Niall Doherty

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Writer & Editor. @thenewcue1, The Guardian, Music Week, FourFourTwo, Apple Music, Classic Rock, Reviews Ed @ Record Collector & more.

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10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

1 week ago | loudersound.com | Niall Doherty

A few years ago, Johnny Marr picked the three guitarists who influenced his playing the most: Bert Jansch, Nile Rodgers and James Williamson. The first thing I thought when I read the list was, ‘Hold on, Johnny Marr doesn’t sound like any of them’.
10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Niall Doherty

U.S. did ‘extremely severe damage’ to Iranian nuclear sites, but extent of destruction unknownGen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sunday morning that the U.S. operation in Iran overnight had hit all of its …
10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Niall Doherty

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“Their version was very Middle America”: The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me and here's why

1 week ago | loudersound.com | Niall Doherty

Reflecting on the cross-generational appeal of his band in an interview in the mid-90s, Ray Davies said The Kinks were immune to the backlash that some of their 60s peers suffered when punk arrived. “The great thing about The Kinks,” marvelled their frontman and chief songwriter,” is that none of the new punk bands said anything about us being boring, old farts. They knew we could out-punk them.”There is almost a version of that for each decade.
“Their version was very Middle America”: The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me and here's why

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Niall Doherty

6 hours agoThe Brand Champions is an annual report revealing and analyzing the top-selling labels of liquor in any given year. Since it debuted back in 2014 it has provided a reliable and informative snapshot--not just of individual brands--but of the general trajectory of the industry as a whole. Last year, …
Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Niall Doherty

Generate Key TakeawaysWhen you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns Tom Hustler/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesReflecting on the cross-generational appeal of his band in an interview in the mid-90s, Ray Davies said The Kinks were immune to the backlash that some of their 60s peers suffered when punk arrived.
“This one was really hard, we had massive arguments”: Radiohead on the making of Hail To The Thief, the record that got away from them

3 weeks ago | loudersound.com | Niall Doherty

Looking back on Radiohead’s sixth album Hail To The Thief a few years after its release, Thom Yorke was surprisingly candid about where he thought it stood in the band’s illustrious catalogue. “We knew that was the lower part of the curve,” reflected the frontman. It did not take long for anyone, the band themselves included, to realise that this was not Radiohead at their imperial peak.
“Nothing in this band does what it's supposed to do”: how R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on 1985’s Fables Of The Reconstruction

3 weeks ago | loudersound.com | Niall Doherty

Reflecting in 1985 on what it was that really made R.E.M. tick, frontman Michael Stipe said it was a matter of the unconventional. “Nothing in this band really does what it’s supposed to do,” the singer told Musician magazine. “The guitar doesn’t necessarily play the parts a guitarist is supposed to play.
How R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on Fables Of The Reconstruction

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Niall Doherty

Generate Key TakeawaysWhen you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty ImagesReflecting in 1985 on what it was that really made R.E.M. tick, frontman Michael Stipe said it was a matter of the unconventional. “Nothing in this band really does what it’s supposed to do,” the singer told Musician magazine. “The guitar doesn’t necessarily play the parts a guitarist is supposed to play.
“Rock'n'roll is a volatile thing... this is not an accounting office”: the story of Rated R, Queens Of The Stone Age’s strange, brilliant breakthrough record

4 weeks ago | loudersound.com | Niall Doherty

Rock’n’roll needed some re-energising back at the beginning of the 21st century. It was a new millennium – the old rules need not apply. Queens Of The Stone Age were just the guys, a crew of playful, charismatic mavericks from the desert determined to reshape the rock landscape in their own offbeat image. Led by growling pussycat Josh Homme, a man halfway poised between hug and headlock, they were just the tonic that 2000 required. Their second record Rated R was the bottle of gin it was mixed with.

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10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

10 brilliant songs that prove Johnny Marr is one of the most influential guitarists of his generation

“Their version was very Middle America”: The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me and here's why

“Their version was very Middle America”: The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me and here's why

Why The Kinks could never fully get on board with Van Halen’s version of You Really Got Me

“This one was really hard, we had massive arguments”: Radiohead on the making of Hail To The Thief, the record that got away from them

“Nothing in this band does what it's supposed to do”: how R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on 1985’s Fables Of The Reconstruction

How R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on Fables Of The Reconstruction

“Rock'n'roll is a volatile thing... this is not an accounting office”: the story of Rated R, Queens Of The Stone Age’s strange, brilliant breakthrough record

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