Latest articles by Scott Rowley
"If you're not joining in, you're out… I got my P45”: Producer David Batchelor on the difficulty of capturing the Oasis sound
It started with a promise between friends and turned into every producer’s worst nightmare: Inside the aborted first attempt at recording Oasis’s classic debut
“Nebraska was cut on crap equipment… It wasn't a proper recording setup. It was also recorded by somebody who'd never recorded anything before”: How Bruce Springsteen recorded his most important album in his bedroom with just a Gibson J-200 and a TEAC 144
RECORDING WEEK 2023: Back in 1981, Bruce Springsteen started recording two albums: one was a state-of-the-art gamechanger that influenced the production sounds of the 80s and made him an international superstar. The other was better than that…
Music photographer Mick Hutson has died, aged 58
Leading UK music photographer Mick Hutson has died
"That whole guitar hero thing – it's just a load of crap, really": An interview with Echo and The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant
From the archive: Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant on economy, influences and why you should avoid “twiddling away like those knobheads you see in a guitar shop”
"Sales don't mean anything. Seventeen Seconds sold less than 50,000. We had success later – it doesn’t mean those records are better than Seventeen Seconds”: The Cure’s Robert Smith on how to make it on your own terms
From the Archives: Robert Smith looks back on The Cure’s beginnings, their inevitable ending, and what he's learned along the way
How a song written in 1974 turned up on Bowie's Let's Dance and unwittingly kicked off a controversy
In 1977, Metro’s single Criminal World was considered “too gay” for the BBC. By 1983, it was too suggestive for David Bowie too. 40 years later, its songwriter explains what it’s like when one of your songs turns up on the biggest albums of the 80s
Classic interview: Brian May on the guitar greats and the magic of The Riff – "It's a basic, primal need"
The Queen great salutes Jeff Beck, Satriani, Blur, Bowie and... Queen
