Leaving the train wreck of the Sex Pistols behind, Rotten became Lydon and the dense punk sound became spacious dub for his new band PiL’s first real statement of intent

Lou Reed was no longer the rock’n’roll animal of the 70s, but at the end of the 80s, railing against socio-political poison, he rediscovered his punk mojo

The former Spider From Mars talks school, Angie Bowie’s cooking, not having regrets and life with Ziggy Stardust

The BBC may as well have put all of our licence fee money in a big shitty bin and set fire to it

On a US tour in late 84, Hanoi Rocks seemed poised for greatness. But then Vince Neil drove onto the scene

Sgt. Pepper marked the precise moment when pop music transformed itself into something altogether more serious. We've rearranged it so the end is even better than the beginning

Slim Jim Phantom on the Stray Cats, burnout, Britt Ekland, Lemmy and being “the easiest guy in town to find”

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and Charlie Watts on the fights, drugs and chaos that was the making of Exile On Main St

There's absolutely nothing wrong with The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders from Mars. We shouldn't rearrange it. But we have, from least best to very best

A shockingly friendly Lou Reed in one of his most in-depth interviews ever