Ian Fortnam

Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why bossa nova is the perfect music for breakfast

With inspired poetic concision and angular six-stringed symphonics, Tom Verlaine always took the most unorthodox, yet captivating, route from one guitar chord to another

Once upon a time, a garage band from Phoenix moved to LA and became Alice Cooper, with a little help from Frank Zappa, a dark alter ego and... West Side Story

Godfather of shock-rock Alice Cooper on the Hollywood Vampires, the perks of being a sober celebrity, and launching a Johnny Depp and Amber Heard soap opera

With her looks, charisma and star quality, Suzi Quatro was the undisputed queen of 70s glam-rock. These are her best albums

Re-made and remodelled, with acclaimed album Darkadelic echoing glorious moments from their post-punk past, The Damned head into the future with much to offer

Ahead of their gig with Iggy Pop at the Dog Day Afternoon festival in London, Blondie’s Clem Burke and former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock talk punk, punk and more punk

Forget the Great American Songbook series – these are the albums that prove Rod Stewart is one of rock’s greatest voices

Half a century of recordings from ‘the greatest rock‘n’roll band in the world’, ranked from worst to brilliant, belligerent best

“Transcending both hype and generic pigeon-holing, it is arguably one of the finest recordings of all time”