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“The whole thing was such a shock…everything was shaking and we were crying for two weeks.” The inspiring, sad and triumphant story of the ‘girl next door’ opera singer who’d become a heavy metal icon

Tarja Turunen didn't just kick the door down for women in metal in the 90s: she made opera cool as hell

“Instead of confronting him and making an intervention, I thought, ‘I can’t allow this person to control me.’ I wish we’d had the skills to help him”: The tragedy of Spirit prodigy Randy California

Respected by Jimi Hendrix and signed at 17, the mercurial guitarist’s heart was broken by the relative failure of his best album, says bassist

“It was just women and bottles of Jack Daniel’s everywhere.” The story of the Next Big Thing whose career was killed by a soppy power ballad

Heavy Pettin toured with Ozzy and Mötley Crüe. Then their entry for 1987’s Eurovision misfired and killed their career, and they’ve regretted it ever since....

“It makes me very optimistic for a release at some point this year…” Marilllion update fans on progress on the new album

Marillion are currently working on a follow-up to 2022's An Hour Before It's Dark album

Great new prog you need to hear from Neal Morse Band, I Built The Sky, worriedaboutsatan and more in Prog’s new Tracks Of The Week

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Pothaums, Oli Duerden, Wildernesses and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

How to watch BBC iPlayer from anywhere– stream music documentaries, Glastonbury festival and more

Free-to-air streaming platform BBC iPlayer is home to Oscar-winning music docs, live performances, archive footage and more. Here's how to watch BBC iPlayer from anywhere...

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