Latest articles by Paul Elliott
Paul Stanley recalls the darkest day in the history of Kiss
“In some crazy way I thought that Eric might get better and come back to the band”
“I felt like I was the weak link in the band”: How Vivian Campbell overcame self-doubt in Dio
His solo in Dio's most famous song was cut in one take
“Fender is not suing anybody”: CEO pushes back on the cease-and-desist controversy
“We’re talking specifically about the Stratocaster”
“What a weird song”: Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones’ deathless classic
“I wish we could do something like that now”
“This track is very much John Deacon world. I don’t think I was on it at all to start off with!”
“Freddie absolutely adored it – he sang it until he bled!”
How a goth legend hooked up with Meat Loaf’s songwriter to create an ’80s rock anthem
“I know the song Bat Out Of Hell,” the singer said, “but I’ve never listened to the album”
“A kid called Chris Martin was reaching out for music and A-ha became part of his story”
“Chris has been instrumental in introducing us to a new generation”
“I always tried to push him to be better”: Paul Stanley on the synergy and rivalry in Kiss
“That bond is really the constant in the life of Kiss”
Ronnie Wood on the first Stones song he helped to create – before he was in the band
He also gave a guitar lesson to Keith Moon and Ringo Starr
How Tom Petty inspired Stevie Nicks to make a comeback – and why she felt misunderstood by Prince
A pep talk from Petty led to her solo album Trouble In Shangri-La
“People are still trying to learn Free Bird and how to play like him”
“He should have known that so many people were influenced by him”
“Felder and Walsh were like gunfighters!”: The making of the Eagles’ masterpiece
“It was obviously our creative peak. Every band, every artist, has one”
“I was speechless to see that kind of God-given ability”: Kiss’s Paul Stanley on his biggest heroes
“It really opened my eyes to the enormity of what I wanted to do – and it was humbling”
“The record company said, ‘It’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How Lynyrd Skynyrd created a legendary epic
"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"
Neil Diamond on his classic hits and the art of songwriting
“There’s no great difference between me and Metallica”
“It became a wedding song. ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The hit with a sting in its tail
And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!
“I told them I was dying and they didn’t believe me”: Robert Smith on The Cure’s early days
The goth legends’ ‘Doom Trilogy’ was aptly named
“It’s our Stairway To Heaven, our Hotel California”: The No 1 rock anthem inspired by a bad breakup
“I’m being so sarcastic in that song, I can’t believe so many people don’t get it”
“Keith said, ‘You never leave’”: When Slash turned to Keith Richards for career advice
“One of the things about Keith that I love so much is that he hangs in there – thick or thin”
Ozzy Osbourne’s hilarious tales of idiot lawmen, werewolves, chimpanzees and Paul McCartney
“Sharon’s going, ‘Smile!’ And this chimp is biting my thumb off!”
“Tina says, ‘Bryan, I loooove this song! I wanna record it!’”: When Bryan Adams met Tina Turner
Plus: the classic song he gave to Blue Öyster Cult – which they gave right back!
“Barry knew Tom, and Tom knew me, but Fran didn’t know that I knew that he knew Barry too”
A sophisticated sound that eight million Americans fell for
“The head of LA’s Mexican mafia was in a cell next to me”: The misadventures of Stone Temple Pilots
“I could not seem to put more than 30 days of abstinence together”
