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Guns N' Roses: Meltdown

Report by Nick Kent, The Guardian, 3 January 2003

With Guns N' Roses, he was one of the biggest – and baddest – rockers on the planet. Now his new album is a decade ...

Guns N' Roses: Chopper rock — Guns N' Roses: National Bowl, Milton Keynes

Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 31 May 1993

Guns N' Roses, high on attitude, bring their macho moves to Milton Keynes ...

Paul Oakenfold: Pick and Re-Mix

Profile and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 15 July 1994

Paul Oakenfold's new record has only his name on the cover. But he isn't a musician. He's the emperor of DJs ...

Pink: Birmingham NEC

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 22 March 2004

EVERY NIGHT, Pink goes down on Christina Aguilera. She pins her to the floor and dominates her sexually before serenading her with one of her ...

Macklemore: Victoria Warehouse, Manchester

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 2 April 2018

WHEN HE WAS A STRUGGLING UNKNOWN, Seattle's Ben Haggerty, AKA Macklemore, pondered being a white rapper: "I give everything I have when I write a ...

Elmer Valentine, 1923-2008

Obituary by Ken Hunt, The Guardian, 27 March 2008

Co-owner of L.A.'s Whisky a Go Go venue ...

Mötley Crüe: Ban this Sixx filth!

Report by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 27 October 2007

Thought Mötley Crüe's biog The Dirt was the ultimate rock read? Pah! Ian Gittins helped bassist Nikki Sixx write his gruesome journals. Those of a ...

AC/DC, Easybeats, The: George Young should be remembered as the sonic architect of Australian rock music

Obituary by Andrew Stafford, The Guardian, 24 October 2017

The Easybeats guitarist and AC/DC producer wasn't just a star in his own right, but a behind-the-scenes industry giant. ...

Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend: Jim Marshall, 1923-2012

Obituary by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 5 April 2012

The "Father of Loud", he gave his name to the world-famous, ubiquitous amplifier. ...

Jane's Addiction: Lollapalooza

Report by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 29 August 1991

LOLLAPALOOZA means a bizarre happening. ...

Credit To The Nation: Rapped by Rappers

Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 1 April 1994

Matty Hanson — aka Credit To The Nation's MC Fusion — has come under fire for his views on the values of gangsta rappers. Is ...

Judds, The: The Judds: Kentucky dreamers

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 10 February 1989

The Judds' story is worthy of a country song. Adam Sweeting on the long road from Morrill, Kentucky, to the Dominion, London. ...

How To Beat The Difficult Second Album Syndrome

Comment by Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 26 January 2007

SOPHOMORE SLUMP Or Comeback Of The Year? asked Fall Out Boy in a brilliantly prescient track on their 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree, ...

Manic Street Preachers: Not So Manic Now: Manic Street Preachers

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 1 October 2004

TOP OF THE POPS audience members are nothing if not versatile. Five minutes ago, on the last Friday evening in September, they were directing their ...

Liza Minnelli, Pet Shop Boys: All Eyes Are On Liza

Interview by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 14 August 1989

"My whole life I've sung songs that were written before I was born." But no longer. Liza Minnelli, Oscar-winning superstar, talks to Adam Sweeting about ...