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“It was nothing to do with me! It was the other guys!” Rush’s Alex Lifeson still denies involvement in 1969 firing of Geddy Lee

Vocalist and bassist claims he’s not over his dismissal all those decades ago – and recalls it’s not the only time the guitarist helped him leave a band

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"A week later I got a call from Led Zeppelin's tour manager. He threatened to break my legs." What happened when Led Zeppelin reformed for Jason Bonham's wedding

Forget Live Aid and the O2 - the most exclusive Led Zeppelin reunion took place at a hotel in a small town in Worcestershire

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"I said, One day, that's all you got." Legendary producer Eddie Kramer recalls the making of the five-track demo tape which introduced rock 'n' roll superheroes Kiss to the world in 1973

"It was like a musical manifesto."

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How Clint Eastwood inspired the final album from Eagles legend Glenn Frey

"Music isn't about how many records you've sold, it's about showing that you still care"

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Marshall embrace comfort and sound with the new Milton A.N.C. headphones

Marshall unveil the new Milton A.N.C. - a pair of on-ear headphones that deliver "dynamic hi-res audio with rich details" - and 50+ hours of battery life

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"Simply some of the most sophisticated and beautiful progressive rock music ever created!" Steven Wilson announces Gentle Giant, Storm Corrosion and Hawkwind additions to his Headphone Dust platform

Steven Wilson's 2012 live album Catalogue / Preserve / Amass is available digitally for the very first time, and his own The Future Bites is also given a new digital makeover

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"Bambi turned into Darth Vader in seconds." A brief but fabulously on-brand story about Sinéad O'Connor, an Irish newspaper journalist, and two pints of Guinness

Bono's best friend, Irish rock star Gavin Friday, shares a classic anecdote about the late Sinéad O'Connor

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"Of course it was a drug song. We were stoned when we wrote it!" The story of the psychedelic masterpiece inspired by John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar and a trans-Atlantic aeroplane flight

Eight Miles High was the single that should have launched The Byrds into the stratosphere. So why did it instead mark the precise moment when it all came crashing down?

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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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"We never said it was a Utopia. Rock'n'roll is played on enemy ground." What happened when The Clash arrived in the USA

It's early 1979, punk is building, and The Clash arrive in theUS to play their first shows there. We were on the road with them and witnessed events first-hand

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"A raw and lethal mix of razor-saw metal and a punky punch." The story of Leather Angel, the "female Mötley Crüe" with the Nikki Sixx-designed logo

Leather Angel had Sunset Strip in the palms of their biker-gloved hands, but lousy production and a laughable Led Zeppelin cover didn't help the cause

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: May 18, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Deep Purple, Green Lung, John Densmore & Chuck D and more

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Rick Wakeman announces his The Wizard Of Prog - Ultimate Highlights Concert Tour for early 2027

Rick Wakeman will also release his autobiography, The Wizard Of Prog, in October

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“I started my first band at 13. We tried Yes’ Roundabout… it was a valiant attempt!”: Long before David Bryan joined Bon Jovi, he was trying to play like Rick Wakeman

American keyboardist still loves the Yes album that was his favourite in the 70s, and explains where he satisfies his craving for writing complex songs

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"Daring and meditative and spiritual and rousing." Van Morrison perfects his blues/rock/Celtic soul thing on Saint Dominic's Preview

In which Van the Man accidentally invents Montrose

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"Four decades of hits and dark treasures." Smashing Pumpkins announce The Rats In The Cage tour

The tour celebrates the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' multi-platinum album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

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"His voice was as majestic as his stage presence." Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere dead at 76

Dennis Locorriere sang on The Cover of Rolling Stone, Sylvia's Mother, Only Sixteen, When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman, Sexy Eyes and many more

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"We have the power!" Listen to Brian May's utterly epic guitar solo from the Masters Of The Universe soundtrack

Brian May features on the Daniel Pemberton composition Eternia

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"A lot of famous musicians love the power of being the most socially powerful person in the room and get off on it. That to me is utterly repulsive and vile." How Garbage broke taboos surrounding mental health with their 1998 hit single

A song about “out-thinking and outmanoeuvring” sections of the music industry gave the band a push towards a Grammy

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“They’d always played fast and loose with traditional song structures. This album pushed it even further”: Big Country wouldn’t have called Steeltown a prog record – but it is

1984 release tackled issues of the day cleverly and with incredible musicality

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“My friends wanted to check out, get stoned, escape. I wanted to sift through my consciousness and see what was beyond”: Psychedelic substances led Rival Sons’ Jay Buchanan to the Mahavishnu Orchestra

The vocalist found inspiration in John McLaughlin’s ability to make different pieces feeling like different drugs

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“I’d wake up, have no memory of it, then play it back – and funnily enough it worked”: The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord drank to forget his new songs as he wrote them

His fourth solo album Ghosts In The Park explores emotions that followed the loss of both his parents

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"Substitute any Vietnam reference with any current war and the lyrics still stand up. I think the lyrics on Paranoid are timeless." How themes of war, madness and nuclear holocaust shaped Black Sabbath's second album

Black Sabbath ditched the hippy dream and faced brutal reality on Paranoid

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"He's stabbed to death by a monochrome clown, who promptly blows himself up." My Chemical Romance headline Thursday night of Sonic Temple with a stunning show for the ages

The emo legends underscore why they're the most important rock band since Nirvana

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Top new proggy sounds from MONO, Shearwater, Earthside and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you need to hear from hubris, Antariksh, Wildernesses and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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