Latest articles by Niall Doherty
The harrowing story behind Skunk Anansie's empowering classic Weak
How shock turned to rage and, years later, rage turned into one of this rock quartet's biggest hits
How The Strokes saved rock’n’roll from its post-millennial doldrums... with a demo
The Manhattan quintet whose emergence in 2001 opened the floodgates for a whole new generation of guitar bands
Justin Hawkins on Christmas, Iron Maiden, brother Dan being a rock star, Yungblud and more
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is currently on the road with his Justin Hawkins’ Rides Again... Again! tour
The story of Tonight Tonight, the only grunge classic to involve SpongeBob SquarePants
Billy Corgan & co. entered into a different realm with this all-time cut from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
How Michael Stipe wanting to out "yeah" Nirvana helped inspire R.E.M.'s classic Man On The Moon
Stipe had writer’s block on this Automatic For The People standout until a stroll round Seattle opened the floodgates for one of his band’s biggest anthems
The stars who've made Bond themes only to have them rejected
A host of artists have had a crack at a 007 theme only for producers to knock them back.
The night Depeche Mode caused a riot in LA and became a national sensation
The story of the night that these electro-pop pioneers from Essex caused such carnage they made the US national news
How The Breeders, Foo Fighters and Rage Against The Machine inspired The Prodigy to make Firestarter
The dance titans embraced a whole new sound on this all-conquering Fat Of The Land anthem and they never looked back
The story of Temple Of The Dog's sole record, a grunge classic born out of grief
Members of Soundgarden and a fledgling Pearl Jam came together in 1990 to record a tribute to their late friend and emerged with a grunge classic
How Chris Cornell channelled Paul McCartney and Tom Jones when writing his epic Bond theme You Know My Name
Casino Royale kickstarted a new era for 007 and producers tapped up a grunge icon to ensure they had a theme tune to match
How Kurt Cobain wrote Nirvana’s classic B-side Sliver, the “ridiculous pop song” that paved the way for Nevermind
Embarking on a little pop experiment, Kurt Cobain emerged with one of the most enjoyably silly songs of Nirvana’s career
“All it takes is someone like Neil to point at you and it’s on”: what Eddie Vedder learned making Pearl Jam’s Merkin Ball EP with Neil Young
The story of what happened when Vedder joined his bandmates and Young at the tailend of the sessions for Mirror Ball
The crack covers album that brought Rage Against The Machine’s glorious first phase to a messy end
The LA quartet's fourth record Renegades was meant to be a celebration, only for Zack de la Rocha to leave the band before it was even released
The story of the boozy Counting Crows classic their drummer detested
A song Counting Crows' still-sozzled singer Adam Duritz wrote immediately after (and about) a wild night out, Mr. Jones became radio staple, a huge hit and their signature song
In celebration of the hugely-entertaining, long-running beef between Robert Smith and Morrissey
The Cure and Smiths frontmen had a long-running war of words beginning back in 1984 and here are some of the best bits.
The story of Alice In Chains’ final album with Layne Staley, the beginning of the end for their classic line-up
The grunge titans just about managed to hold it together for their self-titled 1995 third record but they knew something had to give
The Stone Roses bassist Mani dead at 63
Tributes have been rolling in for the musician described as "one of the absolute best in every way"
The story of Bono’s favourite U2 song, even though it isn’t by U2 and features Pavarotti on vocals
The epic ballad that was the sole high point of the Irish rockers’ ill-fated and experimental side-project in the mid-90s
From someone who’s already seen the show twice, here’s 10 songs Radiohead should try and get into the setlist on their triumphant comeback tour
The Oxford rock trailblazers hit Italy this weekend ahead of their first London shows in nine years next week
The 90s alt-rock anthem that stuck a Beach Boys chorus in the middle of the song and got the seal of approval from Brian Wilson himself
The band’s drummer didn't think they could get away with it, but the band’s drummer was wrong.
"It would be amazing": Sharon Osbourne gets behind campaign to change the name of Birmingham Airport to Ozzy Osbourne International
The petition, which has over 70,000 signatures, now has the backing of Sharon too
The era-defining 80s classic that shifted millions but had such an expensive sleeve that it sold at a loss
Someone forgot to run the numbers…
Listen to Poppy’s amped-up take on a festive classic
The genre-splicing star has reworked Wham’s Last Christmas in her own inimitable style
Yungblud on his favourite albums ever, including Sex Pistols, Amy Winehouse, The Verve and more
The Doncaster pop-punk hero on the album selections he couldn’t live without and the record he found a real identity with. There’s no room for Aerosmith though, which is awkward
“People talk to me on the street about it and say, ‘That song was really there for me when I needed it’”: the stirring 90s anthem inspired by Nazareth and featuring strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin that made this band absolutely massive
How a stirring 90s anthem made these alt-rock trailblazers huge, was inspired by Nazareth and featured strings arranged by a member of Led Zeppelin
