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EXPLAINED: 14 - The Real Truth

"We will miss you Prince!" As the 10th anniversary of his death nears, watch Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell pay tribute to the legend that was Prince

Prince: 10 years gone, never forgotten

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Forget Live And Dangerous, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith and At Fillmore East, The Killer's Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is the greatest live show ever committed to vinyl

This isn't a record, it's a crime scene

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Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from The Anchoress, Matt Berry, Magenta, Soen and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog from Blueneck, Prince Of Failure, Million Moons and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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"I have been looking for that brain forever. Someone might be using it as a paperweight for all I know." The day that surrealist art legend Salvador Dalí recreated Alice Cooper’s brain using a chocolate éclair, ants and diamonds

"I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on"

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“I moved to an old Victorian pile where the previous owners had put a swimming pool in. I said, ‘Let’s fill it in.’ Then I said, ‘You know what we need? A Viking mead hall!’” Clive Nolan built a home venue so he doesn’t have to tour

Best known for his work with Pendragon and Arena, he’s given his passion for prog musicals a new lease of life – with practical assistance from his theatre group

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"Sometimes I get in trouble when I get naked in public. It happens when I’ve been drinking Jägermeister." How an ode to self-destructive behaviour took one Orange County band out of the clubs and onto the TV

In the late '90s, Lit were rejected by many labels until RCA spotted their potential. The band repaid the favour with an earworm of a hit single

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"It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears." How David Bowie's Heroes became his most life-changing single

Although David Bowie's Berlin-period anthem Heroes was initially something ofacommercial failure, it became a classic for the ages

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Record Store Day, April 18: The 164 best releases you can buy

Another Record Store Day? Just take my wallet!

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"The largest tape transfer project in the history of rock'n'roll." Grateful Dead release official Play Dead streaming app

"We are giving listeners unprecedented access to 30 years of live recordings, via one of the greatest live archives ever assembled"

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Led Zeppelin Quiz: The beginnings of the legend

How much do you really know about Led Zeppelin’s beginnings? Test yourself now!

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"I went looking for heroin in a subterranean club and approached some guys. I got a severe beating outside instead." Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan recalls the painful day that he told his bandmates he was struggling with addiction

"If you'd said my mother had died, I wouldn't have cared less"

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"This track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos." Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on haunting, politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground referencing "the militarisation of police forces fusing with neo-fascist politics"

Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack

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"There’s injustice, and so much hate and fear, and it’s such a drag." Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl says it's difficult not to feel angry and disillusioned about the state of America in 2026

Dave Grohl on his "deeply divided" homeland

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"There were a lot of hardcore racists in the South, but we thought they were just silly." Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young, and the truth about rock's most misreported beef

The story of three songs that started fifty years of fake news

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"Maybe they should have included a disc of Lemmy spinning in his grave." Motörhead's On Parole Sessions are a noble endeavour but the extras are perplexing

Motörhead's shelved would-have-been debut album gets the box set treatment it doesn’t need

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"We all dropped acid and went to see Yellow Submarine. I couldn't stop laughing the whole movie." An unusually candid Neal Schon comes clean on drugs, errant frontmen and the future of Journey

The long, strange trip of Journey's Neal Schon

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"It sounds great while floating lazily on a yacht or zooming down the interstate in a Lamborghini." The story of Player's debut album, a record for people who like to get home before it gets dark

Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard

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There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome

Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the '80s and '90s? Allow us to introduce you to your favourite new online archive

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"Some of the band didn't even want to finish Love Shack. They said, Let's just forget it." How a band who were "just too weird for the powers that be" became national treasures

The story behind The B-52's timeless anthem Love Shack

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"Business people think anyone who doesn't want to be rich is a nutcase." In 1970, Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green walked away from his band, saying that he wanted to give all his money away, and make music that would bring people closer to God

"Fleetwood Mac has become a business, and I don't want to be a part of a business"

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"I finally had to ask the road crew to get him off the stage, he was messing it all up." Suzi Quatro's stories of Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, Phil Lynott, Peter Frampton, Chrissie Hynde and more

Suzi Quatro shot Alice Cooper, sang with Donovan, starred on Happy Days and toured with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott: These are just a few of her stories

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"The band were screaming at me to come on stage as our time was running out." How Rick Wakeman got his first cape, by Rick Wakeman

After reading a live review that described him as a giant comical spider, Rick Wakeman knew he had to take action

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"I'd come back from the unemployment office when the phone rang. Jimi said 'Hey, what you doing? We'd like for you to come up and join us.'" The story of the Jimi Hendrix guitarist who was written out of history

When Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, old friend Larry Lee played guitar beside him - but his contributions were scrubbed from the movie

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"The great thing about being an icon is you can stay young forever." Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley talk up Kiss avatar show, set to launch in Las Vegas in 2028 with new Kiss songs

"This is the phoenix rising out of the ashes"

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"He’s already got worst President in the history of America on lock, but I’m gonna go ahead and take the honour of pronouncing Trump Worst American of All Time." Jack White is distinctly unimpressed by Donald Trump's now-deleted AI Jesus post

"How did so many millions of people fall for this conman?"

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