Bad blood and buried hatchets

SPINAL TAP’S SEMINAL 1984 DOCUMENTARY WAS A HEAVY-METAL MASTERPIECE. NOW, AS THE HAPLESS TRIO RETURN WITH SPINAL TAP II: THE END CONTINUES , WE MEET THEM TO DISCUSS THEIR COMBUSTIBLE CHEMISTRY

Sarah Ditum on Pop IN NOVEMBER 1995, ...

PETER GILES

In 1974, Mike Oldfield defied the critics and hit the top of the UK charts with Hergest Ridge, the ambitious follow-up to his unexpectedly successful debut Tubular Bells . To coincide with the release of the 50th-anniversary edition, the musician, his siblings and collaborators recount the story of an album created by an overwhelmed 21-year-old taking refuge near the Welsh borders.

Ronnie Dio pinched her cheeks, Wolfgang Van Halen took her to 5150, she’s shared stages with Slash, Skid Row and Tom Keifer, given Rob Halford high heels for Christmas, bonded with Ann Wilson and Amy Lee… She’s Lzzy Hale , and these are some of her stories.

We bid farewell to Mick Ralphs, the highly innovative founding guitarist of Mott The Hoople and Bad Company