Before the posters, dolls and stadium tours, New Kids On The Block were five Boston kids with a terrible band name and a debut album that almost sank them.

JJ Cale saw Tulsa as a musical crossroads and used his own records as stealth demos to sell songs, not fame – and he quietly reshaped rock in the process.

How Brian Jones, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey turned The Rolling Stones’ ill-fated Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus into a surreal snapshot of rock’s dark turning point.

Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel turned one obscure prog band into two very different empires. Here is how they clashed, overlapped and secretly kept each other sharp.

In 1977, Michael Jackson and Prince were both 19, strangers on paper but already pulling pop in opposite directions. Here is how that silent collision course began.

How a glam-metal drummer and the Prince of Darkness forged rock’s wildest bromance, from Bark at the Moon chaos to Ozzfest reunions and Ozzy’s final goodbye.

How a few charged months around Newport Folk Festival 1967 entangled Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin – and exploded into classic songs.

Inside Jim Morrison’s notorious 1969 Miami concert – the chaotic night that turned a rock show into a criminal case and nearly ended The Doors.

How rock ’n’ roll exploded from 50s jukebox rebellion into Hendrix’s fireworks, Sabbath’s doom and AC/DC’s stadium thunder – and why it still refuses to die.

From coal-town kid to knicker‑storming Vegas idol to chart‑topping octogenarian, Sir Tom Jones has out-sung, outlived and out-evolved nearly all his peers.