Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“I would never have played bass without him”: Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea remembers guitarist Hillel Slovak
“His guitar playing was beautiful”
“We had three prog musicians from big bands playing bubblegum songs, really”: Carl Palmer on his ’80s supergroup Asia
But he admits: “I didn’t enjoy making those silly videos”
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“I love Ogre Battle – danga-danga, ‘Waaaaah!’”: Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith names his favourite Queen album
“It has a lot of power, it has wonderful orchestration and incredible playing”
“There were probably 20 people at that first Rush gig”: Alex Lifeson recalls the humble beginnings of his legendary band
“We didn’t have a mic stand so we used a standing lamp and taped the mic to it”
“I’d have to smoke a big joint to be able to listen to it!”: Fleetwood Mac star Lindsey Buckingham's unusual solo albums
“Roy Thomas Baker spent most of the time just barking orders”
“Eddie was always experimenting”: Van Halen's Michael Anthony on the band’s cult classic Women And Children First
Less surprisingly, he said “it was party time in the studio”
“All I could think about was Black Sabbath!”: How Pantera singer Phil Anselmo fell under Sabbath’s evil spell
And why he thinks that Norwegian black metal ruled in the ’90s
“Bonzo picked Harrison up and launched him into the swimming pool”: When Led Zeppelin's drummer dunked a Beatle
According to Zeppelin's manager, Harrison called it “the greatest night of my life!”
“I heard things he did with Johnny Cash. I was impressed”: How Neil Diamond scored his first No.1 album with Rick Rubin
“We went in to make demos. We didn’t go in to make a record”
“Lars had Styx and REO Speedwagon records. ‘Why are you buying this crap?’”: James Hetfield on Metallica’s early days
Plus: Hetfield's memories of his first gig – when AC/DC opened for Aerosmith
“I got up and the sun was shining, and I came up with Mr. Blue Sky”: How Jeff Lynne created his masterpiece
For a generation still mourning the loss of The Beatles, ELO were the next best thing
“The solo is his interpretation of war. Such a brilliant piece of artistry”: Slash hails a Hendrix classic
“It’s just pure, soul-wrenching emotion”
“I haven’t written anything on the new album. Bang go my royalties!”: When Bruce Dickinson was Iron Maiden’s odd man out
“There was none of me on that record – I was just AWOL mentally”
“We really have no business being in a band together”: Lindsey Buckingham on Fleetwood Mac’s weird dynamic
And why he once sang about himself as “a visionary”
“It was something Ozzy was very passionate about”: Sharon Osbourne wants to bring back Ozzfest
But there's a twist: “I’d like to mix up the genres”
“The sound of his guitar has got that hard edge to it. It’s not clean – it’s nasty!”: Angus Young's guitar heroes
Plus: the story of AC/DC's greatest blues song
“It’s about a bloke who’s not sure whether he’s died or dreaming. Like a bad hangover!”: Iron Maiden's spooky anthem
Plus: Bruce Dickinson on the epic Alexander The Great
“On the first album I avoided doing a lot of cutting on the tape”: The perfectionist who's made six albums in 50 years
“The work in the studio is very high pressure. And there aren’t any breaks”
“The studio bill was £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought fish and chips”: Def Leppard's low-budget EP
“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”
“You get the old albums and listen to them until four in the morning”: Ex-Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies at 71
He played on the band’s landmark albums and the worldwide hit Wind Of Change
“Lou fixated on her and his vocal was done in one take”: How Foreigner and producer Mutt Lange created a classic hit
“We put ourselves under a lot of pressure making that record”
“It gave us loads of publicity’”: The controversial Iron Maiden classic featured in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
“Six six six, the one for you and me!”
“I took inspiration from Iron Maiden. And for the lyric, David Bowie’s Space Oddity”: A rock band’s global No.1 hit
“We were thrown into this weird pop world – it was madness”
