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As the bass, and high tenor, of Canadian prog rock gods Rush, Geddy Lee has navigated a life and career filled with both tragedy and comedy. In 2023, he talked to MOJO's James McNair about the early days of Rush, the controversy surrounding their iconic third album 2112, on the road excess, and why he decided to quit dru...

Few would regard the albums The Rolling Stones made between 1964 to 1972 – that is, from their debut LP to Exile On Main St. – as anything other than vital documents from rock’s formative era. But, of course, that was only the first phase of their 64-year journey, which would deliver many more musical pearls, whether it was 1978’s Some Girls with i...

In 2014, Bruce Springsteen inducted the E Street Band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During his 16-minute speech, the 64-year-old singer from Long Branch, New Jersey, himself elected in 1999, praised the many members of his core backing band, from his first encounter with Vini ‘Mad Dog’ Lopez in April 1966 to the arrival of

"There is a rule in rock and roll," The Clash's Joe Strummer once declared, "you're only as good as your drummer." Fortunately for The World's Greatest Rock And Roll Band, they also had the greatest drummer. The dapper, unflappable, jazz-loving Charlie Watts may often have seemed wryly amused, or even bemused, by his bandmates in The Rolling Stones' antics both onstage and of...

In the latest issue of MOJO, on sale now, we speak to Can’s sonic architect Irmin Schmidt about his life on the musical vanguard. In this extended hymn to the genius of Schmidt and his bandmates, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore discusses the huge impact the krautrock masters had on him personally, and the direction music would travel…

“While The Beatles were topping the 1...