Latest articles by Niall Doherty
English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how the music industry has left her feeling "incredibly cynical"
The Leeds quartet were nominated for the Mercury Prize this week, but their singer says things need to change in the music industry
Mike Skinner and Chris Martin on the version of Dry Your Eyes featuring the Coldplay singer
The Streets' classic originally contained a chorus sung by the Coldplay frontman
How Blur unwittingly brought Soft Play's estranged members back together
The Kent punk duo formerly known as Slaves say the Britpop icons played a big part in their reconciliation
Soundgarden on the making of their monster hit Black Hole Sun
The Superunknown cut was released as a single 30 years ago and became the Seattle rockers' biggest hit
The gee-up that Prince would give his band to make them feel like world-beaters
Brown Mark and Bobby Z. cast their minds back to what it was like playing a show on the Purple Rain tour
Trent Reznor on breaking new ground on Nine Inch Nails' sprawling third record
The industrial-rock titans' third record helped lay the groundwork for Reznor's hugely-successful career as a film composer
The Cult's Billy Duffy on how the relationship between him and singer Ian Astbury is like a "separated married couple"
Rock's odd couple embark on a UK tour later this year...
The time Duff McKagan took over Manics bass duties from Nicky Wire
Duff appeared on the band's 2010 track A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun
Radiohead's Philip Selway on what the band learned from touring with R.E.M.
The two groups toured together in 1995 and it was a valuable lesson for the Oxford band
Comedian Stewart Lee on curating a stage at Brighton’s Psych Fest and his forthcoming new show
The comedian has hand-picked some of his favourite psych groups to play at Brighton’s Komedia
The Smile cancel all forthcoming shows due to serious Jonny Greenwood illness
The Radiohead side-project have scrapped all dates to give the guitarist time to recover
Every Coldplay album ranked from worst to best
With over 100 million albums sold, Coldplay are one of the biggest bands in the world. Here's their stellar back catalogue ranked
Avril Lavigne addresses the bonkers conspiracy theory that claims she’s not actually Avril Lavigne
The Sk8ter Boi star has confirmed she did not die in 2003 and is, in fact, Avril Lavigne
The night Oasis completely trashed a London hotel and got their marching orders
The demolition job was spearheaded by guitarist Bonehead, who said the hotel was like somewhere “your Granny would stay”
The time that Eddie Vedder hopped behind the counter at his favourite record store
Easy Street Records was short-staffed and their most famous customer came to the rescue
The time that Paul Heaton tried to nationalise his back catalogue and the government turned him away
The Beautiful South and Housemartins man tried to put the proceeds from his hits back into the state but was turned down
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett on their gamechanging second record, which turns 30 this week
Liam Howlett says Music For The Jilted Generation was a reaction to the government trying to stop kids having a good time
Want to hear World In Motion with Peter Beardsley rapping? Yes, you definitely do...
A few members of the team had a go at doing the John Barnes rap to much less success
How R.E.M.'s Glastonbury headline slot in 1999 was almost scuppered by a security guard who wouldn't let Michael Stipe in
The R.E.M. frontman had some trouble being let into the festival site when the alt-rock titans headlined back in 1999
Blink-182's Tom DeLonge on how an encounter with Liam Gallagher left him thinking the Oasis man was the most "punk rock dude" he'd ever met
The Britpop legends and pop-punk giants crossed paths at a radio show in Detroit and Tom DeLonge emerged from the experience a changed man
Michael Stipe on how R.E.M.'s triumphant Glastonbury bow revitalised them
The Athens, Georgia trio's post-Bill Berry era began in earnest with a triumphant headline slot at Worthy Farm
Pearl Jam cancel London stadium show
Pearl Jam forced to pull their scheduled London stadium show due to illness
Travis frontman Fran Healy on the rainy Glastonbury performance that made his band - and their rainy-themed anthem - huge
The weather gods came through and sent the Scottish quartet on their way to being huge
