Latest articles by Henry Yates
Guitar hero Michael Schenker looks back on first hearing Immigrant Song and learning Since I’ve Been Loving You
Multiple sessions, countless takes and a drunken Brian Jones – how Jimi Hendrix claimed All Along The Watchtower as his own
Singer and guitarist Gráinne Duffy on AI songwriting, being compared to a blues-rock legend, and why Walter Trout should try giving birth
Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom
LA livewires Rival Sons are the standbearers for 21st century rock’n’roll. Here’s how to get into their seven album back catalogue
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
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
Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
Josh Todd’s record collection consists of AC/DC, AC/DC, AC/DC and AC/DC. Oh, and One Direction
Strip survivor and Sweet & Lynch frontman Michael Sweet on keeping the faith, hitting the high notes and preventing fan suicides
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...
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante wanted Jimmy Page to appear on The Mars Volta’s Frances The Mute album
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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?
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
Buying guide 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 frontman Leigh Kakaty on getting punched in the face, rock‘n’roll therapy, and teenage run-ins with the law
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
Power-ballad belter Bonnie Tyler picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals that Axl Rose was "horny as hell"
Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and the rest: They all owe so much to the instrumental artists of the 50s and 60s
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
Northampton's new men in black Empyre have survived sickly gigs, killed rock giants, and made grown men weep. You might like them
