Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“I hope the fans realised that I’m for real”: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley inspired a generation of rock stars
"His legacy will live on in the hearts of the KISS Army," says drummer Peter Criss
“We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ Everybody laughed. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Plus: the British band that inspired the young Skynyrd to work harder
“I never realised how difficult it was for Alex”: When Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson had to battle to get heard
"The guitar suffered in a lot of the mixes," Lifeson said
“Oh, we're Number One again! It almost got boring after a while”: Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen’s masterpiece
“People have a hard time understanding how unsurprising Bohemian Rhapsody was to us," May says
“There’s so much material at this point”: Slash says a new Guns N’ Roses album is coming
He’s just not sure when
“We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in!”: Donovan and the song that connects him to Hendrix, Zeppelin and The Beatles
But was Hurdy Gurdy Man really the template for Stairway To Heaven?
“The high priests of conceptual rock!” Every Rush studio album ranked – from worst to best
Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire called them “the world’s biggest cult band”
“"There is something magic in that instrument”: Billy Gibbons on why Pearly Gates is one of the greatest Les Pauls ever
All Gibson Les Paul Standards from 1959 are special but what is it about the ZZ Top frontman's Pearly Gates that makes it so unique? As Gibbons says, it might be something entirely supernatural
“I wrote it so that Joe and I could play even harder than on Hotel California”: Don Felder's heavy 'lost' Eagles song
"It had harmony parts, trading-off solos and a much harder rock edge"
“I was driven to Ritchie’s house in Surrey. That was the big test”: David Coverdale's baptism of fire with Deep Purple
“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!'"
“I said, ‘Sorry, boys – you can’t turn this chorus down!’”: How Def Leppard created a mega-hit song in 10 days
"It was really based on rap stuff – not your standard rock song”
“If that album bombed we would have been dropped from the label!”: Kiss stars recall the album that saved the band
It's 50 years since the release of Kiss Alive!
“I think a certain amount of friction is inevitable”: How Rick Davies described the conflict that ruined Supertramp
Davies and Roger Hodgson made great music together, but it couldn’t last
“We got it on tape three hours ago – we just like hearing you guys play!”: ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on producer Rick Rubin
Plus: how the Texan trio created something new out of an old hip-hop track
“Without Chuck Berry there wouldn't have been The Beatles or Stones”: Gene Simmons' eulogy for a rock ’n’ roll legend
Plus: the shocking stories Simmons heard from his former partner Diana Ross
“We pillaged a few things from Freddie’s solo work”: Brian May recalls how Queen' final album was created
Plus: the one thing that was 'sacrosanct' in Queen's songwriting process
“To those I inspired to start drumming, I apologise to your parents!”: A rare interview with Rush legend Neil Peart
“After 40, 45 years of playing, I wanted to push myself and open up this whole new frontier,” he said
"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
