Rob Hughes

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has lost none of his fury at the world – and his Moral Hygiene album is a demand for us all to do better

John Lennon was always the radical one in The Beatles, but it wasn’t until the band broke up that his politics exploded. These are his 10 greatest rebel songs

Well-travelled guitarist Bernie Marsden picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, but remains secretive about the worst record he ever made

Most 40th birthday parties end with a sore head, regrettable dancing and uneaten cake. Dave Grohl's bash finished up with him, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme forming a supergroup

Back after burn-out and health issues, My Morning Jacket's first album in six years extols love, tolerance and compassion.

Guitarist, songwriter and producer Steven Van Zandt picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the greatest female singer of all time

Everybody's got to start somewhere, and some of our very best bands started slowly. Here's 10 great bands whose debut albums weren't actually great

With Manic Street Preachers having have undergone their fair share of emotional upheaval recently, it’s little wonder new album The Ultra Vivid Lament has its melancholic side

As Screamadelica turns 30, we look back at how self-belief, speed, dance music and the best producer the Stones ever had combined to make Primal Scream’s truly progressive and psychedelic masterpiece

Inspired by the LA riots, Killing In The Name became an unlikely Christmas number one 17 years after its release

He’s collaborated with Crazy Horse, Ringo Starr and even auditioned for Brookside, but now Icicle Works founder and current solo artist Ian McNabb is ready to conclude his latest trilogy

The making of the alt.rock classic that inspired Kurt Cobain and took 10 minutes to write

How the Ramones classic owed a debt to the Bay City Rollers

The Ride and former Oasis man explains how he came to play with Pink Floyd and explore the world of progressive music

In which Bob Dylan goes electric at 1965's Newport Folk Festival and the world changes

The 10 best songs from Brian May, Queen's endlessly creative cloud-haired riff-master and space expert

Producer/engineer Eddie Kramer delights in the studio brilliance of Led Zeppelin – even though Robert Plant stole his girlfriend

Written by Otis Redding and his guitarist/producer Steve Cropper, (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay became a classic, but Redding died in a plane crash before he was able to enjoy its success

Rob Hughes looks at the impact of the Fab Four's 1967 classic album on the ensuing prog rock years...

If you’ve ever heard anything on the Stax Records label, then you’ve probably heard Steve Cropper's masterful guitar playing. He might well have written and produced it too

Illinois Anglophiles Cheap Trick are deep into their fifth decade of existence, and they're enjoying a late-career surge of creativity

If you thought all Hawkwind’s freaky stuff belonged to the early 70s, you ain't seen nothing yet

"Gutless, spineless and devoid of inspiration" said the UK press of Tangerine Dream. UK music listeners didn't agree!

For a short period in the 60s, the Walker Brothers were bigger than The Beatles, idolised and frantically mobbed by hysterical screaming girl fans – but their main singer hated it