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SLY STONE, WHO DIED ON June 9 at 82, wrung greatness out of the American abyss. Early in his career, Stone was an avatar of a more peaceful future, forming Sly and the Family Stone as one of the count

Leader of north Wales rockers The Alarm and beyond, Mike Peters left us on April 29.

It’s 20 years since Johnny Green, late road manager of the Clash, wrote a riotous book about his time at the Tour de France. Trevor Ward hears the story from a first-hand witness, Green’s son Earl

Following 30 years of living with blood cancer, Mike Peters – frontman of The Alarm – has died at the age of 66

From drugs, despondency and dead bats to changing the face of modern metal and gaining an unlikely celebrity status, this is the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career

Close harmonies, smooth grooves, infighting and ‘the bag’: making an album on stage