Pick up the pieces”

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.

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

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

Thirty years ago, Marillion released their final album on EMI, their first not to reach the UK Top 10. Afraid Of Sunlight has since been hailed as one of the band’s greatest recordings, but tragedy lay at its heart, even though it kickstarted their career as one of the most successful independent groups. The band recall the challenging times that threatened their career and, at times, their sanity.

When Alice Cooper ’s album Billion Dollar Babies hit No.1 in the UK and US in 1973, instead of solidifying the band they unravelled. It would be 50 years until the original group recorded another, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper .