Latest articles by Ian Fortnam
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
The tragic story of Johnny Thunders, who had it all – and threw it all away
Fiends, lovers and the people who knew him best reveal the man behind Johnny Thunders, New York Doll-turned-junkie poster boy
Led Zeppelin albums ranked from worst to best
From anonymous sixties session men to globe-straddling seventies rock goliaths - the albums that soundtracked Led Zeppelin's conquest of Earth
We asked Blues Brothers star Dan Aykroyd to give us his 11 favourite blues records, and he delivered
John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells - Blues Brothers and former SNL icon Dan Aykroyd knows his blues
Steve Jones on the return of the Sex Pistols and how new frontman Frank Carter joined the fun
When the Sex Pistols re-formed with three original members plus singer Frank Carter, they hadn’t sounded so vital in years. And there’s more to come
Peter Perrett and the long road to a genuine late-career masterpiece
A late-career starburst in his drugs-hastened twilight years, former Only Ones frontman Peter Perrett’s latest solo album is the best he's ever made
Ronnie Wood’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Bob Dylan and Axl Rose
Living with Hendrix? Jamming with Dylan? Giving Axl relationship advice? Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has done it all
The unlikely story of George Murray, the David Bowie bassist who became a school superintendent
Plucked from obscurity in 1975 to be in David Bowie’s band, then unceremoniously dumped five years later, bassist George Murray looks back on his time with the Thin White Duke
10 Slade songs that prove they're not just for Christmas
It may well be Chreeeeesssstttmaaaaaaasssssss, but Slade, like puppies, are an all-year proposition
Still Barking is 20 CDs of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band comedy genius, but it may baffle younger folk
A weighty celebration of Monty Python-preceding trad/psych satirists
Michael Monroe picks the records, artists and gigs that mean the most
Hanoi Rocks frontman turned solo star Michael Monroe on living with Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders, and the possibility that he might never die
Late keyboard legend Ian McLagan’s wild tales of the Stones, Rod Stewart, Brian Epstein and more
Jamming with Keith Richards, laughing at Bob Dylan’s gags, buying Rod Stewart’s drinks – former Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan did it all and more
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
The extraordinary life of Bill Wyman: restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer and Rolling Stone
Bill Wyman's time in The Greatest Rock’N’Roll Band In The World was storied, but there’s been much, much more to his life than that
Sweet's early classics shine bright on the irresistible Isolation Boulevard
Glam royalty Sweet buff up their crown jewels
Pamela Des Barres' tales of Jimmy Page, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, Keith Moon and more
Beneath Pamela Des Barres' infamous groupie exterior beats a romantic heart
How The Beatles’ White Album sowed the seeds for rock’s entire future
By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album
Roger Waters rails against capitalism, America, war, religion and television on Amused To Death
Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration.
Patti Smith's commercial breakthrough is a flawed artistic statement
Containing her biggest hit and her most controversial song, the Patti Smith Group's third album Easter is a fascinating whole
Question Everything isn't great lost Boys Wonder album, but it’s as close as we’re going to get
The greatest band you never heard. Again
How the MC5's Kick Out The Jams became a rallying call for a generation
The title track of the MC5's debut live album was the incendiary call to arms that ignited punk’s vital spark in 60s Detroit
"We knew we had something": The complicated birth of Led Zeppelin
How the most creatively fertile era in the history of British Music produced the most important hard rock band of all time, Led Zeppelin
“Seat-of-the-pants stuff served by a revelatory sound mix”: King Crimson’s Sheltering Skies
1982 live set, previously part-released as The Noise, finds the post-Discipline line-up repurposing prog
