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Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver legend Scott Weiland on his 10 favourite Scott Weiland songs: "For me, it’s absolutely essential not to get stagnant creatively and to keep re-inventing things"

10 key songs from Scott Weiland's back catalogue, in the great man's own words

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Cool new prog from Lonely Robot, Eivør, Colin Moulding, Cult Of Luna and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace proggy sounds you must hear from Aisles, IT, Gates Of Kiev, Rodrigo Pagavino and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week

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Nickelback release epic power ballad Leave Me Behind. "There's a lot of weight in this song, but there's also a lot of hope"

Nickelback gear up for the release of their eleventh album – and warn fans to be on the lookout for scammers

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Fundraiser set up to support guitar great Chris Spedding as he battles lymphoma

Spedding has played with Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Elton John, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney and more

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“The Rolling Stones and The Beatles paid for theirs. I see no reason why you shouldn’t pay for yours”: When Keith Emerson tried to blag a £55,000 synth for free

The keyboard genius’ relationship with engineer Robert Moog may have had a shaky start, but it paid dividends to both men – and countless followers

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"I'm a pussycat but I'm also a fan of mischief, misdirection and manipulation." Greg Dulli looks back on 40 years of laying bare man's desires, duplicity and deviance with The Afghan Whigs

An audience with alternative rock's own Prince of Darkness

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"I did a donor transplant. Unfortunately, it didn't stick. So the cancer has returned." Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell's cancer has returned, but he's refusing to live in fear

"There's only been one time that I felt it was gonna kill me"

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How The Who overcame internal strife and a drummer behaving like a 'Saudi prince' to make their most poignant album. "Roger punched me once, and I’m sure I asked for it"

By 1973 The Who were bored and angry – and Pete Townshend knew he had one last chance to hold the band together and unify them in the eyes of their fans

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How Led Zeppelin created the impossible-to-copy rhythmic swing of Black Dog. "I wrote it on a bit of paper on the train"

Often presumed to be inspired by Jimmy Page's fascination with the occult, Black Dog's origins were much more earthbound

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Meet The Gnomes: Your new favourite Aussies digging garage rock, Merseybeat, 12-string jangle, fuzz pedals and moustache care

Loved by the Viagra Boys, Melbourne's The Gnomes are ready for whatever hardship rock'n'roll requires

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What happened when the Frankie Miller Band played San Quentin Prison. "The guys all signed a form to agree that if they were attacked, kidnapped or killed, the prison was not responsible"

In August 1975, the Frankie Miller Band played a gig at California State Prison as rival gangs edgily eyed each other up

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Queen to show Budapest concert film as "one-day-only, live-gig-style experience. "It's going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us,Queen, in our glory days"

Surround sound? Check. Synchronised lighting? Crowd singalongs with Freddie Mercury? Very likely

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Frank Beard was the enigma at the heart of ZZ Top. "I never wanted to quit ZZ Top. And I never wanted to get fired"

Frank Beard was cool, calm and collected - but ZZ Top’s human metronome had his dark times

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"To wear this scent, you must resist tradition, fight conformity, and disregard aromatic conventions." That time the Sex Pistols launched their own perfume to "feed your inner rebel"

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dead at 77

The ZZ Top drummer sat out recent shows due to health issues

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"I'm like, Oh my God, this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! God is on my side." The story behind Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit video, by those who were there

When Nirvana shot a video for Smells Like Teen Spirit in mid-August 1991 they had no idea it would change their lives forever

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“That was incredibly disingenuous of Radiohead. But I have to acknowledge that perhaps it was very wise”: Steven Wilson and the war between prog and pop

Fifth solo album To The Bone found him considering his pompous teen years, his dad’s inventions, looking like a nerd, and how mainstream perceptions limited his audience

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Lonely Robot issue call to arms with new single Show The Way

Lonely Robot release their sixth and final album, An Ending, in September

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Fontaines D.C. announce "mind-altering" fifth album Dopamine Chamber. "This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning"

Listen to the atmospheric new Fontaines D.C. single Marianne now

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How a kooky B-52s song about undersea life became a new-wave dance classic. "Even when we were singing about lobsters and volcanoes, we always sang like our lives depended on it"

Fact: Rock Lobster was written in the bloodletting room at a disused funeral home

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"I don't trust bands that wear shorts on stage." After twenty years in the punk rock trenches, The Menzingers have learned a thing or two

Talking major life events, vomiting into buckets and tricky band names with US punk rockers The Menzingers

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Audio-Technica AT-ERP5 earplugs review: absurdly transparent gigging earplugs from an audio tech titan

These swanky gigging earplugs from Audio-Technica are remarkably clear and eminently attenuative

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"The album's brevity is its biggest advantage. There is no chance of getting bored." J.J. Cale keeps it short on the easygoing Okie

J.J. Cale's most famous songs were made famous by others, but Okie's laid-back charm is enticing in its own right

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 17, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Green Lung, Castle Rat, Royal Blood and more

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"I was there to heal any wounds." Ritchie Blackmore reflects on "emotional" onstage reunion with Deep Purple

Ritchie Blackmore says his recent onstage reunion with Deep Purple was about more than being note perfect

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