Ian Fortnam

The past 12 months may go down in history as a period of tumult and turmoil, but on the positive side, rock'n'roll is very much alive and well – as the best 50 albums of 2023 reflect

Saint Agnes's metal-meets-punk debut album is angry – very angry. They live for the stage, and that’s where they come alive

For prodigious Brooklynite post-post-punks Geese, it all began just as they were about to call it a day

Two Iggy Pop albums and the ‘Berlin Trilogy’ – the second half of the 1970s was David Bowie’s most groundbreaking period

How five psychedelic freaks from Detroit became rock’n’roll’s first great bogeymen – this is the story of Alice Cooper’s early years

Half a century of recordings from ‘the greatest rock‘n’roll band in the world’, ranked from worst to brilliant, belligerent best

Massively inspirational, the 1969 album didn’t enjoy mass appeal at the time.

Forget the Great American Songbook series – these are the albums that prove Rod Stewart is one of rock’s greatest voices

The Rolling Stones' last Top 10 UK single Start Me Up was originally an entirely different beast – and Keith Richards may still hold a grudge about that

Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom

Twelve Lou Reed tracks for the connoisseur, charting his journey from black-clad street poet to ornery elder statesman

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

Re-made and remodelled, with acclaimed album Darkadelic echoing glorious moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future with much to offer

Metallica were facing oblivion at the turn of the millennium. 20 years ago today, they'd release the album that'd turn their fortunes around - and go down in infamy

With her looks, charisma and star quality, Suzi Quatro was the undisputed queen of 70s glam-rock. These are her best albums

Godfather of shock-rock Alice Cooper on the Hollywood Vampires, the perks of being a sober celebrity, and launching a Johnny Depp and Amber Heard soap opera

Once upon a time, a garage band from Phoenix moved to LA and became Alice Cooper, with a little help from Frank Zappa, a dark alter ego and... West Side Story

With a star-studded new album out, Iggy Pop talks about still giving his all, no more stage diving, addictions, his cockatoo, and finally taking a phone call from the Hall Of Fame