Latest articles by Sleazegrinder
Drugs, death and rock'n'roll - the debauched story of Cactus
When Vanilla Fudge split in 1969, Cactus emerged from the meltdown. When they weren’t in jail they were partying. When they weren’t naked they were taking drugs
That time Sylvester Stallone's brother almost became a rock star
Every song on Frank Stallone's self-titled debut album is an AOR throatpunch with a credit roll
Vagabonds, kings, fools and madmen: The Thin Lizzy albums you should definitely listen to
Thin Lizzy: A charismatic frontman, a glorious twin-guitar attack, and some of the most enduring anthems in rock
Ratt's best album Out Of The Cellar revived - just don't call it hair metal
The ultimate Ratt'N'Roll album returns
What happened when Celtic Frost embraced glam and destroyed their own career
Celtic Frost: From brutality and ethereal beauty to ham-fisted, party-glam travesties
The Quireboys nail it again on Wardour Street
Breaking news: The Quireboys finally got off the barstool long enough to make a new album
A tribute to the anguished genius of Inger Lorre and The Nymphs
There is no greater snapshot of the 1990s than the Nymphs album, but Inger Lorre and her band are remembered for all the wrong reasons
What have The Ramones ever done for us?
They weren’t just a band. The Ramones were a goddamn revolution
"Imagine if Guns N' Roses were the worst band you've ever heard": How hardcore punk titans Discharge went glam metal and sabotaged their own career
Allegedly inspired by Led Zeppelin, punk icons Discharge released Grave New World in 1986... and never really recovered
If cosmic psychedelia and demon-belching vocals are your thing, Battlesnake are the best thing
Mad Max + some crazy church = rock'n'roll on Battlsnake's The Rise And Demise Of The Motorsteeple
Fu Manchu journey to the centre of your mind on The Return Of Tomorrow
Veteran desert rockers Fu Manchu deliver heavy fuzz on 13th album
Brad Sinsel fronted four of the greatest hard rock records of all time: So why isn't he better known?
The real sound of Seattle
The T. Rex albums you should definitely own
T. Rex's singles were cloaked with glitter and stardust, but there was more to Marc Bolan than the pop charts, and these are his best albums
"Ministry's best record since we were all young and good-looking": Hopiumforthemasses is a triumphant return from Al Jourgensen
Metal machine music is back and it sounds surprisingly fresh
The Iggy Pop and Stooges albums you should definitely own
Iggy Pop burst onto the stages of Detroit like a mad bag of screaming skin ’n’ bones, and he hasn't let up in the half century since: These are his best albums
"Rick Rubin said, 'I'd like to have the original Foghat and record them', so we buried the hatchet": The story of Foghat, who turned up the blues, grew huge moustaches, and became superstars
A celebration of the long-standing appeal of slow ridin’ rock’n’rollers Foghat, who chose their name from some jumbled-up Scrabble letters
"When my helmet hit the speedometer, it said 77mph, when I came to a complete dead stop": The story of The Godz, America's great lost biker band
In the early 70s there wasn’t really any such thing as heavy metal – but there were bands like The Godz who were willing to take things to the limit, even if it cost them their lives
"Why Lucifer aren't the biggest sensation since Ghost is a mystery": Lucifer's fifth album is a deliciously subversive collection of dark should-be-hits, like Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath
The fifth album from Stockholm-based Lucifer: Classic rock, if rock'n'roll really is the devil's music
"Wrapped up in a black cloak of thunderous doom rock, full of spectacle, bombast and fog-choked atmosphere": Green Lung's This Heathen Land
This Heathen Land is album number three from British stoner doom band Green Lung
"A guy in a wheelchair calmly eating live locusts out of a cigar box": five shock rock bands from the 1970s you should definitely know
Celebrating a smattering and a splattering of shock rockers from the earliest, weirdest days of the genre: some survive to this day
"We did stuff that cannot be done now because it's illegal": With lyrics by gonzo rock critics and a crazy live show, Blue Öyster Cult were born to break the mould
Kiss kept the kids happy with lunchboxes, but Blue Öyster Cult were the brooding kings of the teenage wasteland
10 bands whose best album was recorded live
10 live albums that remain a career pinnacle for 10 legendary bands
The 10 most American songs ever
10 extremely American songs to celebrate America in all its star-spangled and/or faded glory
