Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“The last time I saw him was three weeks before he died”: Scott Gorham on Thin Lizzy legend Phil Lynott
“Even if he had stopped taking drugs right there on the spot, I think it had still gone too far”
“Queen were great but their fans threw things at us – lighters, shoes, a loaf of bread, whatever”
“We learnt a lot from that whole experience”
“It was one of those scary, scary moments. But ELP always liked a bit of pressure!”
“The rumours said we were broke. That is not true”
“I wrote those songs before she died – with the exception of one”: Jackson Browne’s ’70s classic
“Her death was a total surprise. Maybe it should not have been, but it was”
“They weren’t the best band in the world, but they were stars”: The doomed rivals of Kiss
“They just exuded this flamboyant glittery rock ’n’ roll”
“It’s the best album ever made! It transcends rock boundaries”: The Queen classic hailed as the GOAT
“The whole album means so much to me. It blew my mind”
“It’s one of the first classic rock ’n’ roll videos”: Carl Palmer on ELP’s greatest hit
“We played California Jam and 120,000 people paid and another 100,000 smashed down the fences and broke in”
“This bloke is walking around on the stage as we’re playing. I’m like, ‘What the hell is going on?’”
“He said, ‘I don’t think anyone’s actually ever recorded your band properly’”
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on the Kiss classic Destroyer
“It was musically and lyrically challenging – we were pushing the boundaries”
“I didn’t even want to put it on the album. Linda Ronstadt goes, ‘Are you out of your mind?’”
Plus: the song Joel wrote in memory of John Lennon
“I sat on that song for two decades”: Five Finger Death Punch's powerful anthem
“When you have a piece that you know can be brilliant, everything matters. If you nail it, this is a legacy piece”
“I was so shocked and sad when he died. That night, I wrote a song about Bon”
“As a rock ’n’ roll singer and as a person, he was one of the best”
“I gave up guitar when I heard Clapton, the way people are put off tennis when they watch Federer”
“I found the flute gave me something very interesting melodically”
“I spent hours in the studio on this one song. I probably spent $10,000 trying to get it to work”
“Kirk knew exactly what he liked – he was into Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Schenker”
“After Smells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place for bands like us”: The life and death of a hair metal band
Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them
“When he sang the chorus for the first time, I said, ‘No – it sounds ridiculous!’”
“I really thought people would just laugh at us when they heard it”
“Chester Bennington told him, ‘Bro, you’re going to rehab right now. You can do it’”
“He actually flatlined once. He died for a few moments”
“Metallica are killing us!”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare
The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken
“This big black guy with an Irish accent says, ‘Hey, I’m Phil!’ I thought, ‘This is gonna be interesting’”
“We were that kind of band that didn’t go out looking for trouble but we always got it”
“It was a very important lyric for Michael”: The classic INXS ballad with deep meaning for Michael Hutchence
“Originally it was just piano with a vocal – a very simple song”
Why Roger Hodgson had to quit Supertramp in the ’80s – after writing and singing their biggest hits
“The perfectionist in me is a blessing and curse”
Kiss stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on why Zep and The Beatles’ debut albums are the GOATs
“The first time I heard Good Times Bad Times on the radio, my jaw just dropped!”
“Nikki Sixx said to us, ‘You guys need to step on the brakes!’”: 20 years of Five Finger Death Punch
“All I’m going to say is: this new record is a monster”
