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How The Stone Roses began their musical career...

These are the first words that began your favourite band's career

Wolf Alice's The Sofa has taken the crown for Radio X Record of the Year 2025

Wolf Alice named Radio X Record Of The Year 2025 winners

Wolf Alice

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys, Liam Gallagher of Oasis and Kate Bush

How old were your favourite rock stars when they had their first hit?

Happy Mondays and the album that ruined Factory Records

The most expensive albums ever made

Great rock documentaries: The Beatles in Get Back; Bob Dylan in Don't Look Back; The Stones in Gimme Shelter; and The Who in The Kids Are Alright

The best Classic Rock documentaries

Perry Bamonte, performing with The Cure at Riot Fest in 2023.

Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65

The Beatles' controversial TV movie Magical Mystery Tour premiered on Boxing Day 1967

Why Magical Mystery Tour was considered The Beatles' Boxing Day flop

John Power recalls how Liam Gallagher called him up asking CAST to open for Oasis Live '25

John Power recalls the surreal moment Liam Gallagher called CAST to open for Oasis: "It was just an amazing feeling"

Blur in 2024: Alex James, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree

Alex James gifts Blur bandmates with cheese for Christmas

Blur

Christmas Day gig stars: John Lydon and Debbie Harry

10 great gigs that took place on Christmas Day

Freddie Mercury performing with Queen on the Night At The Opera tour in December 1975

What did Queen play at their Christmas Eve gig in 1975?

The Beatles and their troublesome Christmas record from 1967

Did The Beatles record the most irritating Christmas song ever made?

Hugo and Felix White perform the East 17 classic Stay Another Day

Watch The Maccabees play East 17's Stay Another Day

Serge Pizzorno was chatting to Radio X's Johnny Vaughan

Serge Pizzorno on the Christmas song he'd most like to cover

Kasabian

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral takes place at Manchester Cathedral on December 22nd December 2025

Gary "Mani" Mounfield funeral takes place, Liam Gallagher joins Stone Roses & Primal scream bandmates as pallbearers

The Lathums perform Krampus - live!

Watch The Lathums play their Christmas song Krampus

Oasis guitarist Gem Archer and Noel and Liam Gallagher on their Live '25 dates

Gem Archer says Oasis reunion setlist was originally four songs longer

Rock tracks of the year 1982, including Golden Brown, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, Africa and Run To The Hills.

The 25 best Classic Rock tracks of 1982