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Leaving a permanent record of humanity on the moon – in 100 billion pixels

‘Sanctuary on the Moon’ is a lunar time capsule that provides a detailed guide to life on Earth for our future selves.

Al Jazeera

“Success is a label other people put on you… My success is in terms of fulfilment and perfection of my art. That’s something I never will reach. I have to accept that”: Kate Bush’s mid-80s battle for control

After making an unlikely connection, three interviews with a punk magazine editor – which she said felt like psychiatrist talks – illustrate her rapid development from Never For Ever to Hounds Of Love

Louder

“Because the guy’s got a knife, he’s fairly persuasive!”: How Paul McCartney survived a mugging - and a mutiny - to create his solo masterpiece

The full, amazing story of Band On The Run

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“I was on Battersea Bridge when the pig broke free. I drove to the power station and saw this look of schoolboy glee on Roger Waters’ face… ‘You sort this out, Po’”: Aubrey Powell’s Hipgnosis story

Storm Thorgerson’s right-hand man on breaking the law, pushing creative concepts, refusing to work with record labels, watching Pink Floyd get rich and staying friends by never taking sides

Louder

“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

Louder

"Paul was read the riot act, and given the chance to put things right. But he didn't put things right": The story of Iron Maiden - the Paul Di'Anno years

As the 1980s dawned, Iron Maiden were about to record their debut album. It was the start of a journey that would launch them into the stratosphere, but there were some massive hurdles to overcome first

Metal Hammer

‘Two of the best songwriters Australia has ever produced’: punk pioneers the Saints return

Isolated in Brisbane, the Saints released a punk single before the Damned, Sex Pistols and the Clash. As they reform after their singer’s death, they recall their journey from school detention to Top of the Pops

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David Gilmour claims Pink Floyd were 'bullied' over release of final album

David Gilmour has admitted Pink Floyd didn't intend for 2014's 'The Endless River' to be released as a proper studio record.

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“They didn’t understand how important image was – they started the thing about us being academic geeks. It really hurt us”: The Zombies on living large, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and staff, and being prisoners in a concert hall

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent look back on finding fame in their teens and experiencing the highs and lows of the music industry over six decades

Louder

"George had a smugness on his face when he came in with this one, and rightly so - he knew it was absolutely brilliant.": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

MusicRadar

“The kids who bought it didn’t ask, ‘Where’s Syd?’ They increasingly asked, ‘Who’s Syd?’” Meddle marked the point where Pink Floyd as we know them really began

Their 1971 album marked the move from experimental live band to studio-based architects, paving the way for a decade of dominance

Louder

Beatles for sale: new home sought for Abbey Road recording console

Current owners hope to attract musicians who want to work with desk used to make fab four’s celebrated album – after it previously failed to sell

The Guardian - UK

“We went through a few phrases… they went off to play in America and left me to get on with it, stripped to my underpants”: Atom Heart Mother’s fusion of ordinary and extraordinary sounds gave Pink Floyd their first No.1 album

It had a cow’s arse on the cover and a features track sampling their roadie cooking bacon – but their fifth record’s wild genius paved the way to their future

Louder

The Beatles recording console used for Abbey Road is going on sale

The Beatles' console used by the Fab Four to record their iconic 1969 album 'Abbey Road' - the band's final LP - has been restored and is going up for sale.

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"Anybody who gets this console, it'll be the most famous studio in the world": The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale

"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"

Guitar World

“Arguably one of the most significant Beatles and Lennon artefacts to come to market”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction

The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000

Evening Standard

Pink Floyd: nine of the iconic band's best songs, from Echoes to Learning to Fly

We rank the band’s best tracks

MusicRadar

"George had a smugness on his face when he came in with this one, and rightly so - he knew it was absolutely brilliant.": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

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"John Lennon doesn't have to do this, why should I?": Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, and the creation of See Emily Play

Written by co-founder Syd Barrett, See Emily Play gave the fledgling Pink Floyd their first UK Top 10 single

Louder

“One of the most singular, unique and influential catalogues in music history.” Every Talk Talk album ranked from worst to best

The complete studio output of Mark Hollis' groundbreaking, hugely influential band, re-reviewed and ranked

Guitar World

“We were at an EMI dinner, and David Gilmour was there. I said, ‘By far, you’re my favorite guitar player. How do you come up with those melodies?’” W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless on the invaluable advice he received from the Pink Floyd icon

Lawless has also revealed why he had to switch to bass for the band's first two albums

Metal Hammer

“The first time I met Lemmy, he said: ‘How do you sit down with that sawblade codpiece?’ I said, ‘You don’t!’”: WASP frontman Blackie Lawless’s strange journey from shock rock to God

An epic interview with WASP singer Blackie Lawless about controversy, codpieces and Christianity

Metal Hammer

Old blokes: What is it with them and when will they stop? A sort-of review of the Sex Pistols and Frank Carter at Bush Hall

Everywhere you look: old blokes. Old blokes running the world. Old blokes running for President. Old blokes telling women what they can and can't do with their bodies. Old blokes running scared when a woman stands up to them. Old blokes stirring up racism and then saying, “Aw, you can’t…

MusicRadar

"I think that’s what makes the Pistols' album different from The Clash or The Damned – we didn’t just go in and crash, bang, wallop”: Steve Jones breaks down the Sex Pistols' seminal statement

"I played bass on most of Never Mind The Bollocks"

The Guardian - UK

‘The more the music press slagged us, the more copies we sold’: Kajagoogoo on Too Shy

‘The demo Nick Rhodes took to EMI was the same one they had rejected, but when it was presented again by a million-selling pop star they took notice’

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