Axe master

Guitarists Adrian and Richie prepare to take their side project on the road with shows in the UK.

Martin Barre MCNIDDER & GRACE

The Accidental EARMUSIC

VAN HALEN WAS the world’s biggest rock band at the beginning of 1985. Their 1984 album had sold more than five million copies in the U.S., reaching Number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (their hi

On the back of their first album in 42 years, the prog-rockers are currently playing shows in the UK.

He turned down Hendrix, butted heads with Lemmy, was saved from a bad trip by Pete Townshend, present at a thousand pop-culture flashpoints… Ten Years After bassist Leo Lyons explains why he’s like “the rock’n’roll Forrest Gump”.