Noel Fielding — things you didn't know about the Great British Bake Off presenter Noel Fielding is famed for his goth image and being a former party animal, but what else is there to know about him? WhatToWatch · Sep 24, 2024
“We were courting Rick Rubin, who told us he’d listened to it with Tom Petty. ‘Wow!’ Tom said. ‘Now that’s something you don’t hear every day’”: Jet on the making of Are You Gonna Be My Girl and how it ended up in an iPod ad “People talk about the song’s similarity to Lust for Life. It has that rhythm - but so do You Can’t Hurry Love and Town Called Malice” MusicRadar · Sep 24, 2024
Actors, artists, transvestites, junkies and wannabes: How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London and hooked upwith David Bowie: The rest is history Louder · Sep 8, 2024
David Bowie in Berlin: how the German city changed him A new radio show explores how David Bowie disappeared into the city to reinvent himself. Dylan Jones has a first listen Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2024
"Oozing with a tangible undercurrent of dark, forbidden sex": The Stooges' songs that provided a perfect blueprint for rock's future In 1969 the Stooges shaped the future of rock'n'roll and brilliantly captured a young, fiery generation in turmoil. Punk? Grunge? Glam? So much of it started here Louder · Sep 3, 2024
"There was no food allowed backstage, only drugs and booze": Clem Burke's stories of Debbie Harry, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop and more He was a Ramone, been treated like royalty when touring withNancy Sinatra, got hot dogs from Jerry Nolan and played with Pete Townshend: He's Blondie drummer and more Clem Burke Louder · Aug 30, 2024
“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary Louder · Aug 29, 2024
‘The drugs were so new, they weren’t illegal yet’: the debauched rise of New York’s wildest bar It was a seedy hotbed of sex, drugs, edgy music and A-list celebrities where Lou Reed and Andy Warhol partied alongside Blondie and Bowie. How did Max’s Kansas City fall apart? The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024
“There’s a great picture of me on my knees ripping a guitar solo, and the guitar is bigger than me”: Andrew Watt on the time he shredded at his own bar mitzvah – and what’s next for his Rolling Stones collaborations Watt went from trying to impress his bar mitzvah guests with his guitar skills, to working with Pearl Jam, Iggy Pop and the Stones Guitar World · Jul 16, 2024
Watch Iggy Pop perform The Stooges classics at California's No Values Festival Iggy Pop performs The Stooges' songs for the first time in over two decades with Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Nick Zinner, Chavez' Matt Sweeney and more on stage at California’s No Values Festival Louder · Jun 12, 2024
Françoise Hardy’s 7 best songs: from La Question to Tous les garçons et les filles The French music icon was at the forefront of the yé-yé movement, and had a profound influence on rock ’n’ roll Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024
This new 80s teen game about three friends' last night of high school together is already making me nostalgic thanks to its awesome music and aesthetic Mixtape is a teen adventure filled with classic music tracks and it's coming to Xbox in 2025. Windows Central · Jun 9, 2024
‘I’m a fan of chaos’: Blondie’s Chris Stein on Bowie, Debbie Harry and 50 years in rock’n’roll In his candid new memoir, the guitarist talks about the glory period of Parallel Lines and how addiction and loss altered his life The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024
“He has that incredible baritone and that haunted, tortured persona”: these are Chris Cornell’s five favourite singers, in his own words Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell passed away on May 18, 2017. Eight years earlier, he told Classic Rock about the singers who had inspired him Louder · May 18, 2024
Metal Hammer · May 3, 2024 "Whether it has anything to do with being sober I don't know – but I needed a release": Slash tells the story of his star-studded debut solo album Slash's band split. He was called a 'sell-out' and 'a cancer'. And through it all he emerged with the first great rock album of the last decade
Evening Standard · May 1, 2024 Comment: 'London's renters deserve homes with beautiful interiors too' Creative DIY hacks won't solve London’s rental crisis, but they could make our lives that much happier
Metal Hammer · Mar 21, 2024 Slash interview: Growing up with the blues, assembling Orgy Of The Damned, meeting Peter Green, and the crazy journey behind that Oscars thing with Ryan Gosling Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators start their European tour next week
Louder · Mar 10, 2024 Slash announces blues album featuring Billy Gibbons, Paul Rodgers, Iggy Pop and more, launches video for cover of Killing Floor with Brian Johnson and Steven Tyler Slash's all-star blues album Orgy Of The Damned will contain songs by Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Steppenwolf, Albert King, Peter Green, The Temptations and more
Guitar World · Mar 8, 2024 “A rare opportunity to explore a unique side of his playing”: Slash hangs up his Les Paul for a 335 in the first taste of his solo blues album – a covers record featuring Brian Johnson, Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop, Gary Clark Jr. and Demi Lovato Orgy of the Damned is one of the most eagerly awaited guitar albums of the year, and its lead single – a cover of a Howlin' Wolf classic recorded with AC/DC's Brian Johnson – has been released
Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024 Juergen Teller, fashion's most divisive photographer: 'We're in the most uncertain times since World War II' No photographer divides opinion like Juergen Teller. Not that he cares. He’s too busy shooting, getting naked and re-imagining how we see beauty. Joe Bromley goes in for a close-up
Metal Hammer · Feb 21, 2024 "There was a two-minute pause, then everybody broke out laughing. They thought I was doing a joke": What happened the night Jethro Tull beat Metallica to a Grammy Award Prog rockers Jethro Tull pipped Metallica to win Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording award in 1989, and people are still talking about it
MusicRadar · Feb 20, 2024 “We felt it was the right time to let someone else get creative enjoyment out of his perfectly kept studio guitars”: Gear from the late Iggy Pop and David Bowie guitarist Ricky Gardiner’s collection goes to auction These were Gardiner’s go-to instruments in the studio, featuring on later Beggars Opera releases and his solo material, and they’ve been well looked after
Louder · Feb 16, 2024 12 rock stars over 70 who are still delivering the goods Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and more are proving that age cannot wither them
Louder · Jan 31, 2024 "If anyone tries to tell you that Max’s wasn't a drug den, then they are lying to cover their now-respectable asses": the story of the club that provided a safe haven for New York's creatives, freaks and weirdos Home to the Velvet Underground, Warhol, Bowie and the New York Dolls, Max’s Kansas City was about so much more than just the music that was played there
The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024 A musical tour of Berlin: from Wagner’s epic opera to techno raves In our new series, we explore a city through its musical landmarks and songs. First stop, Germany’s hip, historic capital, home to trailblazing clubs and inspiration for Dietrich and Bowie