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1970s

Godspeed You! Black-Emperor - F-A-∞- - Far Out Magazine - Main

Five albums that sound exactly like their artwork

Covers you can practically hear.

Tom Taylor
Jun 21, 2026
Dave Mustaine - Megadeath - Guitars - 2023

“Unscrewed the lid off something evil”: the 1977 album that made Dave Mustaine want to be rock star

“It was…unsettling”.

Rachael Pimblett
Jun 21, 2026
Lemmy Kilminster - Motörhead - Musician

The most disgusting show Lemmy ever played: “He got Hepatitis C”

It sounds pretty rough.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 21, 2026
Brian May - Dr Brian May - Guitarist - Astrophysicist

The 1970s band Brian May thought broke up far too soon: “They were our mentors”

They should’ve been huge.

Reuben Cross
Jun 21, 2026
What was the first song about drugs to hit number one in the charts

What was the first live album to top the charts?

One for the books.

Kelly Murphy
Jun 21, 2026
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull - 02

The 1970s prog-rock band Ian Anderson transformed by accident

A big turning point.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 21, 2026
Led Zeppelin - 1970s

How Led Zeppelin’s entire discography stormed the charts for two weeks in 1979

Attack from all angles.

Callum MacHattie
Jun 21, 2026
Roxy Music - 1970s - Bryan Ferry - Brian Eno

“We just hadn’t a clue”: The glorious fluke of Roxy Music’s debut opus

A groundbreaking single…

Ben Forrest
Jun 21, 2026
Phil Collins - 1989

“A standing ovation”: the 1971 song Phil Collins thinks Led Zeppelin never topped

Seeing the bright side.

Tom Taylor
Jun 21, 2026
John Lydon - Singer - Sex Pistols - 2016

“So ahead of its time”: the 1978 album that rocked John Lydon to his core

An album that shaped the course of electronic and pop music.

Aimee Ferrier
Jun 21, 2026
Yalla the Uzbek band that introduced the USSR to folk-rock

Yalla: the Uzbek band that introduced the USSR to folk-rock

A defining act of the Soviet era…

Ben Forrest
Jun 21, 2026
Cat Stevens

When Yusuf/Cat Stevens teamed-up with a prog-rock giant in 1972

A merging of worlds.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 21, 2026

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