Latest articles by Paul Elliott
"I wanted to make the greatest rock record that I'd ever heard": How Bruce Springsteen saved his career with Born To Run
The Boss spent six months working on the album's title track
How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years
And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play
“I said to Freddie, ‘We should be harnessing this kind of energy’”: How Queen created the mother of all rock anthems
“I was hoping it would catch on," Brian May said
Iron Maiden legend Nicko McBrain's funniest moment
His famous drum battle with two glove puppets
“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song
"For some reason the guitar wasn’t working through the amp," Gibbons recalled
"I saw The Beatles and it all made sense”: The singer who scored two No.1 hits with the band that had once fired him
“Music is an ever-evolving art form," he says
“Some of the guys never wanted to do that song. ‘This is crap!’”: The ’70s hit that reinvented a legendary band
A triumph for a singer who’d been doing TV ads for yoghurt and crackers
“I have none of that high-speed technical skill of a Steve Vai or a Joe Satriani”: How Brian May plays off instinct
“Freddie was pushing up the guitar more and more”
“Yngwie would walk in front of me going widdle-widdle-widdle. It was very rude”: A great singer's fights with Malmsteen
“Spend a day in my head and you’d realise how crazy I really am”: A close encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
The legendary singer's prized possessions included John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine
“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad. And we had a great one”: How a soft rock classic was created
But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?
“I remember Eddie Van Halen asking me, ‘What’s wrong with you?'”: George Lynch, the guitar hero cursed by bad luck
He almost got the gig to replace Randy Rhoads
“I invite everybody to go on YouTube and tag ‘Taylor Swift Kiss band’”: Why Gene Simmons loves Taylor – and Radiohead
"You could pay what you want for a Radiohead record? That didn't last long, did it?"
“Love in an elevator? Yeah, I've done it!”: Steven Tyler and Joe Perry on the making of the Aerosmith classic Pump
Plus: the Aerosmith song that Slash said was "too pop"
“Ritchie and I wrote some wonderful things”: How Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio invented ‘castle rock’
The two rock legends hit a peak with Rainbow's Rising
“The day Randy died was the greatest tragedy of my life": Ozzy Osbourne thought he was finished after he was fired by Black Sabbath. Then along came a guitarist named Randy Rhoads
Rhoads inspired the greatest music Ozzy ever made outside of Sabbath
“Freddie rose to the occasion. I remember getting chills”: Brian May recalls the glory of Queen at Live Aid
"When you watch it now, it's not without its tense moments"
“Without the female audience – no Taylor Swift!": Gene Simmons says the music industry ain’t what it used to be
"There is no minimum wage for songwriters," he says
“The Downward Spiral became a self-fulfilling prophecy”: How Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor almost lost his mind
"I was really in a low emotional place," he said
“It was a different level of fame. Neil was struggling”: Why a classic Rush album troubled legendary drummer Neil Peart
“I didn’t want to be famous," Peart said. "I wanted to be good!"
“I spent six months listening only to AC/DC”: How Metallica created their 30 million selling monster hit
Hiring Bob Rock was one of the smartest moves they ever made
“The Eagles were in the same studio. They had to go because we were too loud!”: Sabbath in the ’70s - by Tony Iommi
“If you don't like what the answer is going to be, don't ask!”: Steve Harris on the secret to Iron Maiden’s success
Plus: how he recently left a Maiden fan in tears
