The Velvet Underground man’s knob-twiddling years.

Alex Chilton’s wild, idiosyncratic life after Big Star is examined in the new issue of Uncut (Take 180, May 2012), out now. But what happened before the demise of Chilton’s greatest group? They should have been rock superstars, but Rob Jovanovic explains how drugs, in-fighting and personal tragedy meant Big Star had to settle for being the biggest cult band of all time (from Uncut's Take 94, March 2005). ________________________________

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has said that the band's new line-up should be called 'Axl and His Hacks'.

Paul McCartney was joined onstage by Paul Weller, The Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood and The Who singer Roger Daltrey during his set at London's Royal Albert Hall last night (March 29).

Werner Herzog's chilling Death Row doc...

Parts of Manchester's legendary Hacienda nightclub have recreated for a new design exhibition.

The Walkmen will release their brand new album, 'Heaven', on June 4.

Iggy Pop has said that music today is like "cheap drinks you get in a bad supermarket".

The Black Keys' Patrick Carney has claimed that he only talks "shit" in interviews to entertain his bandmate, singer Dan Auerbach.

Paul Simon has announced that he is reissuing his seminal LP 'Graceland' to mark its 25th birthday this June.