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"I knew things weren’t going well musically": The story of the singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1977 – and was then forgotten

The story of the short-lived union between Black Sabbath and a former singer of Fleetwood Mac

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“We were supporting a third-rate slide guitarist in an empty roadhouse”: Pulp guitarist Mark Webber on the Britpop legends’ weirdest ever gig

Jarvis & co. headed all the way down to New Orleans for a show, and then wished they hadn't

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“I’ve had prog dates because of our concerts… the great thing is that you don’t have to explain your weird musical tastes!”: Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes’ prog life

He discovered Canterbury bands in his teens before moving on to Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis, obscure Dutch trio Three Dwarves Make War – oh, and Kiss

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"Starr's semi-spoken, shoulder-shrugging vocals sit well with these jaunty but wry earworms": Ringo Starr sets sail for unchartered waters on languid country album Look Up

Beatle goes country

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“Our manager started making up rumours that I was back on heroin and the band were breaking up”: How Aerosmith defied grunge and a giant meteor to become bigger than ever in the 1990s

Aerosmith were huge in the 70s and 80s - but the 1990s was their most successful decade ever

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“You only get caught when you’re successful”: Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the time Willie Dixon came calling for his Whole Lotta Love songwriting credit

It’s 40 years ago this weekend that the veteran bluesman took action against the rock icons for borrowing his song...

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“They said, ‘Uh, okay!’ They didn’t know what I was talking about – and in a way, neither did I”: How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an all-star album with all the humanity of classic Star Trek

Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others

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“We’re all doing things. I think that keeps Creed healthy”: Mark Tremonti on the importance of Creed’s members working on other projects

The guitarist has a new record out now, and next on his schedule is another Alter Bridge album before returning to Creed duties

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"I was definitely doing too much Bolivian marching powder." Hollywood star Rob Lowe reveals that he once "cut a demo" with AOR superstars Toto, which might just be the most '80s thing ever

Wait, there's an unreleased Rob Lowe/Toto collaboration out there somewhere? Colour us intrigued!

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“Burn Hollywood Burn is a protest song. Has nothing to do with families, losing everything they have in a natural disaster.” Public Enemy's Chuck D calls out edgelords using his song to soundtrack online footage of devastating Los Angeles fires

“Please don’t use our song on your reels and pictures of this horrifying natural disaster.”

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"They’d usually freak, there’d be a lot of threats, a lot of aggression." Why shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine had to hire their own security guard to protect audiences from angry security guards at their gigs

My Bloody Valentine's infamous live white noise freak-out could have strange effects on those subjected to it

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PUP announce UK tour, pay tribute to "the unsung heroes who run the merch table" with their brilliantly inventive lyric video for new single Paranoid

Toronto punks PUP announce UK tour dates, share video for Paranoid, not a Black Sabbath cover

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"They seemed to come out of some New York film where it was all flick-knives on the street." The Damned's Dave Vanian on the gig that changed his life

In November 1973, a US rock band visited London for the second time and helped spark a punk rock revolution

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Caligula's Horse vocalist Jim Grey guests on Voidchaser's new single Trust

Young Canadian prog heavyweights Voidchaser have just released their new EP Trust

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Weite share video for the compelling Roter Traum ahead of European dates

Prog/psych/kraut outfit Weite feature members of Elder, Delving and more...

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The Hourglass Effect's gorgeous new EP Inner Ocean is the burst of country-fried rock 'n' roll you need to get you through winter

Hailing from Charlotte, NC, The Hourglass Effect have one excellent album under their belts and are only getting better with Inner Ocean

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“People prefer to deal with the shadows rather than dealing with the truth”: 10 epic songs that showcase Orphaned Land’s ferocious pursuit of a better world

An introduction to the music of the Israeli prog metal powerhouse and their mission to promote peace and wipe out war

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Jethro Tull share first music from upcoming album Curious Ruminant

Jethro Tull will release their 24th studio album Curious Ruminant in March

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"It's about man's insatiable addiction to discover and use”: Manic Street Preachers on their new single People Ruin Paintings

It’s the latest cut to be unveiled from the Welsh trio’s forthcoming 15th album Critical Thinking

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“Chris Squire was super fun. I love it when musicians retain their childlike qualities; that’s where music comes from”: Tal Wilkenfeld’s prog connections include David Gilmour, Todd Rundgren and Trevor Rabin

Inspired by Tool, the Australian bassist got her big break from Jeff Beck and went on to play with Prince, The Who and Brian Wilson – and her solo work is equally impressive

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"It just seemed like another really good way to bring people together": How Slash re-electrified the blues for the hard times

Slash released an album of blues and soul standards that no one was expecting, then took the show on the road to support community causes

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"That song has been my passport, my bank manager and my lover down through the years": Cutting Crew's Nick Van Eede on (I Just) Died In Your Arms, gangster rap and Tanzanian bandits

Not-one-hit-wonders Cutting Crew are about to celebrate their 40th anniversary

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"Snarling, fast and furious, full of meaty hooks and exasperated observations": Lambrini Girls gleefully mix subversion with humour on debut album Who Let The Dogs Out

Amyl And The Sniffers have really started something. And thank f*** for that

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"A humorous and bewildered look at the modern world from a man who has never quite seemed a part of it": Julian Cope rediscovers melody on mischievous 37th solo album Friar Tuck

Sarcasm and actual tunes as one of rock’s true one-offs resurfaces

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"Each of the dozen tracks is based on a gigantic riff": Mark Tremonti finds a way to expand his palette on The End Will Show Us How

The End Will Show Us How is the sixth album from Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti's side-project

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