Latest articles by Ian Fortnam
"As unmistakable contemporary backing vocals from McCartney intertwine with Lennon, an involuntary emotional response is utterly inevitable." Classic Rock's Reviews Editor and biggest Beatles fan gives his verdict on Now And Then
Classic Rock Reviews Editor Ian Fortnam gives his take on the song everyone is talking about
“His work with Gentle Giant surely seals his prog reputation”: Produced By Tony Visconti box set
73 personally curated tracks covers a huge range of genres from Ralph McTell to Thin Lizzy
“A few progressive leaps too far, with its experimentation and sheer audacity… but the future understood”: The Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat
Massively inspirational, the 1969 album didn’t enjoy mass appeal at the time.
Hackney Diamonds is the Rolling Stones' most quintessentially Stonesy album in 40 years: it's also a 21st-century record for a 21st-century audience
The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds is the first album of original material in 18 years from the creators of rock's blueprint
These are the six essential Rod Stewart solo albums every rock fan needs in their life
Forget the Great American Songbook series – these are the albums that prove Rod Stewart is one of rock’s greatest voices
Start Me Up was an abandoned, reggae-flavoured jam that almost never saw the light of day. Then it became a classic and earned The Rolling Stones a $14 million payday
The Rolling Stones' last Top 10 UK single Start Me Up was originally an entirely different beast – and Keith Richards may still hold a grudge about that
"Loath to actually leave Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett made it so they had to chuck him out. And none of them ever got over it": Storm Thorgerson's documentary on the Pink Floyd founder reviewed
Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd reviewed
30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid
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
12 examples of the songwriting genius of Lou Reed that aren't Perfect Day or Walk On The Wild Side
Twelve Lou Reed tracks for the connoisseur, charting his journey from black-clad street poet to ornery elder statesman
"Ultimately, they weren’t Rick Wakeman" - Clem Burke and Glen Matlock on the outsider appeal of the original punk bands
Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk
How The Damned made Darkadelic, their surprise contender for Album Of The Year
Re-made and remodelled, with acclaimed album Darkadelic echoing glorious moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future with much to offer
The world nearly got a supergroup featuring members of the Sex Pistols, Blondie and the Bay City Rollers
Blondie’s drummer, the ex-Sex Pistols bassist, the Bay City Rollers’ guitarist and Paul Weller nearly made up punk’s weirdest supergroup
Groundhogs founding guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dead at 79
The death of Groundhogs' leader Tony McPhee has been confirmed by the band
St Anger at 20: how Metallica's most maligned album saved their career
Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy
The Suzi Quatro albums you should definitely own
With her looks, charisma and star quality, Suzi Quatro was the undisputed queen of 70s glam-rock. These are her best albums
Alice Cooper: "There wasn’t one human being on the planet that thought we’d get past thirty years old"
Godfather of shock-rock Alice Cooper on the Hollywood Vampires, the perks of being a sober celebrity, and launching a Johnny Depp and Amber Heard soap opera
"It was like Dorothy landing in Oz" - what happened when Alice Cooper went to Los Angeles
Once upon a time, a garage band from Phoenix moved to LA and became Alice Cooper, with a little help from Frank Zappa, a dark alter ego and... West Side Story
Iggy Pop: "Once you’re my age, every day has to carry some risk"
With a star-studded new album out, Iggy Pop talks about still giving his all, no more stage diving, addictions, his cockatoo, and finally taking a phone call from the Hall Of Fame
The Rolling Stones' In Mono: it's great but it borders on abuse
The Stones’ monaural 60s box: eight albums, 16 discs, six kilograms-plus of wallet-rinsing duplication
Iggy Pop has made the best album he could have made: a stone-cold classic
Former Stooges firebrand Iggy Pop finds dazzling late-career form on 19th solo album Every Loser
The Beatles Revolver Special Edition: so good, divorce papers will be filed if this isn't in certain stockings this Christmas
Can Giles Martin work his magic on Revolver's four-track recordings? Yes, he can.
Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle: "five years of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll took its toll"
Buzzcocks' leader Steve Diggle on following his dream, the toll of partying too hard, and continuing after losing Pete Shelley
Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman: the soundtrack of my life
Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why bossa nova is the perfect music for breakfast
