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13 bands who went huge... then just vanished
One moment they owned the airwaves; the next, they were ghosts. Discover the legends who conquered the world... then disappeared
Here's the best selling album from each 1970s year (this band got two of them)
From monumental rock operas to the unstoppable pulse of disco, explore the ten records that defined the decade’s commercial summit
These 19 brilliant third albums are where great bands finally found their sound
Forget the ‘sophomore slump’ – the third album is where the training wheels come off and legends are truly forged in gold
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The 1970s guitar icon who became a Pentagon adviser – and 10 other unlikely career moves
These rock stars all enjoyed surprising career moves when they stepped out of the spotlight
Here's why lullabies are so good at sending your baby to sleep
Why are lullabies so effective at encouraging babies to sleep? Musicologist and new mother Madeline Castrey investigates
These 11 rock icons started out as anonymous session musicians (No. 1 played on two legendary debut albums)
Before they became household names, these future superstars were the anonymous hired hands helping other artists make classic records
One-hit wonders: 25 bands who left us just one unforgettable song
From jangling indie to late-’90s pop, these bands left their mark with a single unforgettable hit that defined then forever more
The Brandenburg Concertos: why Bach’s masterpiece was so nearly lost forever
Without a series of calamitous events, JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos might never have come to be, explains Clifford Hall
The classic album recorded in a haunted mansion – plus 10 more strange recording locations
Why record in a studio when you can make music on a yacht, theatre or log cabin?
When rock stars took things too far: 15 outrageous tales of excess
From snorting ants to armoured tank confrontations, 15 outrageous tales of debauchery, destruction, and pure, unadulterated rock-star madness
These 9 huge rock songs brought their creators back from the brink of oblivion
Just when these rock stars needed a lifeline, they delivered the songs that brought their careers roaring back
I read 47 rock memoirs... and ranked them from worst to best
From Keith Richards' rawest confessions to Don Felder's revelations on life in the Eagles' nest, here are rock's 47 most gripping memoirs
Satanic Panic: 11 bands accused of corrupting America’s children
In the 1980s, America feared rock music could summon Satan, trigger suicide and corrupt children. These 11 bands found themselves accused
Did Deep Purple witness a murder? The terrifying story of their 1975 Indonesian nightmare
One bodyguard dead, three men jailed and $750,000 missing: the terrifying true story of Deep Purple’s Indonesian nightmare
The seismic changes that have rocked the classical music world in the past 50 years
Rock's 7 most underrated band members – and why they were so important
The unsung architects of rock: these are the quiet geniuses who provided the essential DNA while others took the spotlight.
The 15 greatest albums made by bands already falling apart
When great bands start to fracture, the studio becomes a pressure cooker – and sometimes that tension produces their finest work
The band who created an alter-ego to trash-talk themselves – and 10 more of rock's weirdest side projects
The weird and wonderful side hustles of rock music’s great and good
From the barbecue to the pool, these are the portable Bluetooth speakers you must have for summer 2026!
Our audio expert Chris Haslam recommends go-anywhere speakers for top summer listening
The 1970s were over. These seven rock giants reinvented themselves for the ’80s
Some 1970s rock giants lost their way in the '80s – while others reinvented themselves and thrived in bold new directions.
Review: Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman, Volume 5
Wild Up’s fifth volume of Julius Eastman works is soulfully performed, writes Claire Jackson
Neil Young had just made his biggest album. Then he made three of rock's darkest
In the wake of fame and tragedy, Neil Young swerved from 'Harvest’s sweetness into the raw, haunted depths of the so-called 'Ditch Trilogy' – his darkest, rawest and truest work
You didn't just 'join' these 7 bands. You surrendered... to a way of life
For these radical collectives, joining a band meant surrendering the ordinary rules of rock'n'roll – and sometimes the ordinary rules of life itself
The 11 most gloriously overblown rock tours of all time
From full-size orchestras to Stonehenge sets and private jets, these tours prove rock stars have never understood the meaning of restraint
