Latest articles by Niall Doherty
It’s 30 years since the Sheffield indie-rockers were riding high in the charts with their anthemic hit. Here’s the story of how it came together.
Chris Martin & co. were a long way from the stadium-dwelling titans of today making their debut album, but one song changed everything
The mid-90s was a fertile time for British indie-rock but not every band got their due…
Britpop was thriving, Pumpkins were Pumpkinsing, and Skunk Anansie tried to get on every bill going…
It’s 30 years since Dave Grohl kicked off a game-changing second act, and this was the record that started it all.
It's true, just ask Radiohead, Blur, Fontaines D.C., Red Hot Chili Peppers and more...
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic
The story of the art-rock trailblazers misfiring sixth album, one that even the band themselves confess is "a lower part of the curve".
The story of Michael Stipe & co.’s strange and brilliant third album.
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.
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo".
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
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.
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
Warning: do not click if you’re a huge fan of She’s Electric.
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.
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
The record that got the industrial-rock titans back on track turns 20 in May. Here's the story of its creation.
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
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
They were young, they ran free: how Gaz Coombes & co. made one of the best British debuts of the 90s
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
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.
