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“It’s with a heavy heart that I’m announcing my retirement from drumming.” Former AC/DC man Chris Slade calls time on career at 79

Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade has announced his retirement at the age of 79. The Welshman most famously appeared on AC/DC's hugely successful 1990 album...

Watch a young Black Sabbath confuse the hell out of stoned European hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single

Black Sabbath’s Paranoid is such a timeless classic heavy metal anthem that it's almost possible to forget that there was a time when it was...

“We had a good run and did some great things. That wasn’t one of them”: Abandoned songs, a broken foot and footballer-size egos destroyed a Yes album

When Yes convened in Paris in 1979 to record the follow-up to troubled record Tormato, late producer Roy Thomas Baker found five musicians at each...

“It was dark and cool, really different. Beth Gibbons was one of my greatest vocal and musical inspirations.” The story behind Portishead’s Dummy, the album that change everything for Evanescence’s Amy Lee

With hindsight, it’s easy to see why 1994 is considered both a landmark year for popular music, and a transitional one. The tragic death of...

Inside Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup: “I called Keith Richards about doing it. His manager said: ‘Keith has already got a band. They’re called the Rolling Stones’”

The brainchild of ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Matt Sorum, Kings Of Chaos brought together members of GN’R, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more...

“He was the real Voice Of Rock. Warm, rich, sonorous, resonant, deeply soulful”: James Dewar was the greatest rock vocalist you’ve probably never heard of

It’s often said (and probably true) that most people can become proficient on a musical instrument if they are prepared to put in the time,...

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