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“The only way of getting back on track was to regain control of just about every facet of the band”: When Mike Portnoy quit Dream Theater for the first time, the shakeup led to epic double-album Metropolis Pt. 2

1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media

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“We were getting hassle from everyone to make the perfect album. It had to sell or the band would stall”: How Bon Jovi made a hard rock monster and saved their career with Slippery When Wet

From sweeping studio floors to superstardom, Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet album turned them into superstars

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"I’m telling you, I have a hit record here. I’m going to tour the world for the longest time and if you don’t give this to me, I have another company that will!”: Triple-neck guitars, modern-day cowboys and the story of Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead Or Alive

"It was quite a process and I believe that each triple-neck is worth about $50,000 – not in materials, but as far as what it costs the company to make them"

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A pouting member of Mötley Crüe, a Bon Jovi songwriter and a risque video: Joe Perry looks back on the song that took Aerosmith back to rock's top table

Aerosmith have now enjoyed decades of superstardom, but go back to early 1987 and they were staring down the barrel

Louder

“I’m a believer in things happening for a reason. If I had become a huge star then I may not be alive today”: how cult 70s soft rockers Desmond Child & Rouge launched the career of a songwriting superstar

Desmond Child has written multi-platinum songs for Bon Jovi, Kiss and Aerosmith – but it wouldn’t have happened if his own career as a musician hadn’t failed

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"They weren't really guitarists and couldn't really play. They could play three or four chords and had trouble with that": songwriter Desmond Child on the shortcomings of 90s guitarists

Bon Jovi and Aerosmith hitmaker Desmond Child on the rise of grunge: "Nirvana had a star that captivated everyone's imagination"

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“I don’t think Van Halen would put that on the B-side of their worst record”: Desmond Child on his initial reaction to Aerosmith's Dude (Looks Like A Lady), and how he helped turn it from a dud into a huge hit

The songwriting don was not impressed with the band's original version

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"It was opening people’s minds": Songwriter Desmond Child sees Aerosmith's Dude (Looks Like a Lady) as an early trans anthem

Midas touch songwriter Desmond Child, who has written mega-hits for Kiss, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and many more, views Dude (Looks Like a Lady) as a song about acceptance

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Livin’ on a Prayer! Desmond Child on writing bombastic hits with Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and more

From Dude (Looks Like a Lady) to You Give Love a Bad Name, the great songwriter has racked up 500m sales. As he publishes a star-studded memoir, Child talks about being a gay man at the more macho end of rock

The Guardian - UK

A beginner’s guide to hair metal in 5 essential albums

Glam metal, hair metal – call it what you want. These are five albums that soundtracked the 1980s

Metal Hammer

Winger have taken the knocks and they've been knocked out, but at least Metallica have apologised

Kip Winger and Reb Beach on Winger's first album in almost a decade, that call from James Hetfield, and supporting Spinal Tap: "They’re a spoof band, but we’re the ones they’re spoofing on"

Louder

Songwriter Desmond Child explains why his chorus melody from Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name features in two other hits songs

A tale of Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman and Ava Max

MusicRadar

How brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon found inspiration for the duo’s latest music release, ‘Erato’

Brothers Michael and Kevin Bacon don’t always agree on everything.

The Orange County Register

The Rasmus share music video for Eurovision bid ‘Jezebel’ ahead of Finland qualifier

Band behind 2003’s hit ‘In the Shadows’ are hoping to represent Finland at Eurovision this year

The Independent UK

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