Latest articles by Ian Winwood
A classic audience with Lemmy, rock’n’roll’s greatest warrior
Motorhead kept the rock’n’roll flag flying well into their fourth decade with 2006’s Kiss Of Death
The Elvis Costello albums you should definitely listen to
Over the course of 32 studio albums, Elvis Costello has explored terrains that include country music, jazz, soundtrack work and even opera
"Alcohol is a depressant, so I got depressed": A poignant interview with the late Chris Cornell
Classic Rock's final interview with Chris Cornell
"I don't like the production of that record. I don't like how it sounds. I don't like how it looks": Soundgarden look back at their breakthrough album Superunknown
Grunge‘s founding fathers, Soundgarden watched the bands they inspired shoot past them. But with their mighty fourth album, Superunknown, they would help define the 1990s
“10 years ago no one in the US would bought an album by an Italian metal band. The idea doesn’t seem so strange now”: how Lacuna Coil served up a 2000s classic with Karmacode and went global in the process
In this classic interview from the Metal Hammer archive, Lacunca Coil look back on how they became Italy’s biggest ever metal band
“The teacher’s hatred of my guitar probably goes a long way to explaining why I persevered with it”: How Genesis’ Mike Rutherford survived boarding school
His early days were full of challenges, but he had the unwavering support of his dad
Avenged Sevenfold's first ever show at Madison Square Garden is a mixed bag for a band with such lofty ambitions
Dodgy sound, strange lighting choices and a misfired attempt to integrate their new music undermines an otherwise solid showing at the world's most famous arena
20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did
The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career
The enduring power of guitars, drums and desperate poetry: Frank Turner lights up New York City
The Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls / The Interrupters co-headline tour hits NYC. There was only ever going to be one winner
Randy are the greatest rock 'n' roll group you've never heard. But you can change that right now
The music business, like life, isn't just and fair. If it was, Randy would be bigger than Jesus
Time For Livin': How Check Your Head brought Beastie Boys back from the dead
Released on April 21, 1992, the kaleidoscopic, irreverent Check Your Head saw the Beastie Boys tap into their punk roots, silence haters and become kings of their own ultra-cool universe
Enter Shikari's A Kiss For The Whole World: the electrifying, genre-smashing sound of the future
St. Albans quartet stake their claim as one of the 21st century's greatest bands with their finest work yet
The story behind The Offspring's Smash: How a school janitor, a college nerd, a $5000 video and 11 million album sales turned the music industry upside down
Released on April 8, 1994, The Offspring's third studio album is the biggest-selling rock album ever released by an indie label. Here's how Dexter Holland, Noodles and co. Smash-ed it
"In Minor Threat we had zero expectations... it was an after-school activity": why punk rock guitar hero Brian Baker is down for life
From Minor Threat and Dag Nasty in the '80s to Bad Religion and Fake Names now, Brian Baker's faith in the power of punk rock remains unwavering
Fake Names' Expendables: members of Refused, Bad Religion, Fugazi and Girls Against Boys unite for a righteous racket
Fake Names' second album is punk rock nirvana from scene lifers who still value, and believe in, the power of three chords and the truth
Why a gig featuring no hit songs whatsoever is heaven for Elvis Costello super-fans
On the eve of Valentine's Day, Elvis Costello feels the love at New York's Gramercy Theatre
Fat Mike won't bullshit you on why he's killing off NOFX: "I don't enjoy it like I used to... I don’t need to be onstage hearing people applaud"
NOFX's Fat Mike is breaking up his band after 40 years, but he's not walking away from punk rock. He tells Ian Winwood why
Every Arctic Monkeys album ranked from worst to best
The seven studio sets from Sheffield's stadium-rocking superstars rated and ranked
Sex workers, solitude, suicide: How The Police spun black thoughts into platinum hits on Outlandos d’Amour
Released on November 2, 1978, The Police's debut album Outlandos d’Amour helped pushed 'new wave' past punk rock and into the mainstream
"It was ugliness personified": How anarchy, acrimony and apathy killed the Sex Pistols just 78 days after the release of Never Mind The Bollocks
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols was released on October 28, 1977. Just 78 days later, the band who gave us that thrilling debut was finished. "All of us had been cheated," says John Lydon
"We are the rock Muhammad Ali”: how punchy Swedes The Hives delivered a knockout with Your New Favourite Band
As it turns 21, here's how Your New Favourite Band made Swedish garage punks The Hives genuine contenders
Scott Gorham: Ballad Of A Hard Man
When Scott Gorham joined Thin Lizzy in 1974 it opened up a world of opportunity – and regret: the joys of playing with Phil Lynott were tempered by a hunger for heroin
