Well, well, well, what have we here? Praise be, for it is nothing less than the first ‘new’ and officially sanctioned liv...

To London’s Regent Street Cinema for a showing of Melody Makers, Should’ve Been There , a documentary about the music paper where I sow...

It is heartening to get so many Facebook likes for observing the last rites of NME , heartening because it reflects the affection with ...

As is well known, Mark E. Smith was a loveable yet cantankerous old rogue. I was never a Fall fan but I had two encounters with him over the...

I am at present engaged in revising my 1983 biography of Deep Purple for publication in a different format later this year. Here's a s...