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“The peak had passed. But some albums kept the flame alive”: What did the 80s ever do for prog?

If the 1970s was prog’s heyday, then the 80s was when it reinvented itself. At the start of the decade, the genre’s big hitters may...

The story of the anthem that broke Free in America – then broke up the band. “I’ll never forget Koss’s reaction. He slumped like he’d been hit in the stomach”

Free began as a serious-minded bunch, each member steeped in the spirit of the British Blues Explosion. Most of their 1969 debut Tons Of Sobs...

“I wanted to get Jeff Beck in the band. Then I wanted to get Keith Moon. I went for the big time.” George Thorogood is at peace with not being Bob Seger or Steve Miller

George Thorogood appears on the Zoom screen in a blank, neutral space, the background giving nothing away. The lighting is clean, the image sharp. Wearing...

Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt has written a TV show about three brothers – a rock star, a gangster and a FBI agent – and he wants Johnny Depp to take a starring role

Stevie Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen's faithful brother-in-arms in The E Street Band, says that he has written scripts for no fewer than six TV series,...

Oasis: The story of a very British phenomenon in 12 songs

It's all love and peace now, obviously, but when when [formerly] warring siblings Liam and Noel Gallagher were gleefully trading witty insults in the media,...

AC/DC’s Highway To Hell made Hollywood superstar Javier Bardem a metalhead for life

Hollywood superstar Javier Bardem credits AC/DC's 1979 album Highway To Hell as the album that changed his life. The Spanish actor, currently starring as Max...

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