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“I wasn’t credited with any songwriting. That was a pity. But I didn’t make a fuss. I figured Peter was still pretty fragile”: Snowy White on his uncredited role on Peter Green’s comeback LP and how David Gilmour introduced him to the Whammy pedal

The ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist toured the world with Roger Waters, played with Gary Moore, but now he’s retired from the stage, he admits he was never entirely comfortable with pop status

Guitar World

“The stupidest thing I could have done was put myself out as much as I did. I’ll never make that mistake again”: Inspired by astrology and personal tragedy, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan wrote his most personal song. He came to regret it

It was the emotional highlight of Tool’s 10,000 Days album

Metal Hammer

“I walked in and said, ‘Can I get that guitar, the one at the end there?’ He looked at the name on the credit card and then looked up at me”: Chrissie Hynde on the time she bought her own signature guitar off the shelf

Turns out having your own signature Fender Telecaster stocked in shops is pretty handy when you're caught without your own...

Guitar World

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‘Hardcore had a level of violence I was really interested in’: the thrash solos and beatdowns of False Reality

The band may be relatively new but its members have spent years steeped in the scene, giving them edge and an ear for tracks that rip through a room

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best alt-metal and nu metal albums of 2025

Babymetal, Bloodywood and Sleep Token pulled influence from some esoteric places this year, and they lifted metal to new heights in the process

Metal Hammer

“We all looked at each other and said, 'We gotta get out of here!’”: the story of the night a synth-pop sensation caused an LA riot featuring 200 police officers, helicopters, barricades, smashed windows and a queue that stretched on for 15 blocks

The story of the night that these electro-pop pioneers from Essex caused such carnage they made the US national news

Louder

“Lemmy was very forceful and pushy because he took a lot of speed. He got the job because he elbowed everybody else out the way!” How Hawkwind made Silver Machine, and gained the respect of Dave Brock’s bank manager

It was only their second-ever single, but it made a massive impact – and Brock still doesn’t really know how it happened

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The Four-Word Response Simon Cowell Would Have If His Son Gave A Bad Singing Audition

Never would have expected anything less.

Cinemablend

“We weren’t scared of grunge. We would see Dave Grohl wearing Sepultura t-shirts”: It was built on death metal – until three iconic bands helped turn this underground record company into the most influential metal label of the 90s

Metal Hammer

“I remember asking if there was another way of expressing whether God was ‘just a slob like one of us’ but he insisted that line would grab people’s attention”: How a catchy and idiosyncratic track became a ’90s classic covered by Prince

"I knew that we were going to be hearing this for the rest of our lives”

MusicRadar

StubHub sorry for "confusion" over Christian Christmas concert promoted with a picture of metal giants Lamb of God

'Behold The Lamb Of God' event in South Carolina featured picture of Randy Blythe's metal giants on ticketing website

Metal Hammer

Princess Kate and Princess Charlotte’s “Nerve-wracking” Piano Duet was “Such a Surprise” For Composer

Composer Erland Cooper said “it was a big surprise”

Marie Claire

Golden is the KPop Demon Hunters chart topper, but What It Sounds Like is the real anthem to celebrate

Year in Review 2025 | 'What It Sounds Like' is the real KPop Demon Hunters banger

Total Film

“Without small venues, there is no starting line for musicians. It’s crucial to keep these places alive”: I’m a metal musician who tours the world, and this is why I refuse to let my local venue die

As rising metalcore stars Heriot prepare for a sold-out show in their hometown, singer/guitarist Debbie Gough explains why local venues need to be protected

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“We hung out in his hotel room ’til 7 in the morning. He put on Donna Lee – I couldn’t believe it!” When Jimmy Haslip met Jaco Pastorius at Frank Zappa’s studio

The Yellowjackets co-founder and then-bassist tells the story of his first encounter with bass royalty

MusicRadar

“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad – and we had a great one. It was never a No.1 record, but it’s a song that defines that whole era”: How an incredibly unlucky band finally got a break with a soft rock classic

But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?

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'They Wanted to Meet Willie': Willie Nelson Once Got a Ride From the Hells Angels to a Gig:

Nelson's long-time harmonic player, Mickey Raphael, recalls the time that Willie Nelson got a ride to a concert venue with the notorious Hells Angels biker club.

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'I once saw an Arsenal player stub out his cigarette as he ran onto the field' Ray Davies on his lifelong obsession with Arsenal, from the era of "boring, boring" era to the liquid football of Wenger

The Kinks frontman on watching the Gunners with brother and bandmate Dave, and nearly missing a gig to see England’s World Cup win

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"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band

Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

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“I threw a party for John Lennon one night, and he sat there at the Moog for four hours making flying saucer sounds”: They set the boyband template, but also introduced the world to the synth

People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players

Guitar World

“Teddy was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story”: Perry Bamonte, guitarist for The Cure, dies aged 65

Bamonte served two stints with the gothic rock institution, and can be heard on some of their biggest hits

MusicRadar

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

Metal Hammer

“If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Sick of being known as ‘the devil-worshipping band’, the heavy metal legends wrote a sweeping track about a Romantic poem. They had no idea it’d be 13 minutes long, though.

Louder

“It’s about trying to get into the middle of life – not the extreme left or right. It had to do with drinking”: Written in a church, inspired by excess and disliked by their guitarist, this dark Scorpions classic is still one of their strangest songs

It drew on psychedelia and Debussy

Guitar World

“The fact that I played rhythm guitar on Cold Gin on stage alongside Ace will always seem surreal”: My time with the Spaceman – why Ace Frehley was one hero you had to meet

As artist relations for Marshall and GW journo, Nick Bowcott got to be pretty close to the late Kiss co-founder. Here he recounts some fun times on Earth with the Spaceman

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