Latest articles by Ken McIntyre
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
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
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
The story of the All Sports Band, Cleveland's favourite gang of nylon-abusing supervillains
It was Ronald Reagan’s fault, really
Album Of The Week Club review: Captain Beyond by Captain Beyond
Legend tells us that Captain Beyond were pioneers of stoner rock, a supergroup who should have been super-massive
“Everybody hated punks in the 80s. It made it cool. It weeded people out”: how skate punk changed metal forever in the 1980s
Thanks to Suicidal Tendencies, JFA, Dr Know and more, skate punk was the fastest, most violent sound of the early 80s
"Mike Bloomfield came up to me at the Avalon Ballroom and says, ‘You can’t do that’. I said, ‘C’mon, Mike, you can do it, too. All you gotta do is turn this knob up to 10'": The story of Blue Cheer, the band who invented heavy metal
LSD, rehab, whiskey, fights, and in their spare time Blue Cheer invented heavy metal. This is their twisted tale
The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer
From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
The 50 greatest Guns N’ Roses songs ever, and the stories behind them
Guns N' Roses changed the shape of rock'n'roll when they emerged in the mid-eighties. Here's a half-century of their very best, and the stories behind them.
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 Stones. The Dolls. Hanoi Rocks. Could Dangereens be the next great rock'n'rollers?
Fancy a ‘pocket symphony of hard times and gorgeous melodies’? Then Dangereens might just be the band for you
Marcus King: If you're worried about the future of rock’n’roll, rest easy
Having trudged down the same sorry, drugs-littered road as some of his heroes, Marcus King has cleaned up his act and is now on the road to major success
The 10 best thrash metal albums of 2022
From Megadeth and Kreator to Dead Cross and Vulcano, these are the best thrash metal albums of 2022
That time we went to Iowa after Slipknot finished recording All Hope Is Gone
In September 2008, Slipknot scored their first number one album in the US with All Hope Is Gone. We travelled to Des Moines to find a band standing on the edge of the abyss
Bonded by blood: the birth of the Bay Area Thrash scene
In the early 80s, San Francisco became the epicenter of an extreme new scene. This is the story of the birth of thrash metal
Why Steven Tyler turned down the chance to replace Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin
It's 2008, Jimmy Page is thinking about going on the road, but Robert Plant isn't interested: Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler tells the story of crossing the Atlantic to audition
The Monster Magnet albums you should definitely own
Throwing space-rock, proto-metal, acid-rock and a lot more into a swirling pot, Monster Magnet have a gift not for invention, but reinvention... and these are their best albums
How Brownsville Station made the goofy hit that gave Motley Crue a goofy hit
The story of Brownsville Station, creators of the classic Smokin' In The Boys Room and Michigan’s biggest band of the glam era
