Latest articles by Ian Fortnam
The day the Rolling Stones accidentally killed thousands of butterflies
What better way to pay tribute to a fallen comrade?
Blood brothers: Bob Ezrin on his long, strange trip with Alice Cooper
Visionary producer Bob Ezrin – who steered Alice Cooper to his greatest triumphs – looks back on decades of madness, mayhem and macabre genius
Michael Monroe looks back at a career packed with thrills, spills, triumph and tragedy
You could say Michael Monroe has really lived the rock’n’roll life, but it would be an understatement
The story of Iggy & The Stooges' ferocious classic Search And Destroy
The Stooges' Search And Destroy began with James Williamson "goofing around making machine-gun sounds" but countless others adopted its combination of pounding rhythm and aggressive guitar
How John Lydon left the trainwreck of the Sex Pistols behind with a trailblazing statement of intent
Johnny Rotten became John Lydon and the dense punk sound became spacious dub for his new band PiL’s first real statement of intent
The story of the electrifying Dr Feelgood classic that journeyed from paradise to paradise lost
With cryptic lines only some were meant to decipher, Dr Feelgood's Paradise experienced new life after tragic death
Jimmy Page on the secrets behind the Stairway To Heaven guitar solo – and the solo he found hardest to play live
Led Zeppelin’s legendary guitarist breaks down his most famous solo
A really useful guide to the music of George Harrison in 24 albums - and none are by The Beatles
An album-by-album guide to Beatle George’s greatest songs, solos, milestones and innovations
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music
This 1969 album was a prog leap too far – and it wasn’t even by a prog band
Later regarded as a massively inspirational work, it was too demanding a prospect when American quartet made it
The Who's Roger Daltrey on drugs, fights, death and the music that defined a generation
The Who: From pill-popping mod figureheads to Woodstock-generation rockers and beyond
What kind of a monster would you have to be not to like Ronnie Wood's Fearless: Anthology 1965-2025?
Honest Ron’s finest moments, starring the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, the Faces, Chrissie Hynde and more
“Multifaceted if superficially flawed gem”: Hawkwind’s Hall Of The Mountain Grill returns
Box set contains studio and live bonuses along with fresh remaster of the 1974 album
What happened when The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd played Knebworth
In 1976, the Stones pulled a vast crowd to Knebworth. It was a day of surprises, not least how late everything ran
The hypnotic 80s single that gave an apocalyptic post-punk band an unlikely Cold War-inspired hit
When Killing Joke became unlikely pop stars
The chaos and tragedy of Hanoi Rocks’ first US tour
Hanoi Rocks were heading for stardom – until drummer Razzle was killed in car crash involving Mötley Crüe’s Vince Neil
Fifty-one years on, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper finds the old band in majestic form
The Alice Cooper group's first full studio album together since 1974’s Muscle Of Love is a convincing recreation of an old landscape
Keith Richards goes solo on Talk Is Cheap
The polar opposite to Mick Jagger’s synthesised solo clatter, Keith Richards' Talk Is Cheap brimmed with soul
Every album by The Who ranked from worst to best
Never the most prolific of bands, The Who have released some of the most enduring and influential albums in rock history
John Lydon on the haters who buy tickets just to abuse him
PiL frontman and former Sex Pistol John Lydon on losing loved ones, living near the California fires, spoken-word gigs and underpants
"Fired up, furiously fashioned and bug-shit crazy": His Lordship define rock'n'roll on Bored Animal
A second album of fevered garage rock from Pretenders' guitarist
Pete Townshend and the lifelong search for answers
The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ongoing search for extraordinary music
The scandalous story of Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies
The Alice Cooper Band's outrageous behaviour prompted a statement in Parliament while their songs thrilled a generation
