The Stone Roses in 1989: Ian Brown, Reni, John Squire and Mani.

The moment The Stone Roses blew a fuse on live TV

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The Best Books About Music

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Which of Queen's most famous songs did guitarist Brian May write?

Which Queen songs did Brian May write?

John Lennon's comments on Christianity led to Beatle records being publicly burnt in some states of the US "Bible Belt"

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield

The meaning of Metallica's Master of Puppets single

Two albums with very long titles: Happy Mondays and Soulwax

12 of the longest album titles ever released

Radio X's Women Who Rock playlist

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Oscar winning movies with Classic Rock songs: Forrest Gump included Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird.

10 Classic Rock songs from Oscar-winning films

Black Sabbath and their 1963 movie namesake

20 bands named after films

Albums with strong opening tracks from The Doors, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

The 30 greatest Classic Rock album opening tracks

Nirvana, on the morning of the Smells Like Teen Spirit shoot, August 1991: Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl.

Why Kurt Cobain didn't want to release Nirvana's Come As You Are as a single

Nirvana