ZZ Top: A rock masterclass, delivered with a flick of the wrist
The bearded rockers’ return to Wembley Arena wasn’t full of surprises – but it felt like a privilege to watch them play
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The bearded rockers’ return to Wembley Arena wasn’t full of surprises – but it felt like a privilege to watch them play
The troubled drummer known as ‘Bonzo’ was prone to violence and excess on a terrifying scale. Was he a maniac, or just misunderstood?
How did a film starring Ghost, a ghoulish group of masked Swedes with a taste for theatrics, make millions in cinemas? Its director explains
Self-publishing, once as reputable as pornography, is now the preferred – and most profitable – option for aspiring authors. Why?
The pop genius’s many horrific battles with mental health began in the 1960s and continue to this today… Then why gloss over them?
The ravages of time can be hard on a singer used to hitting the high notes – just ask Jon Bon Jovi or Axl Rose. But what can be done?
The late country star’s hardscrabble Christian upbringing was even sadder than his songs – and ill prepared him for the horrors of fame
The publishing industry wouldn’t exist without authors, yet it pays them less and less – if at all. Is writing books still worth the effort?
Coffee, condoms, coffins… Long before their $300 million avatar deal, the cartoonish metal band were masters at monetising their image
Manchester’s unruliest band wind back the clock in East London
The Smoke On The Water rockers on punch-ups, the making of their alcohol-fuelled debut album and Ritchie Blackmore’s many eccentricities
Rob Reiner’s 40-year-old spoof remains a perfect study of metal idiocy. Yet real-life rockers are so much more deluded – and accident-prone
Get your facts right, hire the right actor, don’t play nice… As the 007 director plans his four Beatles movies, here’s how they could be fab
The Rejects by Jamie Collinson introduces us to exiles from the likes of Guns N’ Roses and The Beatles. Shame it’s so sloppily written
The revered drummer on Frank Zappa’s zero tolerance drugs policy, his mind-blowing trip to Sherwood Forest and making Phil Collins swing
Some Kind of Monster took an unsparing look at the therapy session that saved the metal gods from oblivion – and made them trailblazers