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Toyah and Robert Fripp make triumphant return to Sunday Lunch action

Toyah and Robert cover the Rolling Stones and the world becomes a better place

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The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, a kids’ TV theme and the most unlikely collaboration of the 1980s: “It was like going down a really challenging ski run. I was very much conscious of his talent and his incredible aura”

What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

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“We’d be compared to bands like Queen, but that was written before I ever heard a Queen record.” Dennis DeYoung reveals the surprising stories behind 10 iconic Styx songs

“At the end I’m yelling, ‘I’m Kilroy!’ Where the hell does that come from?”

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“It was rough. There was no money. I was on the balls of my ass”: Aerosmith were one of the biggest American rock bands of the 1970s. And then it went to hell

How drugs and ego tore apart America’s greatest rock’n’roll band

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"She's all that and a bag of chips." Onstage pranks prove Anika Nilles is unfazed by life as Rush drummer

Rush drummer Anika Nilles regularly pranks Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson during shows

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How Bon Scott's devilish grin and gallons of fake blood secured the AC/DC legend. "Artists who don't know who they are are the ones who give you trouble. AC/DC never had that problem"

Bob Defrin helped create some of the most iconic images in rock history, including a series of classic AC/DC album covers

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"Looking forward to tearing it up with The Who again." Zak Starkey and Roger Daltrey confirm drummer's return

Zak Starkey is The Who's drummer again as band kick off rehearsals

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"David Bowie may have saved my life." How a head-hunting phone call from David Bowie helped one of alternative rock's most influential musicians pull back from the abyss during his darkest hours

In 1999, David Bowie asked Page Hamilton to join his touring band. It was a job offer that changed everything for Helmet's frontman

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“There were certain guidelines, and that was to stay away from long hair and guitar solos”: How Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Hendrix inspired a rule-breaking post-punk band to write one of rock’s greatest anthems

The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary can lay claim to be the first great alternative rock anthem

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The story behind Oasis' finest hour, the generation-defining Definitely Maybe. “We were a punk band with Beatles melodies. We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition."

Oasis' debut album was released on August 29, 1994. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible punk rock swagger

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The inside story behind the celebrations of Syd Barrett's 80th birthday. "Syd emerged from the womb fully formed. There was no lead-in period - it was bang!"

Twenty years after the former Pink Floyd frontman's death, an exhibition, gig and star-studded tribute album will celebrate Syd Barrett's legacy

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In 1990 Epic Records released nine rock albums on the same day: The stunt was doomed, but a lost classic was born

Burning Tree introduced Marc Ford to the Black Crowes, but their debut album was scuttled by an ambitious record label plot

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Every song on Pearl Jam's Ten ranked from worst to best

Released on August 27, 1991, Pearl Jam's Ten lit grunge's blue touch paper. Here's every track on the album, re-ordered from worst to best

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Brian May and Billy Gibbons hook up on posthumous Steve Cropper single My Angels Are Calling

My Angels Are Calling comes from the late Steve Cropper's poignantly titled album Watching The Tide

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Fontaines D.C. announce expansive UK and Europe arena tour

Fontaines D.C. will be touring extensively in support of their forthcoming fifth album Dopamine Chamber

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Great new prog tracks from Chimpan A, Polyphia, Dikajee and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Top new proggy sounds from Kalandra, Hypno5e, Could Seed, Eyre Llew and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week

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Mastodon surmount personal tragedies to deliver stellar ninth album. "Marrow Deep is a defiant album... Not laughing in the face of death, but not crumbling under it either."

Prog-metal veterans Mastodon's first album since the death of former guitarist Brent Hinds doesn’t hide the seam of anguish at its core

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Pearl Jam celebrate Ten's 35th birthday with rare live performance on vinyl

Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released

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From rags to riches: How Dolly Parton's story embodied the American Dream. "If you really want to know who I am, my life is in my songs"

In 2014, on the eve of a new album and a world tour, Dolly Parton revealed some of the biggest challenges and hurdles she’d had to overcome

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"We had to push people to the side, whether gracefully or violently." The story behind Queens Of The Stone Age's masterpiece Songs For The Deaf

Released on August 27, 2002, Songs For The Deaf saw QOTSA anointed as the next “saviours of rock music”

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How to watch Fontaines D.C. headline this weekend's Reading Festival

Fontaines D.C. will headline the Friday night slot at this weekend’s Reading Festival. Here’s how you can catch the action

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"She said she could become a rock star - and I watched her do it." Stevie Nicks pays tribute to Dolly Parton, and recalls "best week ever" recording with her in Nashville

"A week with Dolly was like a master class for me"

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"I think it surprised a lot of people!" Tears For Fears announce Deluxe Reissue of 1989's The Seeds Of Love

New Deluxe Reissue of Tears For Fears' The Seeds Of Love features brand-new Steven Wilson Atmos and Stereo mixes

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“She spent so long in the water that she contracted mild hypothermia. She recovered and carried on”: When Kate Bush returned to the stage Before The Dawn, 35 years after her only tour

22 shows, 25 songs, 80,000 witnesses – her triumph was tinged with terror, but she’ll never forget the love she felt from her audiences in 2014

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Watch Stevie Nicks sing fan favourite Stand Back on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Stevie Nicks has also paid tribute to Dolly Parton: "A week with Dolly was like a master class for me"

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