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The Hanoi Rocks legend on his new album, old band, recording with Slash and never wearing spandex

Album engineer Robert Battaglia takes us inside the studio sessions, while superfan Tracii Guns tells us what makes TFFL so great more than four decades on

'I guess it was a pretty good title,' he says of the piano ballad he penned at 14 years old

'There was such a big buzz going at that time – it was the whole Guns N’ Roses, Poison, Faster Pussycat, L.A. Guns era,' he says of L.A. in the mid '80s.

Pre-fame footage includes rare sighting of original guitarist Matt Smith

He may have been light years from “School’s Out” and “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” but the shock rocker's 1980s output still boasts some killer tunes – even the one about “Velveeta slapped on Wonder Bread”…

The Halestorm singer and guitarist on the artists that helped her to discover and embrace her ‘weirdness’

The guitar legend picks his most unforgettable Priest shows, from the US Festival to Live Aid to the one where 'we got paid six pounds'

Photographer Don Adkins took the first-ever shots of some of L.A.'s most iconic bands. He tells Metal Edge the wild tales behind the incredible images

From Hollywood clubs to the US Festival, Estrada captured the greatest bands of the era - Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden and more, in thrilling, edge-of-your-seat detail

‘Essentially I was just wearing leggings on each leg and there was nothing in the middle,’ he says

‘I remember how tall they all were,’ the punk icon says of Blackie & Co. ‘I have their first three albums’

'We started partying and that's what you see,' he says of filming Youth Gone Wild. 'It’s us tying one on'

Find out what track you voted ‘king of the mountain’

He might play for one of alt-rock’s most iconic groups, but the Pumpkins guitarist has serious ‘80s glam pride

They may not be household names, but according to Baz these bands deliver the rock goods

From hair bands to heavy thrashers, the Alter Bridge axeman is a serious ‘80s music addict

Come an' get a taste of the bloozy, pub-rocking 'Snake

Onstage, backstage and on the town with Vince, Nikki, Tommy, Mick... and Ozzy!

“You would work your way down the block, from Gazzarri’s to the Whisky, and then you were off and running,” the Ratt front man says

The Dream Theater guitar ace on the axe slingers he's ‘seriously, seriously into’

I feel pretty fortunate I got to be raised at a time where you could just be a little bit more of a troublemaker,’ the Mötley Crüe bassist and songwriter says

“I was out of my tree a lot,” the Metal God admits

They crawled out of the cellar and up onto the Strip. Oh my god, look what the cat dragged in...