7+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1583+ words) The 1970s were the decade when an album cover stopped being merely a sleeve and became part of the experience. The results could be beautiful, bizarre, provocative or downright baffling – but rarely dull. Here are 21 extraordinary 1970s album covers that pushed the…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1426+ words) Being a member of one successful rock band is a wild accomplishment - this talented bunch performed the trick three times or more Making it the rock business with a band is often down to a combination of talent and luck....

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (830+ words) Hobbits? Capes? Ten-minute keyboard solos? Our resident Seventies svengali Robin Askew debunks some prevalent 1970s rock myths Andrew Putler/Redferns via Getty Images Believe it or not, Seventies rock has a bad name in certain quarters. Apparently, everyone wore a cape,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (402+ words) From psychedelic pioneers to punk innovators, these 15 great American bands deserve to be rediscovered – and remembered Whatever happened to the great American rock bands who should be household names? For every Eagles, Aerosmith or Tom Petty, there are bands who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (163+ words) 11 shadowy, unsettling albums that signalled the ’60s dream was dying – and something stranger and darker was coming For a brief moment, the mid-1960s glowed with utopian possibility. In 1966, Swinging London made counterculture fashionable; in 1967, the Summer of Love promised sensitivity, psychedelia,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1661+ words) MTV and synth-pop dominated the mainstream, but a number of important debut albums signalled the shape of things to come When a band as big as ZZ Top is ready for a makeover, you know that powerful forces are in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1329+ words) From monumental rock operas to the unstoppable pulse of disco, explore the ten records that defined the decade’s commercial summit The 1970s represented the absolute zenith of the long-playing record as a cultural and economic force. During this decade, the album…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1253+ words) The 1970s were a mad, wonderful time for makers of experimental rock music. From krautrock to psychedelia and way beyond, here are 15 of the decade's most brilliantly madcap albums One of the many reasons why the late 60s and early 70s were so…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1537+ words) Some 1970s rock giants lost their way in the '80s – while others reinvented themselves and thrived in bold new directions. Few decades saw as much upheaval in rock music as the 1980s. Synths surged, punk gave way to new wave, and MTV changed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1721+ words) Albums used to be divided broadly into two categories, rock and pop. With the rapid proliferation of mainstream subgenres, this was no longer the case MTV celebrated its second year as a broadcaster in 1982. Its relentless broadcasting of promo videos…...