Latest articles by Niall Doherty
The Radiohead album that got away: the story of Hail To The Thief
The story of the art-rock trailblazers misfiring sixth album, one that even the band themselves confess is "a lower part of the curve".
How R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on Fables Of The Reconstruction
The story of Michael Stipe & co.’s strange and brilliant third album.
The Feel Good Hit Of 2000: the story of Queens Of The Stone Age’s brilliant breakthrough album Rated R
The tale of Josh Homme & co.’s excellent second album, which turns 25 this month, and how metal icon Rob Halford came to make a cameo on it.
The tale of Smashing Pumpkins’ odd, all-over-the-shop 1998 tour to support Adore
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo".
The story of “kissing and fainting to the floor” that inspired Robert Smith for a 1987 classic by The Cure
As a teenager, The Cure frontman Robert Smith had a magical moment on a clifftop with his future-wife and he revisited it for one of his best ever songs
“Sheer excitement!”: Appetite-era Guns N'Roses on memories of their first ever show together
Forty years ago, the fledgling GN’R line-up needed a new guitarist and drummer urgently. They found them and rock’n’roll has never been the same since.
“This has been far from a singular endeavour”: your guide to every player who’s ever passed through Nine Inch Nails, from Pretty Hate Machine to now
Ahead of Trent Reznor & co.’s UK tour next month, here’s your chance to swot up on the industrial-rock titans' evolving line-up over the years
The troubled, tragic tale of Stone Temple Pilots’ self-titled sixth album
What was meant to be a fresh start for the grunge giants ended up being the beginning of the end for their classic line-up
A Louder writer on how he accidentally got the only Radiohead interview they did for their last record
As A Moon Shaped Pool turns 9, this writer recollects a night on the tiles in Paris with Thom Yorke & co.
With Oasis’s huge reunion shows looming, here’s the setlist they need to play this summer
Warning: do not click if you’re a huge fan of She’s Electric.
The story of the Pearl Jam record that the band admit they’re “never going to remember as one of the greats”
The Seattle rockers’ trickiest album was fraught with writer’s block and drug addiction and it’s not one guitarist Stone Gossard is in a hurry to listen to again.
How This Is A Call changed everything for Dave Grohl and introduced the world to Foo Fighters
The story of Foo Fighters’ debut single, which turns 30 next month, and why it's the song that Dave Grohl says saved his life
How Nine Inch Nails' masterful With Teeth saved their career
The record that got the industrial-rock titans back on track turns 20 in May. Here's the story of its creation.
How Fidel Castro gave the go-ahead for the most jaw-dropping gig of Audioslave’s career
The rock supergroup became the first US band to play an open-air concert in the country in 2005, wowing Havana with the most epic show of their career
Jack Black is not starring in the Weezer film. But John Wick is. Here’s everything we know about it
Rivers Cuomo might have seemed to confirm the School Of Rock star’s involvement but a Weezer spokesperson has nipped that rumour in the bud
The story of Supergrass and their million-selling, chart-topping debut I Should Coco
They were young, they ran free: how Gaz Coombes & co. made one of the best British debuts of the 90s
The time Soundgarden went on tour with Guns N’Roses and realised they “wanted nothing to do with that world”
The grunge legends opened up for Axl & co. on the Use Your Illusion tour and came out of it with a lesson in how not to act on the road
The 10 best Manics tracks featuring a guest vocalist (plus the odd bassist and guitarist)
From Cate Le Bon to Duff McKagan and Lucy Rose to Kevin Shields, the Welsh legends have often welcomed other artists into their songs. Here’s ten of their finest.
The 10 best opening tracks on grunge records: a definitive list
A list in which we sacrifice some of our favourite opening tracks in the name of journalistic integrity... but seriously, no Serve The Servants?
The Waterboys’ Mike Scott on why he’s made a 25-song concept record all about Dennis Hopper
The band’s leader tells us about the making of Life, Death And Dennis Hopper – and why one period of Hopper’s life feels like a reflection of his own
The story of lost Supergrass record Release The Drones, the album that led to their split
In 2009, the Britpop icons went into the studio to make their seventh record and by the time they left, they were no more.
The story of Selling Jesus, the explosive single that introduced Skunk Anansie to the world
As their debut single turns 30, we head back to the beginnings of a scintillating quartet who’ve always done things their own way
The “pretty little ballad” that turned Blink-182 into all-conquering punk-pop titans
The trio needed one more song to complete their third album, so Tom DeLonge went home and summoned up a classic…
