Metal, Prog, Glam & Grunge

In A Field Guide to Grunge, Steve Wide explores the dynamic scene that sprung from the ashes of punk and underground metal in America’s Pacific Northwest. From the sludge metal of Melvins and the noise punk of Mudhoney, to the point where Nirvana blew the...

A radical re-writing of the history and politics of black metal music, Tonight It’s a World We Bury explores a range of tendencies central to black metal and uncovers their potential as critiques of capitalism. Challenging the commonly-held perception that black metal is a genre of...

This is a triumphant bid to capture lightning in a bottle! Glam came and went in a few short years, but renowned music journalist Mark Paytress captures its whirlwind story starting with its roots in '20s Hollywood, '50s rock'n'roll, Beatlemania and late '60s bubblegum pop....

The On Track series examines an artist’s entire output, track by track – or that within a specified date range – the series brings together expert analysis with both fact and opinion. AC/DC are a global rock institution and big brand name. The secret...

The On Track series examines an artist’s entire output, track by track – or that within a specified date range – the series brings together expert analysis with both fact and opinion. Despite being active for less than a decade and releasing just three...

The On Track series examines an artist’s entire output, track by track – or that within a specified date range – the series brings together expert analysis with both fact and opinion. Every now and then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses...

The Decades series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist. The 1980s saw Alice Cooper release arguably his most diverse collection of albums, ranging from new wave to metal to full-on radio-friendly rock. They weren’t all commercially successful,...

The Decades series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist. Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman is one of the most talented and influential musicians and composers to have graced the world of popular music. He is also one of...

The Decades series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist. For a few short years in the 1970s, the unique music of Focus entertained the world. Built around the prodigious instrumental talents of Dutch masters Jan Akkerman (guitar)...

The Decades series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist. When Yes ran into problems recording their tenth album in Paris at the end of 1979, it was almost the end. Yet in the 80s the band rallied,...

The Show That Never Ends is the behind-the-scenes story of the extraordinary rise and fall of progressive ("prog") rock, epitomised by such classic, chart-topping bands as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Emerson Lake & Palmer, and their successors Rush, Styx and Asia....

The Decades series looks at a specific decade in the life of a band or artist. They pulled on their platform boots and slapped on the makeup when everybody else was discarding theirs. Their albums were subject to poor production and scathing reviews. Other...