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“Too big for our boots? We were a bunch of kids destined for factory life. We were not going to screw this up”: The tempestuous story of Def Leppard’s High ’N’ Dry, the album that turned them into US stars

1981’s High ’N’ Dry was the record that introduced Def Leppard to America – and changed things for ever

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“I know it sounds like a joke musical but one of my ancestors was a pirate in the Caribbean. He looked a bit like I did when I was 21 in Roxy Music”: The amazing things Phil Manzanera discovered when he looked into his past

After writing a memoir, the guitarist has done the musical equivalent with an 11-disc box set exploring his five-decade career. He explains how he landed his dream gig, how Robert Fripp beat him to a tonal ambition, and why, in a way, Roxy is still active

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“I can’t say what it will feel like…I’m wise enough to know I’ve got to hear this before judging”: How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality

When Adrian Belew failed to persuade the 80s line-up to reunite, he had to come up with another way of bringing that decade’s three albums back to life – and he did it

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It’s Eddie Vedder’s 60th birthday today and there’s no better way to celebrate than listening to this festive selection of Pearl Jam Christmas crackers

There’s a raft of Yuletide tunes by the Seattle titans to see you through the festive period

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"It's hard to believe that anybody thought a cover of Patti Smith's Because the Night was a good idea": Keel struggle for greatness on 1986 album The Final Frontier

With Gene Simmons in the production chair, Keel conjure up a small batch of decent headbangers and not much else

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Black Spiders, Nate Bergman, Ally Venable and five other bearers of festive rock'n'roll gifts

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The official film of King Crimson's legendary 1982 Munich show is now free to watch online

Watch Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin unleash the King Crimson beast

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"The songs will live on with this band and with me under the name Kevin Cronin": REO Speedwagon have played their final ever show but the band formerly known as REO Speedwagon will continue

Watch Kevin Cronin pay tribute as REO Speedwagon officially step away from the stage

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Becoming Led Zeppelin movie finally gets a general release date

After an initial run at IMAX theatres, Becoming Led Zeppelin will go on general release in the US, UK and more

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“People have slammed Bohemian Rhapsody but who can you compare it to? Tell me one group that’s done an operatic single?”: The epic story of A Night At The Opera, the album that turned Queen into superstars

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“Crowds would get agitated as soon as they heard Slash’s intro riff”: Duff McKagan on the making of a Guns N’ Roses classic

How a song about the “hardscrabble lives” of the fledgling rockers became a timeless rock anthem

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“We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot”: The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks

The drugs really were working for Aerosmith on 1976’s classic Rocks album

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John Wesley guests on new anthemic O.R.k. single Mask Becomes The Face

Modern prog supergroup O.R.k, will release their new album in 2025

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“Punk didn’t ride over the top of Quo, because we rock harder than any of ’em. This band seems invincible somehow”: The epic story of Status Quo, the greatest British boogie band never to break America

Drugs, denim and 12 bar boogie – the story of one of the UK’s most successful rock bands

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“It wasn’t the notes he was playing, it was the wild abandon”: Jack White on the guitarist he learned the most from

The ex-White Stripes man and guitar magus on the essential ingredients he thinks it takes to become a six-string master

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“He said he reflected the craziness around him – he’d see other people go nuts and write about that”: Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped him

Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue

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“I had just taken my first acid trip, and I had an African spear and a Chinese Warlord outfit”: Arthur Brown’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and more

Jamming with Hendrix, partying with The Who, getting hit on by David Bowie’s wife – The God Of Hellfire has done it all and more

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“I’d say to him, ‘You say words that I would prefer you didn’t say. I think they’re unnecessary!’”: the modern pop superstar that Stevie Nicks thinks should tone down their swearing

The Fleetwood Mac icon has a contemporary pop favourite but isn’t happy about all the cussing

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The Clash and Prince to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

London punk legends The Clash and and magical Minneapolis maverick Prince to be recognised for their "outstanding artistic significance"

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"Early on, there were a lot of people who judged us for our looks, how we wanted to dress." Kittie on their most underrated track - and why its message is still important twenty five years on

Nu metal veterans Kittie pick out their most underrated song and tell us a little bit about it

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“A mix of killer melodies, heartbreak and nihilism that’s as timeless as Nirvana”: This is the best punk-pop album you haven’t heard this year

Punk-pop: they’re still making it and Liquid Mike is single-handedly saving it

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Big Star wrote it, Jamie T sampled it, and it was one of Jeff Buckley’s favourite songs. The story of the sleazy song that was reimagined to capture “the beauty of despair”

The story of Kangaroo, the sleazeball song reimagined to capture “the beauty of despair”

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“Lady In Red will have most of us reaching for the sick bucket. But if you dip into his back catalogue at any point from 1974 to 1984 you’ll find worthy listening:” Chris De Burgh… prog star?

Ignore the syrupy ballads. Connections to Alan Parsons, Supertramp and Sky suggest a valid case – and his 1979 album Crusader proves it beyond doubt

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"I’ve gone back to a more progressive style." Steven Wilson will release new album The Overview in March

Steven Wilson's The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, will be released on March 14

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"An example to all future box-set curators": Still Barking is 20 CDs of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band comedy genius, but it may baffle younger folk

A weighty celebration of Monty Python-preceding trad/psych satirists

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