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“I had very few reference points – no one saying, ‘Try this.’ I just played through a bass amp then added a second amp”: Meet the Meffs, the Britpunk duo outnumbered by their amps

Championed by Frank Turner, the duo is led by riot grrrl-inspired guitarist Lily Hopkins, who delivers her frantic sound through three amps and stupidly heavy strings

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Billy Idol on his first album in over a decade, surviving addiction, the Rock Hall and more

Punk rock icon Billy Idol released his first new album in 11 years on Friday

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Billy Idol hooks up with Avril Lavigne for driving pop-punk anthem 77

77 comes from Billy Idol's upcoming album Dream Into It

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"Why should I be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Because I’m f**king incredible!" Billy Idol thinks he deserves your vote for induction into the Rock Hall

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"John’s always been super opinionated. It doesn’t bother me." Billy Idol laughs off John Lydon's criticism of his work with Steve Jones and Paul Cook in Generation Sex, gives a thumbs up to the new Sex Pistols line-up

Billy Idol is having far too much fun to worry about John Lydon's sniping

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“They were trashy. They seemed genuine”: New York Dolls singer David Johansen dead at 75

The Dolls’ debut album inspired many bands - from the Sex Pistols to Guns N’ Roses

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Billy Idol recruits Avril Lavigne and Joan Jett for first album in more than a decade

Billy Idol is telling his life story on his upcoming album 'Dream Into It'.

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"What’s seen me through is that unflinching belief in the music": Billy Idol launches Dream Into It, his first album in over a decade

Watch the video for Billy Idol's new single, Still Dancing, a song inspired by his path through life

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"This is one of my favourite songs in the whole world": Watch Steven Tyler return to the stage with Nuno Bettencourt and Mick Fleetwood

The reported Aerosmith reunion failed to materialise, but this year's Jam for Janie show was still an all-star affair

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“If we can fill the performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution”: Nirvana reunite unannounced at FireAid concert, with four guest frontwomen

But for Violet Grohl taking the place of Lorde, it was the same group of singer/guitarists the remaining Nirvana trio played with at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance in 2014

Guitar World

Why Dave Grohl only wants female singers to front Nirvana reunions

A ‘Hervana’ performance at the FireAid benefit concert in California was met with a rapturous reception from fans of the Nineties rock band

The Independent UK

Nirvana’s surviving members catch a global audience off guard as they make an unscheduled appearance at FireAid

The band appeared at last night’s charity spectacular with guest vocalists St Vincent, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and Violet Grohl

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Watch Dave Grohl's daughter Violet front a surprise Nirvana reunion, and Billie Eilish join Green Day, at emotional FireAid concert in Los Angeles

Joan Jett, Kim Gordon and St. Vincent also joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear onstage at the charity fundraiser in Los Angeles

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‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’: stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock

Fifty years on from their dissolution, admirers from Joan Jett to Dave Vanian explain the appeal of a band who ripped up rock’n’roll in high heels – and pointed towards punk

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including The Darkness, Black Eyed Sons, Those Damn Crows and five other bohemian rock'n'roll rhapsodists

Evening Standard

Britney Spears: The pop legend's best songs, ranked

As she turns 43, we take a look at the best songs Britney’s released

Woman & Home

From Madonna to Beyoncé, we uncover the most iconic songs that are actually remakes

Sometimes a cover song becomes so iconic people don't even realise it is a cover to begin with - and these examples are proof

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"I've changed it all around. I now meet each fan privately, instead of all in a room together": Cherie Currie on meet & greets, fan camaraderie, and the global cabal behind a worldwide takeover

Former Runaway Cherie Currie plans to play "the songs I know people love" on what will likely be her final UK tour

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“It sold for $937,000 to an anonymous buyer who, we assume, doesn't play punk rock for a living”: From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk – and the modern-day equivalents you can buy today

The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's greatest, and most rebellious, bands

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"End speciesism now!" Joan Jett lends her voice to hard-hitting PETA campaign slamming the meat, egg, and dairy industries

Watch as Joan Jett morphs into a series of other women and female animals

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Trailblazer Suzi Quatro had no idea she was paving the way for Debbie Harry and Joan Jett

Suzi Quatro didn't realise she was "unusual" enough to inspire other female artists to be unique.

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“People often laugh, telling me I’ve chosen to play the biggest guitars possible”: Morgan Wade explains her love of oversized acoustics and why they're great for country music

The country star names the artists who inspired her to adopt Gibson Jumbos and Super Jumbos as her go-to guitar models

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"She said she wouldn't do it with anybody except Mike Tyson": The improbable story of Joan Jett's strangest photoshoot

In 1987 Joan Jett and boxer Mike Tyson appeared together on the cover of a fashion magazine – and the story is even stranger than you think

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"I could have been paralyzed. I'm not exaggerating": Cherie Currie reveals how Rush almost ended her musical career

Former Runaways star Cherie Currie warms up for her upcoming European tour by dishing the dirt on her least favourite Canadians

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"People thought The Runaways were cute until they realised we were serious - and then they started calling us names": Joan Jett on the first girl rock band, her love of leather and nearly joining the army

Punk-loving former Runaways hellraiser Joan Jett talks about being a threat and inspiring the riot grrrl movement

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