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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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“The criticism of Heaven & Earth was that there weren’t any big epics. We had a couple of longer tracks on The Quest. With this one we’ve gone overboard!” The story of Yes’ 23rd album Mirror To The Sky

2023 release marked the fastest turnaround in studio projects since 1971, delivered by a band whose personality clashed were emphatically behind them

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"Her voice was the signature sound of Clannad and will live on forever." Singer Moya Brennan has died, aged 73

Former Irish president Michael D Higgins is among those paying tribute to the late Clannad singer Moya Brennan

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The Afghan Whigs announce UK shows to extend their 40th anniversary celebrations

Greg Dulli's band add UK dates to previously announced 40th anniversary tour

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"They looked good from the audience, but if you were near them there were an awful lot of casualties." The day the Rolling Stones accidentally killed thousands of butterflies

What better way to pay tribute to a fallen comrade?

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“I opened the curtains a bit and said, ‘Look at all these people who’ve paid to see us!’ I didn’t realise that was the worst thing I could have done”: Carl Palmer on Keith Emerson, and how his death wasn’t the worst part of losing him

They met when Palmer stood in with Fleetwood Mac for a show with The Nice. Half a century of amazing music and friendship followed. The drummer reveals what they’d be doing today if Emerson was still alive

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"I look back on it and simply marvel that I didn't plummet to my death." The story of that time Love/Hate frontman Jizzy Pearl crucified himself on the Hollywood sign and got arrested

In 1992 Love/Hate wanted to get their career back on track. What better way than by fastening their frontman to a homemade cross attached to the most famous landmark in Los Angeles?

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"We learned everything from the Wipers." The story behind the obscure debut album which inspired Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and changed the sound of Seattle rock

"They started the Seattle sound 15 years too early" - Kurt Cobain

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Following their Justin Bieber support slot at Coachella, The Strokes announce world tour in support of new album Reality Awaits

NYC indie rockers unveil 2026 tour itinerary

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"I was embarrassed turning that song in because it was an obvious hit." How Smash Mouth wrote an anthem for bullied fans and accidentally became a pop culture phenomenon thanks to Shrek

This is the story behind All Star, the song that soundtracked a thousand memes

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 13, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Erik Grönwall, Castle Rat, The Black Crowes X Whiskey Myers and more

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"Touring was about how messed-up I could get, and it wasn't about the music any more. Things got very, very dark." British bluesman Danny Bryant hit rock bottom two years ago: Now he comes clean

Walter Trout protoge Danny Bryant has survived alcoholism, divorce and liver disease, but new album Nothing Left Behind is the exorcism he needed

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"The production is so polished and shiny that magpies tried to steal my stereo every time I pressed play." Supergroup Bad English's debut album is a perfect time capsule of late-80s AOR

The million-dollar lineup of John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ricky Phillips and Deen Castronovo piles on the gloss

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"You are my god!" Watch Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi praise Ian Paice as she meets her Deep Purple heroes

The politician is a self-confessed rocker who plays Burn by Deep Purple to let off steam

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"It's been a struggle, it's a struggle every day." No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease

Tom Dumont's diagnosis revealed just weeks ahead of No Doubt's residency at Sphere in Las Vegas

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“This wasn’t party rock any more. It was fusion and progressive music, and I absolutely loved it”: Paul Gilbert on the genius of Allan Holdsworth, and the one song that proves it

The former Mr Big guitarist and solo artist discovered his prog hero via Eddie Van Halen – and even tried to play like him for a while

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"I had a bad flu and was delirious, but the lyric was so great that it lifted me up in my sick bed." How Ann and Nancy Wilson poured their feelings about love and the state of the world into a debut single that became an evergreen rock classic

Inspired by a draft dodging lover and unfolding global chaos, Heart's Crazy On You still resonates today

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