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Six times huge bands have secretly performed under fake names

As the Churnups – aka Foo Fighters – rock Glastonbury, we look back on six times major bands have taken to the stage under a top-secret pseudonym

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When Cliff Burton met Geddy Lee: “He started pacing, he started smoking pot, and he was like, ‘Oh my God!’”

Kirk Hammett remembers when Rush frontman Geddy Lee showed up at a Metallica show

Guitar World

Do you need a great singing voice to be a great rock’n’roll frontman?

Dee Snider created a Twitterstorm by suggesting that Ronnie James Dio was a great singer but not a great performer – and rock history is filled with other examples

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In 2006 we asked Lemmy to tell us about his ultimate rock'n'roll icon: he chose Tina Turner

"She was like greased lightning" - Lemmy revealed his admiration for the late Tina Turner, and spoke of a gobsmacking evening in the company of The Ikettes

Louder

Celtic Frost’s Tom G Warrior: “They said I sang like Lemmy with the warts inside his mouth”

From troubled outsider to all-round metal visionary – these are the life and times of Celtic Frost/Triptykon leader Tom G Warrior

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The saga of Hawkwind's Space Ritual

After blasting out of the underground via the acid-laced rocket fuel of Silver Machine, Hawkwind created a spectacular multimedia live show unlike anything seen or heard before: the Space Ritual

Louder

Lemmy once tried to kick Tenacious D off a Motorhead show...so they snuck on stage and played anyway

Lemmy didn't feel Motorhead needed a warm-up band for their LA show in 2011: "We were like, ‘Oh ****, Lemmy hates us."

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19 best British rock songs to test your hi-fi system

Not sure if your speakers are up to scratch? These cast-iron classics will give your hi-fi system the vigorous rock workout it demands.

What Hi-Fi?

Slash: My stories of Keith Moon, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy and more

Slash met Keith Moon when he was 11, spent a long night with Lemmy in a Soho boozer, and had an unlikely on-stage encounter with James Brown. These are his stories

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Motorhead's Mikkey Dee: "I'm glad Lemmy doesn't have to experience today's political correctness because he would be going f**king crazy"

Former Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee says he is glad "jokester" Lemmy isn't here to experience cancel culture

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Motorhead's Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee didn't get a chance to say goodbye to Lemmy before he died: "I couldn't even go over to the funeral"

Lemmy's Motörhead bandmates Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee didn't get an opportunity for a final goodbye with Lemmy before his death

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Jet Harris was Britain’s first bass guitar player, the first to own a Fender Precision, and its first rock’n’roll hellraiser too

Fights, car crashes, affairs with starlets – Jet Harris set the template for British bass players and bad behaviour, and along the way inspired everyone from McCartney to Lemmy

Guitar World

Open-minded and truly eclectic: Nik Turner was the spirit of Hawkwind

Despite his sometimes turbulent relationship with the rest of the band, Turner’s saxophone was an integral part of their gritty and cathartic 70s sound

The Guardian - UK

Nik Turner, Hawkwind co-founder and saxophonist, dies aged 82

Member of influential British space-rock band also played in Sphynx, Inner City Unit and Space Ritual

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Inside Sam Fox's wedding: Norwegian pop stars, three-tier cakes and custom cars

Sam Fox tied the knot on Saturday, marrying her partner of six years Linda Olsen with a lavish ceremony in Essex. The newlyweds first began dating in 2016, a year on from the death of Sam's long-term partner Myra Stratton

The Independent UK

Revellers celebrate ‘unifying’ Queen with corgis and Elvis impersonator

About 1,000 people turned out for Warwick’s civic celebrations marking the Platinum Jubilee.

The Guardian - UK

Bodies by Ian Winwood review – rock and a hard place

Destruction and depravity is normalised in the transgressive world of rock’n’roll. Is it too late to reassess the human cost?

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