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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

Prog rock: its 31 most magnificent songs, ranked
From cosmic suites to apocalyptic epics, these 15 prog rock masterpieces reveal the genre’s wild ambition and transcendent imagination

Cult bands: 21 rock groups whose influence far outweighed their fame
From The Melvins to Slint, discover the unsung architects of rock whose records sold poorly but started a revolution
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The 3 weird New Wave albums Alice Cooper can’t even remember making
Three albums. Zero memories. Journey into the chemical fog where Alice Cooper created masterpieces he would completely forget making

Bats, butchers and bed-ins: rock's 15 most infamous publicity stunts
From libellous postcards to rogue inflatable pigs, rock history is littered with headline-grabbing publicity stunts

These 12 composers all left us incredible works. Yet they all died before 40
Many composers have died very young and often, we assume, at the height of their creative powers. Jeremy Pound explores the lives of 12 composers who died before reaching their 40th birthday.

Ranked: the 21 greatest live albums of all time
From prison yards to sold-out stadiums, these legendary recordings capture the raw energy, improvisation, and unmatched atmosphere of rock’s finest hours

1968: the 21 greatest albums from rock's psychedelic hangover
From psychedelic dreams to gritty roots-rock, 1968 was the year the counterculture exploded into its most diverse and daring masterpieces

Ranked: the 12 greatest uses of classical music in the movies
What are the best ever uses of classical music masterpieces in film? From heartbreaking love stories to apocalyptic visions, we select our top 12

Hard luck stories: rock's 12 unluckiest bands, ranked
Whether thwarted by crooked managers, catastrophic timing or financial naivety, these rock bands never nailed the greatness they deserved

'I'm no English pastoralist' – meet British composer Colin Matthews
As he approaches his 80th birthday, composer Colin Matthews speaks to Michael White about his 50-year contribution to British musical life

These 21 pivotal albums rescued rock's greatest bands from oblivion
From last-chance gambles to against-all-odds comebacks, these 12 albums pulled their creators back from the brink of rock’n’roll oblivion

Surprisingly, this is the most expensive piano in the world. Here's the story
This is the most expensive piano ever sold at auction. It's less about the piano itself than its unique place in cultural history....

These 15 rock songs haven't aged well
From 'casual' domestic threats to blatant stereotypes, these classic rock anthems prove that some legendary lyrics definitely haven't aged gracefully

Regrets? 14 rock musicians who quit bands JUST before fame came knocking
The rock musicians who walked away – or were pushed out – just before their bands exploded into global superstardom

WHAT did they just say? 17 rock stars who spoke out of turn
From drunken rants to political scandals, here are 17 moments when rock’s biggest icons took rebellion too far – and paid for it

14 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

Darkest nursery rhymes: the eerie truths hidden in our favourite childhood songs
From Jack and Jill to Three Blind Mice, many of our best-loved nursery rhymes have some sinister meanings behind their cheerful lyrics. Read on for our guide to the darkest nursery rhymes of all time

1979: ‘Disco Sucks' – sex, race, class, and the smell of burning vinyl
Rooted in racism, homophobia and the death of 70s rock, the Disco Sucks movement took aim at the new genre sweeping all before it

Ranked: the 15 greatest poems of all time
From The Tyger to The Lady of Shalott, we lose ourselves in 15 of the entrancing and evocative poems in all literature

These 15 bands ended up seeing each other in court
15 iconic rock acts who traded years of creative harmony for pitched legal battles over merch, royalties or songwriting credits

Here are 9 of the greatest symphonies by female composers
Until recently it was widely accepted that female composers avoided the symphonic form – but this assumption could not be further from the truth. Here are some of the greatest symphonies ever written by female composers

Meet Thomas Søndergård: Danish conductor and percussionist
Thomas Søndergård talks about his early years as a percussionist before becoming a full-time conductor – including as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales

1979 albums: the 23 greatest LPs from a uniquely restless year
From post-punk’s jagged edges to stadium rock’s final roar, 1979 was the year music’s old guard met its neon future
