The art of war

The groundbreaking LA band’s much-sampled path through rock, soul, jazz, funk and beyond

When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World

From Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests to extended residencies at Las Vegas’s hi-tech phenomenon the Sphere – and, soon, the storied stage of the Royal Albert Hall – it’s been a long, strange trip for BOBBY WEIR . But the guardian of the GRATEFUL DEAD ’ s legacy still has further to go. “Am I still on the bus now? Yeah, I am,” he tells Nick Hasted

AFTER A SESSION career that included credits with Keef Hartley, Toots & the Maytals and Steve Winwood (along with an appearance in the Beatles’ Help! movie as a child actor), by the late Seventies, Ju

What is this that stands before me? Only the original lineup of BLACK SABBATH , gathered together for the final time! To celebrate the event, Uncut hears their story from the secret ingredient of the band’s heavy swing: drummer BILL WARD . “I jump into a song and explode,” he tells John Robinson

The electro super-producer on Bob, Bruce, Beastie Boys’ food fights and upsetting Fleetwood Mac