Latest articles by Matt Stocks
“What came off his guitar, you still don’t even know to this day what the hell he was doing”: these are the 10 greatest guitarists ever, according to The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson
The 10 best songs by The Replacements, selected by Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace
Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace gives us 10 reasons to love The Replacements
Night one of NOFX’s last ever European tour perfectly illustrates why Fat Mike’s crew will be treasured forever as true punk rock rebels
NOFX launch their '40 years, 40 Cities, 40 Songs Per Day' European tour in Barcelona, and remind us why they're the greatest punk band of their generation
The 5 best songs by The Bronx, by vocalist Matt Caughthran
The Bronx's Matt Caughthran nominates five bangers from the LA punks
The 10 drummers that inspired Joey Jordison
Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison once shared the top 10 drummers who inspired his iconic style
Rare cuts, make-up contests and chef Paul Stanley - eight awesome things we learned on-board Kiss Kruise 2022
Kiss Kruise 2022 was the ultimate Kiss party, and we got to sneak onboard to see it all go down
Twin Temple's show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles was so good it gave people orgasms (no, really)
From doo-wop bangers to people in the crowd enjoying themselves a little, ahem, TOO much, Twin Temple brought fun and frolics to LA
Batman, Beetlejuice, The Simpsons and Wes Borland: Danny Elfman just put on one of the most mind-bending live shows of 2022
Danny Elfman's show at the Hollywood Bowl is a dizzying, career-spanning triumph
The Top 10 best Corey Taylor guest appearances
Need a guest vocal from a metal A-lister? There’s only one person to call
Rob Trujillo: “Ozzy is still the voice of Heavy Metal.”
Rob Trujillo went from covering Ozzy's songs to recording and playing with the Prince Of Darkness, here the Metallica bassist pays tribute to his former boss
The First Album I Ever Bought: Mike Duce, Lower Than Atlantis
Lower Than Atlantis frontman Mike Duce says why he stumped up his pocket money for Foo Fighters' third album
The 13 best Red Hot Chili Peppers songs about California
California's Red Hot Chili Peppers' best songs about being Californian in California
The 10 best stand-up comedians, by Geddy Lee
Bass player, singer and stand-up comedy fan Rush's Geddy Lee chooses his favourite funny people
10 moments of pure punk perfection from Joey Ramone
Celebrating the life of the late Ramones frontman with 10 bursts of effervescent punk genius
The 10 best Children Of Bodom songs, as chosen by Alexi Laiho
In 2015 we asked Children Of Bodom vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho to pick the 10 songs that best represented the Finns' legacy
The 10 best Alice Cooper songs, by Dennis Dunaway
Dennis Dunaway knows a thing or two about Alice Cooper songs, as he helped write some of the best. Here's his ten favourites
Jackass star Steve-O: 10 albums that changed my life
The albums that made everyone’s favourite daredevil the batsh*t crazy lunatic he is
The top 10 best System Of A Down songs
How System Of A Down became one of modern metal’s greatest bands in 10 songs
The 11 best songs by Free, according to Thunder's Luke Morley
Thunder guitarist and "Free obsessive" Luke Morley on the band's best moments
We got Melvins’ Buzz Osbourne to pick the 9 greatest Melvins albums
The Melvins albums you really need to hear – straight from the horse’s mouth
“Heroin decimated my friends”: inside the mind of Duff McKagan
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan crammed enough for several lifetimes into one. He looks back on what he’s learned
Enter Shikari's New Year's Eve Party Playlist
It's basically a virtual Rou Reynolds DJ kit to get your New Year's Eve playlist started with a bang
10 songs I wish I'd written, by Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr
Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr on classics by Dylan, Motörhead, Guns N' Roses and more
