Henry Yates, Author at NME

Oasis – every album ranked and rated

Well, this shouldn’t be too hard. After all, popular consensus states that Oasis were life-changing, then dog-shit, and surely all I have to do...

Let’s Stick Together – Why Bands Should Never Banish Their Boneheads

February 2013 is the big one. It’s the comeback of the century. It’s the return of the king. It’s the second coming of Bonehead,...

Why I’ve Finally Lost Patience With Axl Rose

Farewell, then, Axl Rose. Your UK and Ireland tour with Guns N’ Roses was just a flying visit, but true to form, you made...

25 Years On, U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ Still Sounds Incredible

Before the lemons. Before the messiah complex. Before Adam Clayton’s lolling penis on the inlay of ‘Achtung Baby’. Before any of these divisive factors,...

In Defense Of… Meat Loaf

34 years after it began its almost infinite stint on the charts, a look back at Meat Loaf's baffling and astonishingly successful 'Bat Out...

25 Reasons To Love Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’

As Paul Simon brings 'Graceland' to Hyde Park as part of the album's 25th anniversary celebrations...1It’s Prozac for the ears… Given that African music is...

The Song That Changed My Life – Suede, ‘The Drowners’

The Song That Changed My Life continues with Henry Yates reflecting on the Brett Anderson effort that rocked his world. September 1992. I am a...

Sacred Cows – ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’

Sacred Cows is an occasional series in which NME writers question the critical consensus around revered albums. Here, Henry Yates wonders if The Velvet...

Album A&E – Oasis, ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’

So Noel Gallagher hates ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’. It’s quite an admission from a man previously so delusional that he could fart into...

Is It Ever OK To Bottle Artists Off Stage?

As Cher Lloyd gets booed off stage and pelted with bottles of urine at V Festival, Henry Yates wonders if bottling artists is ever...