Latest articles by Henry Yates
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
Mike Portnoy: The Winery Dogs are a modern day version of The Who
Drummer Mike Portnoy on power trios, bad band names, and the beauty of the old-school classic rock sound
Jared James Nichols: "After making this record I felt like I’d just got out of a rugby game"
The second-tallest man in rock Jared James Nichols on broken bones and being an “ugly, long-haired shithead” (his words, not ours)
Ugly Kid Joe's Everything About You: a story of MTV, beer drinking and escaped sex dolls
Written in protest at the popularity of sickly ballads, there was much to love about Ugly Kid Joe’s 1992 smash hit Everything About You
Jared James Nichols is back with a feast of loud-ass guitar
Nashville guitarist Jared James Nichols returns with self-titled fourth album after horror tour accident
Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld: "I’m just a white-trash boy who likes to smell good"
Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld on slitting throats, smelling good and getting lumped in with "knuckle-dragging rock"
Biff Byford may be on medication but he's very much ready to rock
Saxon’s frontman Biff Byford on the best music of 2022, plans for 2023, and the up-and-down side effects of medication
Mick Fleetwood: What Jimi Hendrix means to me
Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood on the genius of Jimi Hendrix: "He could fly into the stratosphere, but he would take the other players there with him"
Massive wagons: "I can walk down the middle of Lancaster now without getting my head kicked in"
Dark times won’t stop chart-bothering Massive Wagons, and neither will the bullies, bigots and bent politicians skewered on new album Triggered!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 25th birthday remake of his second album is not a surprise party
This remake of blueser Kenny Wayne Shepherd's second album Trouble Is... might just stick too close to the original
Archers Of Loaf: "Anger makes good rock’n’roll, and I had a lot of it"
Archers Of Loaf's Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52
Elton John's Tiny Dancer: a tale of love, failure and resurrection
"That song was like having your really good friends give you the best gift you could ever receive" - the story of Elton John's timeless Tiny Dancer
Blue jeans and wolf whistles: The story of the song that saved Steve Miller's career
Steve Miller's album sales were in the doldrums until old friend Maurice resurfaced on The Joker and gave him a long-awaited number 1
The miraculous story of Queen in the 1980s
It was the decade when Queen had it all, lost it and then clawed it back again. But behind the strut and sparkle of the band in the 80s, storm clouds were gathering
Queen: how a legendary artist and a violent robot led to their iconic News Of The World artwork
How Queen turned to a superstar fantasy artist for the News Of The World cover image
Troy Redfern continues breakneck creative pace on The Wings Of Salvation
The Wings Of Salvation is Hertfordshire bluesman Troy Redfern's sixth album in two years
Riots! Pornography! Torture! The strange secrets of Metallica’s Black Album
There's so much more to Metallica's best-selling Black Album than meets the eye. Here's 20 strange things you might now know
Ozzy Osbourne: I don’t plan on going anywhere, but my time’s going to come
Prince Of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne talks about Black Sabbath, sobriety, burying the hatchet, beating the booze and sticking it to Lollapalooza
Ozzy Osbourne's Ordinary Man: anything but ordinary
The beleaguered Prince Of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne kicks back against the world
How Ozzy Osbourne found Randy Rhoads and made a masterpiece
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 50 greatest Pink Floyd songs ever
From underground clubs to sold-out stadiums, Pink Floyd's path through rock has been revolutionary and stunningly successful. Here are their 50 best songs
