Henry Yates

The debauched story of the Wildhearts classic made perfect by the last guitar solo from a legend

By Henry Yates published 30 January 26

All the elements of the classic rock'n'roll lifestyle fed into a storming tune about a crazy ex-lover

The story of the love/hate hit that split the Judas Priest fan base

By Henry Yates published 29 January 26

Rob Halford recalls how Judas Priest celebrated 1980s materialism - complete with sexy motor imagery and state-of-the-art studio technology

How Therapy? ram-raided the mainstream with an ode to the soap opera of teenage existence

By Henry Yates published 23 January 26

Inspired by Irish punk and the Smash Hits Awards, Screamager brought Therapy? unexpected fame

The story of Feeder's breakthrough hit, a song its writer doesn't want to talk about ever again

By Henry Yates published 22 January 26

Drink cider from a lemon? Grant Nicholas reveals the real inspiration behind Feeder's hit single Buck Rogers

The story of the joyous breakthrough hit inspired by Thin Lizzy, Star Wars and Dutch cigars

By Henry Yates published 20 January 26

From school to hellraising in short order – all enabled by a story of a whirlwind intergalactic romance

The story of the spandex-clad classic that launched its creators into the stratosphere

By Henry Yates published 9 January 26

Recorded on 9/11 and once voted the Greatest Song Of The Twenty-first Century So Far, I Believe In A Thing Called Love could have been a hit in any decade

How Owner Of A Lonely Heart transformed Yes from washed-up 70s prog band into 80s superstars

By Henry Yates published 1 January 26

The song that marked one of rock’s great reinventions

The trials and triumphs of Chris Rea, rock’s most reluctant star

By Henry Yates published 31 December 25

Think the late Chris Rea was just the guy who wrote Driving Home For Christmas? Think again

The Best 50 Rock Songs of 2025

By Classic Rock Magazine published 29 December 25

Twelve amazing months of prog rock, pop rock, blues rock, country rock, art rock, glam rock, alt-rock, southern rock, Christian rock, proto-rock, Britrock, hard rock, vampire rock, garage rock and moon rock

How Lenny Kravitz wrote Are You Gonna Go My Way

By Henry Yates published 29 December 25

Two albums into his career, Lenny Kravitz was still taking the train to the studio. Then came the night that changed his life forever

The apocalyptic 1969 hit that marked the beginning of the end for one of America’s greatest rock’n’roll bands

By Henry Yates published 20 December 25

John Fogerty’s massive hit inadvertently captured the chaos and turbulence of late 60s America

Nickelback's breakthrough hit was defined by a climax suggested by their drum roadie

By Henry Yates published 19 December 25

Chad Kroeger tells the story behind Nickelback's enormo-hit How You Remind Me

Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece Be The Love

By Henry Yates published 16 December 25

Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time

The story of the seventies classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for the drummer's Lamborghini

By Henry Yates published 16 December 25

"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"

The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025

By Classic Rock Magazine published 14 December 25

Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music

The surprisingly sexual story of the Bryan Adams song fans thought was about youthful innocence

By Henry Yates published 9 December 25

It turns out Bryan Adams’ hit single Summer Of '69 wasn’t all about childhood, longing and loss

The Pink Floyd song that David Gilmour says marked the beginning of the end for the band

By Henry Yates published 29 November 25

It featured not one but two astounding guitar solos

The story behind Ozzy's Crazy Train (and why it gave him mixed emotions decades later)

By Henry Yates published 27 November 25

After being dumped from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy Osbourne needed a big comeback. And boy did he find it

How Public Enemy and Anthrax united to create a whole new genre

By Henry Yates published 12 November 25

How thrash kingpins Anthrax and hip hop titans Public Enemy created the greatest rap-metal song of all

Eric Gales' new album pays tribute to the man whose music he grew up with - his brother

By Henry Yates published 10 November 25

Blues star Eric Gales on his record for his late brother, cutting heads with Joe Bonamassa and surviving time behind bars

The story of the Kiss classic Kiss didn't actually write

By Henry Yates published 5 November 25

Now a rock anthem, Argent's God Gave Rock And Roll To You was written under the storm cloud of cancer and enjoyed a superstar second wind

The story behind Good Riddance - Green Day's cosy but spiteful mega-anthem

By Henry Yates published 20 October 25

Many thought this song was written with warmth and goodwill towards its subject. They were wrong

"I've heard it's responsible for a whole generation being conceived": The epic story of rock's ultimate aphrodisiac anthem

By Henry Yates published 16 October 25

"I did feel like making love at the time... that happened a lot" - Paul Rodgers

How an iconic Alice In Chains song brought Jerry Cantrell closer to his estranged dad

By Henry Yates published 15 October 25

Rooster by Alice In Chains was Jerry Cantrell’s tribute to his Vietnam veteran dad, and it showed a different kind of dark side to the band

The David Bowie albums you should listen to... and one to avoid

By Henry Yates published 30 September 25

David Bowie’s back catalogue is one of the boldest in rock'n'roll, fizzing with reinvention and renewal - and these are his best albums