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"God knows what I'm on about on that song. It's such a mishmash. All the nasty subjects in one go." The story of the controversial Rolling Stones classic they won't play live any more

With origins in the Australian outback and a rare riff from Mick Jagger, Brown Sugar's lyrics are still a source of controversy

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“Five minutes is a great length for a song. You can really get a lot in, while leaving people wondering. But then, when you’ve got a 13-minute song…” Prog icons Yes keep things tight on new album Aurora

Guitarist Steve Howe discusses their unplanned three-record run, speculates on what’s left for the future, and explains why he’s still bothering with the current line-up

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"It's this melodic, wonderful thing, with two guitars interweaving in a way that's not just shredding." The Black Keys' Patrick Carney picks the songs that have soundtracked his life

The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

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Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! Someone's made a multi-cam video of Rush's first full performance of 2112 in nearly 30 years

The internet is finally proving to be worthwhile

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"It's an exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream." The story behind the Eagles "spooky" classic Hotel California

How a "Mexican reggae" demo turned into one of classic rock's greatest ever anthems

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How to watch Alanis Morissette perform at the men's 2026 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony in Toronto... from anywhere

The Canadian-born singer-songwriter will lead her home country's festivities at the opening ceremony in Toronto ahead of the men's football World Cup. Here's how you can watch all the music before the big kick-off

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"My sister gave me Powerslave and it genuinely changed my life. My mom legitimately thought Iron Maiden were channelling Satan!" The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran picks the soundtrack to his life

Matt Caughthran reminisces about having a "ton of hair", being raised on television and the summoning of heavy metal thunder

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"We’re timeless superheroes, Batman with a guitar and Superman with a Marshall amplifier." Paul Stanley on the "timeless" appeal of Kiss, and why Alive! made them superstars

"The idea of being omnipotent, of being ageless, is incredibly powerful"

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“We exhausted ourselves trying to help Scott and be a friend. He wanted no part of that.” The story behind Stone Temple Pilots’ ill-fated sixth album, as told by the band themselves

What was meant to be a fresh start for the grunge giants ended up being the beginning of the end

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"He moved mountains. He changed the language." A tribute to Brian Wilson: June 20, 1942 - June 11, 2025

As the visionary heart and soul of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson created a mythic California soundtrack of sun-drenched, youthful innocence and some timeless classics, all while battling personal demons, addiction and mental illness

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"You don't get to the top without playing the game, and Des Rocs is playing it to gold medal-winning standards." Ambition and big-time dreams shine through on Des Roc's To Hell And Back

To Hell And Back is the third album from New Yorker Des Rocs, and the garage has been repurposed as a glitter-encrusted drag cave

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Def Leppard's Greatest Hits: Built with Queen's Greatest Hits in mind?

All-killer, no-filler compilation that pairs bludgeon riffola with melody. Single-disc minimalism rules!

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"As soon as we heard it, we looked at each other and gasped, 'This is gonna be a monster.'" How an out-of-body experience helped Alice Cooper create a song about the greatest three minutes of everyone's life

School's Out: The delinquent sound of youth gone wild

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"People used to say to me, 'Oh, you're better than Eric Clapton.' I didn’t know where to put myself." The triumph and tragedy of Peter Green, the man who founded Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green was one of the greatest guitarists of the late 60s British blues boom – but he never truly conquered his demons

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"An album that in the late 60s was the gold standard for broad-based and improvisational rock." Cream's classic studio/live double album Wheels Of Fire has been pumped full of hot air

The super deluxe version of Cream's Wheels Of Fire: Now available in triple vinyl or quintuple CD

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"Aurora is an album that sounds as if it's relying on muscle memory rather than on real inspiration." Yes fail to gel as Yes can on cautious album Aurora

All the constituent parts are in place - but there’s no real spark, no moment when the band sound like they might attain musical nirvana

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"If you're searching for the missing link between Hayley Williams, Billie Eilish, and The Runaways, look no further." Spanish 'queer rock' star Tere! serves up rage, rapture and revenge on killer debut album No More Manners

20-year-old Spanish newcomer TERE! issues a fearless and utterly unapologetic declaration of independence

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“Of any song that I've ever written, it's most blatantly about my time in Nirvana.” The story behind the Foo Fighters song Dave Grohl wrote about his Nirvana bandmates while crashing on Kurt Cobain's couch

Dave Grohl's tender tribute to Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain

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"My wife says she's leaving the country if Nigel Farage gets in, and I don't blame her." Horrified by the state of the planet, Queen's Roger Taylor is pulling no punches on new solo album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World

"What a beautiful world we live in, don't f*** it up"

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"I have to get people to slap me across the face in case it’s all just been a dream." For the first nine years of their career, No Doubt were seen as a joke. But when they released Tragic Kingdom, no-one was laughing at them anymore

An archive interview with No Doubt from 1997, as the world started falling at their feet

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"If you watch the video, you can see Jimmy dribbling onstage, Robert not hitting the notes, and me miming, playing the air." Phil Collins' memories of Led Zeppelin's "dark, sulphurous" Live Aid reunion are brutal, and spare no-one

The prospect of Led Zeppelin reforming to play Live Aid, the biggest music event of the 1980s, sparked great excitement. But their return to the stage on July 13, 1985 did not work out as anyone had planned

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The Karma Effect: big ideas, big ambition, big shows and the road to big success

From "modern vintage" to playing Robert Plant: Six things you need to know about The Karma Effect

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Rush mix it up on night two of the Fifty Something tour - and play the whole of 2112

Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Anika Nilles and Loren Gold make more memories at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles

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"We were increasingly attracted to the beats, yet the Allman Brothers remain some of our biggest heroes." How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983

The story of Sharp Dressed Man, the second of the Eliminator video trilogy that catapulted ZZ Top into pop culture superstardom

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Jack White confirms "raucous, raw, and frenetic" new album Frozen Charlotte, releases Dollar Bill single

Frozen Charlotte will be released via Third Man next month

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