Latest articles by Carol Clerk
Formed by members of The Damned, Dead Boys and Sham 69, The Lords Of The New Church snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
White Wedding was the song that sealed Billy Idol’s fame
The tale behind one of Aerosmith's most iconic songs
Known for his musical integrity and down-to-earth approach, Rory Gallagher was the workingman's guitarist, and Irish Tour '74 his defining statement
Twenty years on from Rebel Yell and 10 years after overdosing on crack, Billy came back in 2005 with a trademark sneer and an album that did what he does best
After decades in the business of rock'n'roll, this is the Gospel according to Alice Cooper
Leading lights of the UK's psychedelic revolution, Hawkwind's early days were a fug of good trips, bad trips, free-form chaos and dancing gazelles
The story of the exhilarating early ’60s birth of the Rolling Stones
When AC/DC headed off on their Lock Up Your Daughters Tour in the summer of 1976, a future Classic Rock writer was there every step of the way
A look back at the career of the First Lady of rock, a short career marked by extraordinary music, terminal insecurity and the search for happiness
From going nowhere in London with Generation X, to pop star and transatlantic hits, all it took Billy Idol was 15 minutes in a studio, and his sister getting pregnant
A premonition? A hunch? Destiny? In The Damned’s first ever interview, they said they wanted to cover the highly unlikely Eloise. Ten years later it gave them their biggest ever hit
Originally a Beatles song on the White Album, the Banshees’ version passed that important cover acid-test: "Quite a lot of people thought Dear Prudence was our original,” says Siouxsie
In which Robert Plant finds direction with a startling collaboration with Union Station singer Alison Krauss
How The Who threw away their mod trappings and became the voice of a whole new rock g-g-generation
