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“Nobody was going to freak out. We said, ‘This is going to get done. We just need to find the right person to join the family.’ And we got Steve Vai, thank God”: How the virtuoso Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album of the ’80s

And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place

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BTCC Brands Hatch: Hill and BMW bounce back to take pole

Reigning British Touring Car champion Jake Hill bounced back from a below-par opening round to secure pole position for the second round at Brands Hatch.

Autosport

“Everyone in our circle was listening to a lot of West Coast hip hop, and it was minor key and dark. If you could take that to the next level, you could make it heavy metal”: How hip hop changed metal forever

Anthrax, Rage Against The Machine and Korn all owe a debt to hip hop

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Cook pips Sutton to top final BTCC test at Donington Park

Josh Cook topped Donington Park’s final day of official pre-season testing for the 2025 British Touring Car Championship campaign by just 0.003 seconds from four-time champion Ash Sutton.

Autosport

Never-before-seen footage of Van Halen hanging with Black Sabbath and shredding at early shows surfaces after decades

B-roll clips cover iconic shows at the Monsters of Rock and Madison Square Garden, as well as plenty of backstage antics

Guitar World

Verstappen’s Brazil GP opener likened to Senna’s 1993 Donington lap

Max Verstappen’s stunning opening lap that teed him up for victory in Brazil has been hailed as every bit as good as Ayrton Senna’s famous Donington Park 1993 opener.

Motorsport

Barwell’s Huracan force proves unstoppable in British GT

It was widely recognised across the British GT paddock that Sandy Mitchell and his Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan was the fastest entry throughout the 2024 season. But, ultimately, it did not win the title after a year-long battle with team-mates Rob and Ricky Collard, where the margins were incredibly fine.

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"When we played Donington and you hear 90,000 people go 'woohooo!' it's a great feeling": How The Quireboys turned a song with no chorus into a classic singalong

The story of The Quireboys' infectious, rabble-rousing crowd favourite 7 O'Clock

Louder

Group C beasts battle at Donington Park Historic Festival as Silverstone hosts 750MC

Autosport

‘If I get covered in urine, that means I’ve arrived’: the birth of Monsters of Rock festival

In an extract from new book Denim and Leather, an oral history of 80s British heavy metal, Judas Priest, Saxon, Rainbow and others describe the 1980 debut of an event that cemented the UK rock community

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