Latest articles by Ken McIntyre
What happened when Lee Aaron declared herself the Metal Queen
Celebrating Canada's phony metal conspiracy
Let It Roll by TKO: The story of one of rock'n'roll's great lost albums
Signed by Heart's management and to the same record label as the head of the Catholic Church, TKO toured with everyone from Cheap Trick and The Kinks to Foreigner and Van Halen: It wasn't enough
A salute to Axe's forgotten blue-collar gruntrock party classic, Offering
Revisiting one of melodic rock's greatest long-lost albums
The story of Player's debut album, a record for people who like to get home before it gets dark
Perfect for people who think Survivor rock too hard
The story of Blackfoot, the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success
A tale of terrifying underachievement
The frazzled story of Captain Beyond, the stoner rock supergroup crushed by the music business
"They did everything they could to destroy us. That's why we're like this secret, cult band."
The song that turned an English blues outfit into a globe-trotting rock band with high-maintenance habits
All thanks to a warm, evergreen slice of pure pop genius
The rise, fall and rise of REO Speedwagon, the misunderstood superstars of AOR
The rollercoaster story of REO Speedwagon, the AOR band with a rock’n’roll spirit
Serial killers, sex and Satan-crazed filth: How the 1980s tried to destroy AC/DC
By the mid-80s, the huge success of Back In Black was a fading memory, AC/DC were on the ropes, and there was worse to come
Die Spitz: They hate interviews. They love rock
“Sometimes Simon Cowell writes the music for us. Sometimes it’s AI”
Every Meat Loaf album ranked, from worst to best
The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best
After 10 years, American punk-metallers Zig Zags still want to steal your motorbike
LA punk metallers with Iggy Pop connections return with head-crunching new album
The wild story of Black Oak Arkansas, the band who had it all then gave it all away
Which band stole all their equipment, lived in a remote mountain compound for half the 70s and were buddies with Bill Clinton? Just them good ol’ boys Black Oak Arkansas
Five amazing 90s bands who should have been massive but never made it
Some bands make all the right noises but never achieve the riches they deserve
Tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet Ravagers, the band soundtracking the end of the world
How Aerosmith grew to hate each other but learned to love again
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer on the making of Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension!
How AC/DC swam against the 80s hair metal tide and made an underrated gem in Blow Up Your Video
AC/DC’s 1988 album Blow Up Your Video was a tipping point for the hard rock icons – and for guitarist Malcolm Young in particular
The violent, bloody birth of the Bay Area thrash scene
How a handful of kids from Northern California changed the world
Doom high priests Electric Wizard are the perfect band to soundtrack the end of the world
Electric Wizard’s 2014 album Time To Die was a masterclass in apocalyptic doom necromancy
A metal fan’s guide to Deep Purple, one of hard rock’s original Holy Trinity
Along with Sabbath and Zeppelin, Deep Purple helped craft the primordial goop that spawned metal
The story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk album that invented Guns N’ Roses
The story of Hanoi Rocks’ Back To Mystery City, the glam-punk album that invented Guns N’ Roses
What happened when the singer from The Archies made an unlikely AOR album
Ron Dante produced Barry Mannilow's first nine albums before turning to rock. What could possibly go right?
This year Redd Kross will finally tell their story: Just don't ask Molly Ringwald
Eight albums in shape-shifting rock’n’roll brothers Redd Kross are gearing up to take the next step up the ladder
