Samantha Fish: smashing guitars, hecklers, and the liberating power of not giving a f**k By Henry Yates Kansas City gunslinger Samantha Fish on smashing up guitars, shooting down sexists and shaking off the covid blues
“It was one of those lightbulb moments”: How Press To MECO made their third album, Transmute By Henry Yates Recorded in an ancient castle while a pandemic raged outside, Press To MECO’s third album, Transmute, is the DIY classic that finds Britain’s sparkiest alt-rockers coming off the ropes swinging
Why I ❤️ My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, by Vernon Reid By Henry Yates Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid explains his partiality to My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, an album he compares to Jackson Pollock
Phil Campbell's Byson Family: I want this band to be a celebration of Glasgow By Henry Yates After quitting The Temperance Movement under a cloud, their former vocalist Phil Campbell says his new band The Byson Family is his rebirth
Joanne Shaw Taylor goes gleefully back-to-basics on The Blues Album By Henry Yates Joanne Shaw Taylor's The Blues Album is much more than a mid-career shrug of the shoulders
How Ozzy Osbourne found Randy Rhoads and made a masterpiece By Henry Yates Ozzy Osbourne reveals how he beat the odds to release the classic Blizzard Of Ozz album, his first after being fired by Black Sabbath.
The 10 best Jimi Hendrix songs released after his death By Charles Shaar Murray, Ed Mitchell, Henry Yates Jimi Hendrix released just three studio albums and one live album in his lifetime. These are the 10 best songs from his posthumous albums
Tigercub: we make music to express the inexpressible By Henry Yates After the album session from hell, Brighton alt.rockers Tigercub have earned their stripes on stunning new album As Blue As Indigo
Agony and ecstasy: How Stone Temple Pilots overcame heartbreak to make Tiny Music By Henry Yates Despite its title, Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop was a huge album for Stone Temple Pilots. A quarter-century on, we spoke to Dean DeLeo and Eric Kretz about the triumphs and agonies behind their third album
Jakob Dylan: "I was brought up thinking records were not supposed to be fun to make" By Henry Yates Jakob Dylan on the return of The Wallflowers, “noisy guitars”, transitioning from Trump, and why songwriting brings out his Mr Hyde
Counting Crows' Adam Duritz: despair, hope, and hunting rabbits By Henry Yates Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz on mental illness, dairy produce, romance, the band’s new EP Butter Miracle, Suite One, and shaving off his dreads
Chris Catalyst on band hopping, mental health, and why he can call Ginger Wildheart “a knob” By Henry Yates From the Sisters Of Mercy to Ugly Kid Joe – via a superb new solo album – Chris Catalyst’s résumé is nothing if not long
Pop Evil: six albums in and still having fun By Henry Yates Michigan rockers Pop Evil on new album Versatile, circle pits, breakfast cereals, having a Brit drummer, and recording at Foo Fighters HQ
The story behind Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston By Henry Yates Dropkick Murphys' I’m Shipping Up To Boston was a collision of Celtic punk, legless pirates, and beyond-the-grave lyrics from American folk hero Woody Guthrie
The 10 best BB King songs, by Joe Bonamassa By Henry Yates Joe Bonamassa, one of blues music's current stars, chooses the 10 best by BB King, the late king of the blues
Joe Bonamassa: his best albums By Henry Yates Updated Since relighting the blues touch paper, reluctant superstar Joe Bonamassa has barely stopped. Here’s a guide to his best albums
How Jimi Hendrix set rock'n'roll ablaze and rewired the electric guitar forever By Henry Yates Jimi Hendrix’s 1966 touchdown in London started a four-year revolution that tore up the rules of electric guitar playing and terrified the old guard. Over half-a-century after his sonic boom, those ripples can still be felt
Dizzy Reed: 10 records that changed my life By Henry Yates Guns N' Roses' keyboard player Dizzy Reed reflects on 10 records that charted his path through rock'n'roll
Six things you need to know about Dirty Honey By Henry Yates In a world over-sweetened with pop syrup, Dirty Honey tell stories from the darker side of Los Angeles
Joe Bonamassa has just released the best damn blues concert you’ll experience all year By Henry Yates The release of Joe Bonamassa’s Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman is your chance to own the livestreamed concert that saved us from the Covid blues
Black Sabbath’s Master Of Reality: the inside story of 70s metal’s stoned masterpiece By Henry Yates How Black Sabbath pushed metal to ever heavier levels on their immortal third album, Master Of Reality
Counting Crows' Adam Duritz: My Life In 10 Songs By Henry Yates Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz picks out ten of his favourite tracks from a lifetime of crate-digging
Todd Rundgren: hall of famer, singer, producer, songwriter... and guitar hero? By Henry Yates From using a guitar to simulate motorbikes on Bat Out Of Hell, and the sound of strangled chickens on A Wizard, A True Star, we revisit the case for Todd Rundgren’s guitar genius
Ten years of The Treatment: a tale of liquor, vampires, serial killers and Alice Cooper pranks By Henry Yates Shedding band members but swaggering on, The Treatment are betting on their fortunes taking an upturn with fifth album Waiting For Good Luck
Michael Schenker on creativity, immortality, and why he’ll never make peace with Rudolf By Henry Yates "I don’t follow trends. If anything, I have created trends – and not just one" - Michael Schenker
