Rock
This is rock’s greatest-ever supergroup – and chances are you’ve never heard of them!
Assembled in the late 1970s, this who’s who of rock royalty won a Grammy and played to a sell-out crowd, and yet few could tell you their name, let alone what they sounded like…
Despised by critics, loved by millions: 11 bands that proved the music press wrong
Rock critics routinely tore these 11 legendary bands to shreds – but the record-buying public simply turned up the volume
Look closer: 21 legendary album covers with hidden secrets
From haunting coincidences to hidden political jokes, these 21 legendary album covers prove that the truth is always stranger than fiction
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These 23 tracks sound like nothing else on earth. And most are from one particular decade
From Bill Haley to Nirvana, 23 songs that blasted into the rock pantheon like so many objects from outer space
The sound of self-destruction: 15 albums that ended great careers
From blockbuster blunders to creative collapses, these 15 albums were the moment when rock legends lost their way
'Scared': 17 rock stars who wrestled with stage fright
They looked fearless under the spotlight. In reality, these rock stars battled crippling stage fright before facing an audience
The 17 weirdest career moves ever made by great bands (No. 2 backfired spectacularly)
Everyone's got to make a strange choice once in a while, right? The Beatles, Pink Floyd and the Stones are just some of the rock behemoths who took weird left turns
From Buddy Holly's glasses to Taylor Swift's scarf: 31 objects that defined music history
The history of rock can be told through songs. It can also be told through these 31 extraordinary objects
Move over Beatles, Floyd and Zeppelin: THIS might be the greatest album run of them all
Between March 1965 and August 1971, The Beach Boys made a run of 11 albums that varied hugely in style, but featured some of the greatest sounds ever committed to tape
The Beatles' 19 lost No. 1 singles
With 18 number one hits in the UK and 20 in the US, The Beatles were never short of hits. But as we reveal, for every hit single, they had another ace in their back pocket
This might be rock's greatest year... and these 17 incredible albums tell you why
It doesn't often come up in discussions of rock's greatest years, but this '70s year saw defining statements from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more
Until you saw them live, you didn't truly 'get' these 13 bands
These rock acts did great things in the studio - live, though, they entered a different league altogether
‘Grabs you by the throat and never lets go’: rock’s 25 greatest opening tracks
These 25 legendary tracks were the perfect opening salvo, instantly defining the sound and ambition of rock's greatest albums
We ranked America's 25 greatest 1970s bands
From gritty garage punk to sleek stadium rock, we rank the greatest American bands that defined a legendary musical decade
These 17 bands changed so much they barely sounded like themselves
From Dylan’s electric shock to Bowie’s endless reinventions, these 17 acts didn’t just evolve — they transformed so radically they became almost unrecognisable
We ranked the 33 greatest drummers in rock history (and the top two are Brits)
From prog rock's technical wizardry to the thunderous grooves of the stadium era, we salute rock’s 33 most unforgettable drummers
The 7 Fleetwood Mac albums you should definitely own
Fleetwood Mac’s shape-shifting legacy spans blues, pop and rock classics. Here’s how their eclectic albums stack up, from worst to best
America never really 'got' these 12 British bands
Some British bands found a vast new fanbase Stateside, while other seminal acts failed to crack America. What gives?
The 21 greatest albums of 1974, the year the dream turned decadent
1974: The year rock got heavy, greasy, and glam, mastering the art of the stadium and the studio alike
These 17 bands were brilliant. And then, suddenly... they weren't
From disastrous trend-chasing to catastrophic overreach, these artists went from untouchable to questionable with astonishing speed
These 17 classic rock tracks mean the opposite of what you think
Uncover the hidden truths behind 17 iconic tracks where infectious melodies cleverly mask dark themes and unsettling obsessions
What were they thinking? 15 tracks rock legends wish they could erase from their back catalogue
A look at 15 times the world’s biggest bands stepped out of their lane and crashed into the stylistic guardrails
These 13 legendary rock partnerships went down in flames
From wavering friendships to outright feuds, some of rock music’s most legendary partnerships are also some of its most flammable
Left in the shadows: 12 brilliant rock albums you completely overlooked
12 misunderstood rock albums – from Joni Mitchell to Queen – reborn for modern ears, revealing brilliance once dismissed or overlooked
