Niall Doherty

It was the Metallica man’s birthday and an iconic rock veteran wanted to make sure it was properly celebrated

The 1985 novel that rarely left the Nirvana frontman’s pocket and became the basis for one of In Utero’s heaviest tracks

U2’s frontman on being enlightened by a true rock’n’roll sage

Second Coming turns 30 this week but the Mancunian indie-rockers’ resurrection didn’t last long

From Bonehead to Andy Bell and Guigsy to Gem, your essential guide to the contenders to join the Oasis Live '25 bandwagon

Producer Nigel Godrich on the "clusterf**k" that was putting together the 2004 charity single

The story goes that the other members heard him singing Bowie’s “Heroes” in the room next door – but was it Gahan on the mic or not?

The Manics man, who also reveals the very unique approach he has to making baked beans, probably didn’t tune in to the Great British Bake Off finale this week

Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur

Debbie Harry’s new wave trailblazers had a special formula to knocking out the hits in the late 70s, not one your doctor would recommend

She was the coolest person in the Pixies, a platinum-selling artist with The Breeders, and now, finally, she's gone solo. Kim Deal on Steve Albini, dogs, loss, life and loving it all – even the rubbish bits

How one disastrous show in a cemetery made Evan Dando realise it was time to kick his drug habit

Bowie’s jazz experiment was released ten years ago this month. Here, his collaborators remember how it came together

It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles' reunion hit

Robert Smith & co. took on the very chirpy and unCure-like Hello Goodbye for a Paul McCartney tribute album

Inspired by a baseball-capped server at a dive-thru, the song brought the band a UK No.1 single, lifted them out of the doldrums and set them up for the next period of huge success

Multi-platinum Canadians Finger Eleven will release their first album in a decade next year - we asked what they've been doing in the meantime

The grunge-rockers' multi-million selling debut turned 30 this month and the singer says success was a long time coming

The Genesis frontman was tasked with presenting to an inebriated Bono & co. in 1992 and they were in a cheeky mood

The rock'n'roll icon drew a line under his live career with a charity gig performance in New York in 2006

Written in a parking lot, titled on a tour bus, Scott Weiland & co.’s biggest hit truly was one for the road

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman also looked back to working with the Hole singer on some of her band's biggest hits