102.3 The Rocket

10 metal bands who changed genre and immediately ruined everything

Changing your sound is a bold step, but Slayer, Mötley Crüe and Kiss absolutely fumbled it

A beginner's guide to '80s goth in five essential albums

Release the bats! Your essential guide to the best of '80s goth

“Like no one else… Theirs was the sound of a progressive new future for rock”: the prog roots of Jane’s Addiction major label debut Nothing’s Shocking

Where other bands flirted with the dark side, listeners just knew this band were living it

“I’m thinking to myself, ‘Freddie Mercury is cooking me breakfast”: how Queen and James Bond turned Highlander into one of the great cult movies of the 80s

Director Russell Mulchay looks back on the classic 80s movie Highlander and its Queen soundtrack