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Three rock alter egos: "Camille", "Machphisto" and "Ziggy Stardust"

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Quentin Cook, David Jones and Chaim Witz. Or is it Fatboy Slim, David Bowie and Gene Simmons.

Rock stars and their real names

Slash fron Guns N'Roses in 1994

Slash wrote the guitar intro to Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child O' Mine "to get rid of the song"

Guns N' Roses

The Beatles performing live on the roof of 3, Savlle Row, 30 January 1969

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Queen on the set of the video for Radio Ga Ga, November 1983: John Deacon, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May

What are Queen's biggest songs?

Song titles with brackets in them!

20 classic songs with (brackets) in the title

Blur in Japan, 1994, shortly after the release of their genre-defining Parklife album: Graham Coxon, Dave Rowntree, Damon Albarn and Alex James.

10 songs that ended an era... or began a new one

Oh, Macca. 16 January 1980 and Paul McCartney is arrested at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport when 8 ounces of marijuana is found in his luggage.

The most ill-advised things your favourite rock stars have done

The Who's Roger Daltrey at The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Perform At The Royal Sandringham Estate

Roger Daltrey on The Who: "I’m happy saying that part of my life is over"

The Who

Frankie Goes To Hollywood and their debut single Relax: too rude for radio?

10 famous songs that were censored or banned

Iman and David Bowie in 2007

Iman shares heartbreaking post on the eighth anniversary of David Bowie's passing

David Bowie at the 36th Cannes Film Festival in 1983

Watch the moment Rue David Bowie is unveiled in Paris

A sandpaper record sleeve? It happened!

Are these the most boring album covers of all time...?

Final album covers from Nirvana, The Beatles, The Verve, David Bowie, The Smiths and more

The "final" albums by the greatest artists

The Rolling Stones in 2023

The Rolling Stones make Top 10 most-viewed UK artists on TikTok in 2023

The Rolling Stones

George Michael with David Bowie inset

When George Michael rehearsed Queen's Somebody To Love as David Bowie looked on...

Alex Turner and Miles Kane from The Last Shadow Puppets

Are these the best ever supergroups?