Latest articles by Niall Doherty
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…
How Pearl Jam channelled Pink Floyd and emerged with their weirdest ever single
The Seattle giants were determined to show they had moved on from being the band that had made Ten and Vs., and this strange lead single was their Exhibit A
10 indisputable reasons why Essex is responsible for the best British artists ever (some might be slightly disputable)
Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!
Iron Maiden announce details of official doc to coincide with their half-century
Bring your daughter… to the cinema: metal icons mark their 50th anniversary with career-spanning film
Ten brilliant songs featuring guest vocals from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke
From PJ Harvey to Burial to Portishead to Sparklehorse, the singer has been a keen collaborator over the years. Here’s ten must-hear songs he's leant his voice to.
The story of Oasis’s first Number One, as told by Noel Gallagher
The Britpop legends’ first Number One heralded the moment they turned from thrilling rock’n’roll band to cultural phenomenon. Here's how it came together.
The tortured tale of how Radiohead made The Bends
The Oxford quintet’s era-defining second record turns 30 this month. Here’s the story of how it came together.
The Smashing Pumpkins album that Billy Corgan says has always had a “weird cloud” around it
Things were never straightforward for Corgan & co. throughout the 90s and the tale of what was meant to be their final record pretty much sums it up
The 10 must-hear B-sides and outtakes by Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan’s alt-rock titans were one of the most prolific bands of the 90s. Here’s ten brilliant cuts that never made it onto one of their records.
I’ve just discovered how many classic seventh records exist and it’s blown my mind... allow me to introduce the magnificent seven
Are you aware of how many incredible seventh records there are? Introducing the magnificent seven...
