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“I was on a mission to move away from the rave scene.” The story of The Prodigy's era-defining electro-punk classic inspired by Foo Fighters, Rage Against The Machine and The Breeders

The dance titans embraced a whole new sound on this all-conquering Fat Of The Land anthem and they never looked back

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“We came on after the bingo but before the stripper. It freaked me out when this woman walked past us naked… it was enough to put you off sex for ever”: Jon Anderson before, during and after Yes

His unique voice has made him revered among music fans – while his unique attitude has made him notorious among label execs

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"He was given 24 hours to live. It all came crumbling down in one day": The astonishing story of Slade: glamour, tragedy and beyond

Noddy Holder looks back at Slade's noizy, hit-infested career

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"One bloke was on Antiques Roadshow saying he was our first drummer. Absolute rubbish!" Steve Harris sets the record straight about Christmas Day, Paul Di'Anno and Iron Maiden's early years

As Iron Maiden’s driving force, Steve Harris has steered the band from pub gigs and demos to the stadiums and multi-million-selling albums

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“I became obsessed with doing the perfect album. I even had them working on Christmas Day!” Producer was perfect for Marillion the first time, a disaster the second time – and didn’t get a third time

He made the move from punk to prog in the early 80s, but it didn’t last

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"The drums were recorded on a massive concrete staircase in an old Victorian brewery": Out of step with Britpop, one of the Levellers' biggest hits was inspired by Led Zeppelin

During the post-grunge era, the Levellers were derided as obsolete crusties, but one of their biggest hits was influenced by classic 70s rock

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“I’m fascinated to know what people think!” Brian May gifts Queen fans never-before-heard "work in progress" version of Christmas song Not For Sale (Polar Bear)

Brian May teases 2026 re-issue of Queen's second album with broadcast of unreleased song dating back to 1969

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"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer

Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into

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After 50 years, Pink Floyd have released an official music video for one of their greatest and best-loved songs

Watch the official music video for Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here

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“It’s one of our few songs I listen to all the way through without cringing or wondering, ‘What were we thinking?’” Canadian band scored their biggest hit after being pushed out of their comfort zone

Written in an English market town with a producer who worked them hard, their 1981 track became the third most-played single in the US that year

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“Other bands flirted with the dark side. Listeners just knew these people were living it”: Jane’s Addiction represented a new form of prog when they stopped traffic with Nothing’s Shocking

Authentic and challenging, the quartet shaped the music of a decade with their major-label debut

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Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back...

Folk-rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

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"It's remarkable that you can have a culture that's shunted into the west side of England that has nothing to do with the English at all." Robert Plant on how the mystique of Wales and the magic of J.R.R. Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin

Robert Plant channelled Tolkien into his lyrics - even if his Led Zep bandmates didn't realise it at the time

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“I’d said, ‘All that weird stuff is crap!’ When I came back I said, ‘Can you play me all that weird crap I was rude about?’” Alien Sex Fiend’s mushroom-powered path to prog appreciation

Nik Fiend’s journey from a cover of Silver Machine that Lemmy liked to sharing a label with Hawkwind

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IQ to release new live performance of Frequency in January

IQ's performance of Frequency at this year's IQ weekend in Poland will be released on CD as part of the band's Archive series

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“He was unable to write something with delight in it. Suffering battle fatigue, he wrote of asking what it’s like back home. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album with Jethro Tull, Yes and King Crimson alumni

The Star Trek icon gets silly and serious in turns as he discusses what the season means to him, the secret to living long and prospering, and the presents Kirk and Spock might give each other

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"Nothing's changed really apart from I can’t pole vault any more": Ian Gillan on getting older, losing his vision, and his unexpected new collaboration

His pole vaulting days may be behind him, but even at the age of 80, Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan is still in demand

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"Quite simply, one of the very best British bands of the past three decades." Every Biffy Clyro album ranked from worst to best

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Singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea dead at 74

Chris Rea has passed away after a series of health battles

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 22, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Bryan Adams, Tailgunner, the Lemon Twigs and more

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The Orb announce live performance of Metallic Spheres with Saucerful Of Secrets musicians in August

Saucerful Of Secrets guitarist Lee Harris and keyboardist Dom Beken will join The Orb for the August performance of Metallic Spheres

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"A blistering, molten metal masterpiece": Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus

Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller

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“He didn’t want to put his masterpiece on an album where the vibes were so bad. It’s probably the best thing he’s ever done”: Rick Davies’ greatest Supertramp songs – including Roger Hodgson’s favourite

Late co-founder always felt that collaborating was like “two people painting a picture on the same canvas.” But that didn’t stop him succeeding

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"He is no longer with the band": Nazareth part ways with Carl Sentance, announce new singer

A decade after replacing founding frontman Dan McCafferty in Nazareth, Carl Sentance has left the band

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Surgeon defends video of Allen Collins playing guitar in hospital shortly after Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash

The footage shows Allen Collins wearing hospital pyjamas, neck brace and orthopaedic fixator

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