HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 - The Untold Story

Guns N’ Roses guitar fetches more than £230,000 at auction

A gold microphone presented to rock band Queen and used by frontman Freddie Mercury also sold for £151,200.

Evening Standard · May 1

"When I sing Twisted Sister music, I'm like a steamroller. I'ma beast. I'm out of control." Twisted Sister's Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French on life after Dee Snider

Sebastian Bach and Jay Jay French are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock, out today

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

Michael is a highly selective version of the singer’s life, and that suits more people than you might think

It’s not just the money-making studio execs – fans, too, are often happy for the darker parts of a subject’s life to be ignored, says Guardian arts correspondent Nadia Khomami

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27

“The amount of songs that were coming out of him is almost unprecedented”: Noel Gallagher's workhorse Epiphone – featured in the Wonderwall music video – is expected to exceed expectations at auction

The Epiphone EJ-200, used during the writing sessions of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, is currently subject to an online bidding war

Guitar World · Apr 10

'He could eat an apple through a tennis racket...' Nell Campbell was shocked by Freddie Mercury's titanic teeth

The Rocky Horror Picture Show star Nell Campbell became friends with Freddie Mercury when they both sold clothes in Kensington Market in the 1960s, and she used to joke with him about his famous teeth.

BANG Premier · Apr 10

"The band's accountants possibly didn't figure in the cost of their eccentric new guitarist insisting upon recording his parts inside a bespoke chicken coop." The 10 most eye-wateringly expensive rock albums ever recorded

The rock albums that almost bankrupted the music business

Louder · Apr 10

A limited vinyl pressing of Queen's most iconic track is up for auction – and it isn't going cheap

Is this the real price? Is this just fantasy?

What Hi-Fi? · Apr 9

Eminem’s 8 Mile helped me survive abuse – and opened my eyes to a world outside of orthodox Judaism

My upbringing denied me access to the arts and led to me bottling up my feelings about what was happening to me. Then I saw Eminem taking control of his destiny, and decided I needed to do the same

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4

"We like going places where it's a challenge." How Queen helped tear down the Iron Curtain

In July 1986, Queen became the first band to play a stadium show in the communist Eastern Bloc. Cue armed soldiers and genital-related insults

Louder · Apr 2

One of Slash's Guns N' Roses reunion tour Les Pauls expected to fetch up to $400k at auction

The Sunburst ‘59 Custom played a role in the band’s history-making, 175-date run

Guitar World · Apr 1