Simon Young

The inside story of the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' The Colour And The Shape, as it reaches its 25th anniversary

Post-Black Flag, Henry Rollins became the master of his own destiny, and produced a formidable body of work

Across 10 years, The Jesus Lizard made six wonderfully gnarly noise-rock albums: here's their caustic catalogue ranked

The collected works of Fugazi, America's punk rock conscience, ranked from worst to best

From cult heroes to festival headliners, Biffy Clyro are one of the UK's most singular bands. Here are the cultural sons of Scotland's studio albums, ranked worst to best

It's Independence day, and to celebrate here's the United States Of America's national anthem performed with varying degrees of flair

Caution: these Rammstein memes are hot

In 2002, reality TV was given something of a rude beeping awakening by The Osbournes. These are the best bits

Enjoy these brilliantly embarrassing videos of your favourite rock stars before anyone knew who they were

Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns remembers Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards, who went missing on February 1, 1995

Avast ye scurvy landlubbers! It's talk like a pirate day. Arrrr! And so on.

Cats: cute, cuddly and compelled by the power of the riff

You shook meme all night long

Republican nominee Donald Trump has beaten Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the USA's 45th President. Here's how the rock world reacted...

Gabriel Guardian nails the 1983 Iron Maiden classic – all under the watchful eye of the Grim Reaper

Sweet memes are made of this

A blow-by-blow account of Kiss’ homage to the humble tongue

Ruptured testicles, smashed ankles and dislocated kneecaps couldn't stop this lot from entertaining their fans

Protests at the MTV Awards, riots in the street, inter-band fighting, their singer's sudden departure, what was going on with Rage Against The Machine, America's most explosive band?

This lot look like they're about to burst into tears – but which film has set them off?

Breaking down Maiden’s greatest video scene by scene

Somewhere In Time: Iron Maiden's most intricate album cover explained in detail

Metallica have released the second song from new album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. Here’s our verdict.