Latest articles by Henry Yates
Every Rival Sons album ranked from worst to best
LA livewires Rival Sons are the standbearers for 21st century rock’n’roll. Here’s how to get into their seven album back catalogue
"Can you believe that at Freddie Mercury's last concert, no one actually pressed record?": The story of the great showman's last stand
On August 9th 1986, Freddie Mercury played with Queen for 120,000 fans at Knebworth Park. No one knew it would be his final show with the band
"She went on several talk shows and said it was about her. But I can tell you that it wasn't": the real story behind Toto's Rosanna
Inspired by upcoming actress Rosanna Arquette - and John Bonham! - Toto knew Rosanna would be a hit the moment David Paich first played it on a piano
"It's such a complete record, that perfect balance of technique, songwriting, emotion and energy": Nita Strauss on the music that's soundtracked her life
Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
“The greatest album of all time? AC/DC’s Back In Black”: this is the soundtrack to Buckcherry singer Josh Todd’s life
Josh Todd’s record collection consists of AC/DC, AC/DC, AC/DC and AC/DC. Oh, and One Direction
“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess
Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin
Sweet & Lynch: "We're proving to the world that even if you're polar opposites, you can still work together"
Strip survivor and Sweet & Lynch frontman Michael Sweet on keeping the faith, hitting the high notes and preventing fan suicides
"For some bizarre reason, women seem to feel compelled to take their shirts off when we play it..." How Florida's strippers made Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me a hit and saved the band's career
In 1988, sales of Hysteria had stalled, and the record company were desperate to recoup the album's enormous costs. The story of the "stripping song" that came to the rescue...
“You could record yourself on a computer”: John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter asking him to appear on his best friend’s album
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante wanted Jimmy Page to appear on The Mars Volta’s Frances The Mute album
Could you open the UK’s first School of Rock franchise, manage your own music business and inspire the next generation?
School Of Rock are looking for people to start building the franchise in the UK – could you be the one to make a positive impact on young lives in your community?
"We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there
Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?
JAAW: "It has to be loud... everything has to be raging and full-on"
Therapy?'s Andy Cairns is ducking out of the day job to moonlight with his new industrial-psych project JAAW, and they're very, very loud
The Bruce Springsteen albums you should definitely own
The best of The Boss: from factory floors to open highways, Bruce Springsteen's best albums conjure up vivid images of American truth and hope
Pop Evil: "I think back to all those bands that helped when doctors, parents, teachers weren’t there for me"
Pop Evil frontman Leigh Kakaty on getting punched in the face, rock‘n’roll therapy, and teenage run-ins with the law
Amazing Grace: how Jeff Buckley got started on the album that defined his genius
Jeff Buckley’s move to New York in the early 90s was the flashpoint for Grace, the classic album that would outlive him. Collaborator Gary Lucas remembers a star who burned bright and fast
Bonnie Tyler: the soundtrack of my life
Power-ballad belter Bonnie Tyler picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that Axl Rose was "horny as hell"
Joe Satriani: the 10 greatest instrumental tracks ever written
Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock
10 revolutionary instrumentals that inspired the guitarists who invented rock music
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and the rest: They all owe so much to the instrumental artists of the 50s and 60s
I Alone by Live: "A million different interpretations later, it still means something to me"
Birth, death, love and loss… Live's post-grunge hit I Alone has soundtracked them all. Frontman Ed Kowalczyk remembers the song that was born in a barn
Six things you need to know about Empyre
Northampton's new men in black Empyre have survived sickly gigs, killed rock giants, and made grown men weep. You might like them
The story of Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls: "It was like a gift – like: ‘Oh, thanks God!'"
Iris by Goo Goo Dolls might have left the band's alt.rock roots behind, but it'll put their kids through college
Wig Wam: "I’d have a bottle of cognac backstage and it was empty when we left"
Wig Wam frontman Åge Sten Nilsen on straitjackets, cognac, and getting into character as his crazed alter-ego Glam
Steve Vai: "When people take back their freedom, they become themselves"
Virtuoso Steve Vai on his lost biker-rock record Vai/Gash, its doomed singer, and terrifying moments on two wheels
