Latest articles by Paul Elliott
“Man, this is a hit!”: The magic combination in Pink Floyd’s freak Christmas No 1
“It wasn’t my idea to do disco music," Gilmour said
“I didn’t want my song playing while a family got whacked!”: Journey singer’s fears about Don’t Stop Believin’
What happened when the rock anthem featured in The Sopranos
“There was a 50/50 chance that I’d be able to sing again!”: The dramatic story of an ’80s mega-hit
You know things are bad when your guitarist tries to kick you out of your own band!
“I could see and hear my brothers dying”: The horror of a rock band’s plane crash - by the guitarist who survived it
Six people died, including the band's singer
“It became a wedding song. ‘Hey, did you listen to the lyrics?’”: The hit with a sting in its tail
And with the money it made, the band bought an oil well!
“The music business attracts the lowest form of life!”: How one rocker took on the industry and won!
If ever an artist stuck it to The Man, it was Boston’s leader Tom Scholz
“Eddie Van Halen and Gary Moore were kind of animal players!”: By Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith
For him, shredding is “like maths or something!”
“Kurt ended up giving me this rad guitar!”: Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear recalls his first show with Nirvana
He heard somebody say: “We can’t let him on stage!”
“He didn't want his credibility blown by being named on a Def Leppard album!”: The rockers’ secret weapon
“He added a new dimension to our songs,” Leppard’s singer says
“A musical union that sold more than 220 million records!”: The new, "definitive" Fleetwood Mac documentary
But it doesn’t cover the Peter Green years
“It came out exciting, almost attacking”: Vic Flick, who played the Bond theme guitar riff, dies aged 87
He also played on Tom Jones’ It’s Not Unusual and other classic hits
“I co-wrote most of everything on the Beastie Boys album”: Rick Rubin on his greatest hits of the ’80s
Plus: his pick for the greatest rock 'n' roll producer of all time
“Axl did a great job”: But is the Guns N’ Roses singer about to rejoin AC/DC for a 2025 tour?
Axl’s buddy Sebastian Bach has hinted that it may be true!
“I love Bowie, but I was a kleptomaniac!": How Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones stole David Bowie’s gear
Jones made his move after one of Bowie’s legendary Ziggy Stardust gigs
“What am I doing there singing a ballad? I’m a rock singer!”: Foreigner's Lou Gramm blasts the Hall Of Fame
He snaps: “Whoever is responsible, I’m not happy!”
The brutal heavy metal masterpiece that had producer Rick Rubin yelling: “More Satan!”
How the evil of Slayer flowed “after a few martinis”…
“I caught him with that Telecaster. Wallop!”: When Keith Richards took down a fan on stage
That legendary moment - in Keef’s own words
“Cliff was the strongest of the four of us emotionally”: How Metallica recovered from the death of Cliff Burton
And how they chose Cliff’s replacement among 60 candidates
“We’d all heard the myth of the scary Miles Davis. But he liked us!”: How Miles ended up on a Toto record
And instead of payment, he grabbed a painting off the band’s drummer
“There was some madman running around with a meat cleaver!”: How Angus Young remembered AC/DC’s scariest gig
In an Aussie pub it was like the Wild West
“The first time we played together it was stunning!”: John Bonham's words in Led Zeppelin's new documentary
Becoming Led Zeppelin is due in May 2025
“I paid half of what it was really worth”: The million-dollar guitar George Benson bought for peanuts!
The jazz legend is one smooth operator
“Metallica are killing us!”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare
The Monsters Of Rock tour in 1988 was a disaster for Dokken
