"He's been scoring moments of our culture for decades, and that wisdom hits different when it meets the now”: Chuck D and John Densmore have made a concept album about ageing

Chuck D and John Densmore.

Here’s something that wasn’t on our collective bingo card for 2026 – Chuck D has made a collab album with Doors drummer John Densmore.

The album is called No Country For Old Men – well, they’re 65 and 81 years old respectively – and it comes out under the name doPE, taking the first two letters of Doors and the initials of Public Enemy. It’s out on Record Store Day, which is April 18 this year, and the lead single Every Tick Tick Tick has been made Record Store Day Song Of The Year for 2026.