A KIND OF MAGIC
On July 27, 1986, Queen and Freddie Mercury played what was to be one of their final gigs in a country hitherto sheltered from Western music. This Budapest show was, luckily, recorded. To accompany a new restored version, Brian May and Roger Taylor remember that night.
THIS IS YESTERDAY
Manic Street Preachers may have been in turmoil when they recorded The Holy Bible in 1994, but the album stands tall today. Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield look back at their anger.
THE CLASSIC ROCK INTERVIEW JOEY TEMPEST
When he wrote The Final Countdown, life changed overnight. Decades on from the big-haired chaos of 80s mega-stardom, it looks like Europe’s singer has survived the wild whirlwind of fame, fortune and global success entirely unscathed.
GOING THROUGH CHANGES
Prosthetic arms, royal honours and a final curtain call with Ozzy: Tony Iommi looks back on Black Sabbath’s stormy history and forward to his latest solo adventure.
THE FINAL BRICK
Pink Floyd’s highly ambitious 1980/81 tour for The Wall redefined rock shows. But, plagued by power grabs, bad blood, sackings and bitter dysfunction, it was also the tour that tore the band apart. It would take 24 years for Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason to share a stage again.
UNDER PRESSURE
In the mid-80s, Aerosmith were in desperate need of a big album. First came Permanent Vacation, then in ‘89 Pump raised the hard rock bar. In this archive interview the band look back over two decades of chaos, heavy addiction and their triumphant sober comeback.
“GIVE IT SOME BIG HEAVY METAL BALLS…”
That could almost be "Judas Priest"’s MO. As the band prepare to headline Bloodstock, Rob Halford opens up about the classic tracks, the hard times and the lack of compromise that forged the British metal gods’ identity.
IT’S A ’DOGS LIFE
Earlier this year we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials "The Sheepdogs" for shows in their homeland, and found the beating heart of a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers.
ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY…
Mexican reggae! Gunslinger duels! Chainsaws! Fifty years after it was recorded and released, Don Henley and producer Bill Szymczyk revisit the making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California.
HEY! HO! LET’S GO!
Few bands shook the UK music scene like NYC punks the Ramones did in 1976. Fewer still can claim they actually built one. Welcome to a revolution.
A KIND OF MAGIC
On July 27, 1986, Queen and Freddie Mercury played what was to be one of their final gigs in a country hitherto sheltered from Western music. This Budapest show was, luckily, recorded. To accompany a new restored version, Brian May and Roger Taylor remember that night.
THIS IS YESTERDAY
Manic Street Preachers may have been in turmoil when they recorded The Holy Bible in 1994, but the album stands tall today. Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield look back at their anger.
THE CLASSIC ROCK INTERVIEW JOEY TEMPEST
When he wrote The Final Countdown, life changed overnight. Decades on from the big-haired chaos of 80s mega-stardom, it looks like Europe’s singer has survived the wild whirlwind of fame, fortune and global success entirely unscathed.
GOING THROUGH CHANGES
Prosthetic arms, royal honours and a final curtain call with Ozzy: Tony Iommi looks back on Black Sabbath’s stormy history and forward to his latest solo adventure.
THE FINAL BRICK
Pink Floyd’s highly ambitious 1980/81 tour for The Wall redefined rock shows. But, plagued by power grabs, bad blood, sackings and bitter dysfunction, it was also the tour that tore the band apart. It would take 24 years for Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason to share a stage again.
UNDER PRESSURE
In the mid-80s, Aerosmith were in desperate need of a big album. First came Permanent Vacation, then in ‘89 Pump raised the hard rock bar. In this archive interview the band look back over two decades of chaos, heavy addiction and their triumphant sober comeback.
“GIVE IT SOME BIG HEAVY METAL BALLS…”
That could almost be "Judas Priest"’s MO. As the band prepare to headline Bloodstock, Rob Halford opens up about the classic tracks, the hard times and the lack of compromise that forged the British metal gods’ identity.
IT’S A ’DOGS LIFE
Earlier this year we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials "The Sheepdogs" for shows in their homeland, and found the beating heart of a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers.
ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAY…
Mexican reggae! Gunslinger duels! Chainsaws! Fifty years after it was recorded and released, Don Henley and producer Bill Szymczyk revisit the making of the Eagles’ 1976 masterpiece Hotel California.
HEY! HO! LET’S GO!
Few bands shook the UK music scene like NYC punks the Ramones did in 1976. Fewer still can claim they actually built one. Welcome to a revolution.