They never cut a duet album, yet Elton John and Joni Mitchell’s late‑life alliance and lifelong cross‑influence quietly rewired what rock can be.

How a teenage contest killer from Texas turned down Megadeth, invented groove metal, Black Tooth shots and pranks – then died mid-riff but refused to fade.

In 1969 Newsweek crowned Janis Joplin rock’s first female superstar. Decades later, her raw, “nothing held back” voice is still the benchmark modern singers fear and chase.

The wild story of how The B-52s came back from grief and near-collapse to unleash Cosmic Thing, Love Shack and a defiantly queer pop revolution.

Carlos Santana and Charlie Musselwhite’s wild John Lee Hooker stories reveal a bluesman who could charm Madonna, terrify the radio and still say no.

How Karen Carpenter became the 1970s’ most intimate voice, why the industry pushed her off the drums, and how anorexia turned pop perfection into tragedy.

Before she was Mrs. Kotter, Marcia Strassman cut a trio of strange, ambitious 60s pop singles. Here is the story of that brief, psychedelic detour.

Animals showcases some of David Gilmour’s fiercest guitar work, yet he has always sounded ambivalent about the album. Here is how Waters’ vision left him torn.

Brian Jones lived sex, drugs and rock and roll before it had a name. How the doomed Rolling Stones founder became rock’s first modern star.

Inside the one backstage photo that captures Keith Richards, Tina Turner and David Bowie at New York’s Ritz in 1983 – and how whiskey, MTV and grit reshaped rock.