Latest articles by Alex Burrows
Buying guide The in-demand, classic rock-loving South African Kevin Shirley is arguably the 21st century’s leading rock music producer
Buying guide From punk and post-punk via psychedelia, avant and art-rock, these are the best Siouxsie And The Banshees albums
What the world needs now is a vinyl-only release of rare 1993 live MTV set from gr**ge pioneers Dinosaur Jr
Bringing the noise since 1985, Public Enemy revolutionised hip-hop with their radical vision. Here's the Long Island, New York group's catalogue rated and ranked
You might know Altered Images from their cutesy '80's pop hits I Could Be Happy and Happy Birthday, but the Glasgow band have their roots in punk rock, as vocalist Clare Grogan explains
Post-pandemic rock’n’roll is alive and scorching, thanks to His Lordship's debut EP All Cranked Up
Still burning brightly more than four decades into their career, Bad Religion remain one of US punk's most respected bands. Which isn't to say that everything they've recorded is golden
Punk rock lifer Brian Baker (Bad Religion/Minor Threat/Dag Nasty/Samhain and more) chooses his platters than matter
With seven albums released across an 11-year recording career, Shane MacGowan's London-Irish folk-punks The Pogues worked and played hard. But which album is their crowning glory?
With a slick cover of the rougher original version of Hanging On The Telephone, Blondie made the song their own and an era classic
Garbage’s No Gods No Masters saw the band fully maturing their sound against the divisive backdrop of 2021’s culture wars
What happened when a bunch of New York punks were invited onto a day time chat show
Mosh pits, slam dancing and stage diving...not what you'd usually expect from your standard Saturday Night Live, but Fear were bound to cause chaos
Here's that version of Paradise Lost doing Bronski Beat you never knew you needed – plus a goldmine of other unsuspecting pop hits given the goth treatment
When Butthole Surfers took to the stage at Reading Festival 1989, audiences didn't know what to expect. By the time it was over, they had no idea what they'd just witnessed
It's 1984 and Black Flag are weathering the dreaded accusations of "selling out" – which explains this encounter with a well-meaning fan which goes very wrong very quickly
When Nirvana went on stage at Reading Festival 1992, this "hilarious gag" was a set highlight – but no one could have predicted what would happen next
It’s the ultimate concept album and best-selling prog soundtrack of all time. Prog spoke to Jeff Wayne about his epic creation inspired by a classic of 19th century literature.
From Hüsker Dü to Sugar and now solo, Bob Mould's albums form a fascinating catalogue. Here are 10 of the best
Behemoth are back to their blaspheming ways again, and they should be praised for doing so
World Of Sport. Good Morning Britain. Fry’s Turkish Delight. You loved all of those things because Jeff Wayne made you…
Pete Townshendand Dave Grohl are among his fans. He was one of the most influential songwriters of the 80s and 90s with Hüsker dü and Sugar. It’s time Bob Mould received his dues
