hey Herman, how’s it going?’ That was a shocker!”: the encounter with a guitar legend that left Dragonforce’s Herman Li speechless
It takes a lot for Herman Li to be starstruck, but one iconic guitar hero managed it
“Lemmy was standing at the door. He gave me a bullet belt and a leather jacket and said, ‘You’re in!’”: the riotous story of Motörhead’s early years and the birth of “the worst band in the world“
How Lemmy bounced back from being fired from Hawkwind and defied the detractors to launch Motörhead into orbit
Ten times Billy Corgan collaborated with his heroes
The Smashing Pumpkins leader has racked up some impressive guest spots over the years
“We were broke. We couldn’t even afford food or drink. That’s how bad things were”: how Judas Priest’s Sad Wings Of Destiny finally set them on the path to heavy metal immortality
Judas Priest’s landmark second album Sad Wings Of Destiny was released on this day in 1976
“You pick five interesting guys, lock them in a room together… and if they make an album without actually killing each other first, it will at least be an interesting album”: How King Crimson made Larks Tongues in Aspic
The 1973 release steered a new line-up into uncharted waters, resulting in a work that could only have been made by a band who were...