Rock News 2024-12-23

• "I’d love to do a crossover Sleep Token track." Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck and Trivium's Matt Heafy field questions on Welsh cuisine, punching people in the face and having a willy for a nose
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• "I'm not Rory; I don't want to be a tribute act": Joe Bonamassa on paying homage to Rory Gallagher in Ireland
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• Röxxi Red looking for a bassist
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• “People have slammed Bohemian Rhapsody but who can you compare it to? Tell me one group that’s done an operatic single?”: The epic story of A Night At The Opera, the album that turned Queen into superstars
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• Alice Cooper and Rob Halford have joined forces on a wholesome Christmas song for children
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• “She changed my life and my perspective.” Rising rap superstar Doechii hails Hayley Williams and Paramore for opening up a whole new world of music for her
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• "It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album
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• David Wanless recalls what led to Sven Gali reuniting and releasing the single “Kill The Lies” in 2018
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• "If we win an Oscar, we’ll take it to Cash My Gold, melt it down and get some gold teeth made." It's been Kneecap's year, we just lived through it
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• According to a new study, these are the 10 most popular rock band tattoos
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• "Early on, there were a lot of people who judged us for our looks, how we wanted to dress." Kittie on their most underrated track - and why its message is still important twenty five years on
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• "I was lying in bed at about three in the morning when an axe smashed through my door": Deep Purple’s 25 maddest moments
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• Bombus unveil video for new single “The One” from album ‘Your Blood’
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• “A mix of killer melodies, heartbreak and nihilism that’s as timeless as Nirvana”: This is the best punk-pop album you haven’t heard this year
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• “He said he reflected the craziness around him – he’d see other people go nuts and write about that”: Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped him
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• Masterplan sign with record label Frontiers Music Srl
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• “I wish I could pretend to be Elton every day”: Cara Delevingne on stepping into Elton John’s shoes for a brand new video for his Christmas classic
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• “We wanted to look like something never before seen in heavy metal. What would be wilder than denim and leather? Animal fur!” How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
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• "I’ve gone back to a more progressive style." Steven Wilson will release new album The Overview in March
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• “I’d say to him, ‘You say words that I would prefer you didn’t say. I think they’re unnecessary!’”: the modern pop superstar that Stevie Nicks thinks should tone down their swearing
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• Shawn 'Clown' Crahan says he "could care less" about the bands Slipknot have influenced – as his focus is on where The Nine go next
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• "Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal
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• "The songs will live on with this band and with me under the name Kevin Cronin": REO Speedwagon have played their final ever show but the band formerly known as REO Speedwagon will continue
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• L.A. Guns announce US tour dates in support of their upcoming album ‘Leopard Skin’
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• “Lady In Red will have most of us reaching for the sick bucket. But if you dip into his back catalogue at any point from 1974 to 1984 you’ll find worthy listening”: Chris De Burgh… prog star?
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• Watch pro-shot footage of Metallica's full performance at 2024 Helping Hands concert in Los Angeles
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• “We were rebels: ‘Hate us, we don’t care.’ But the more critics hated us, the more kids started showing up at shows”: The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band
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• John Wesley guests on new anthemic O.R.k. single Mask Becomes The Face
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• Tim “Ripper” Owens feels his time in Judas Priest was like his “college”
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• Cast your votes for the Sleaze Roxx Readers’ Top 20 Albums of 2024!
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• “We’re maintaining en element of prog but hopefully still being accessible”: Giant Walker chase an audience who wouldn’t normally bother with their style of groovy riffs
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• Early career advice given to Linkin Park included a choreographer suggesting they incorporate a "gimmick" in which they would kick off a shoe onstage. Yes, seriously.
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• “A Rolls Royce appeared to pick me up for Top Of The Pops. I asked who booked it; the driver said, ‘Your manager.’ We sacked him and I took the bus”: The convoluted story of Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade Of Pale
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• Amen frontman Casey Chaos has died
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• Big Star wrote it, Jamie T sampled it, and it was one of Jeff Buckley’s favourite songs. The story of the sleazy song that was reimagined to capture “the beauty of despair”
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• "Our label said, ‘You guys will be the next Metallica’, and that bummed me out." Stoner rock legend Brant Bjork on why he didn't want Kyuss to be megastars
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• Renaissance bassist Jon Camp has died, aged 75
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• Venus In Vegas drop video for new single “No Faith” from their debut album ‘Back In Sin’
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• “We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot”: The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks
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• Saxon unleash lyric video for track “Pirates of The Airways”
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• “I’d be lying if I said there weren’t times when we thought: ‘Let’s just abandon the concept, and write some good songs’”: How Queensryche made conspiracy theory-based masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime,
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• McNulty’s Fire unleash video for new single “Rock My Soul”
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• Becoming Led Zeppelin movie finally gets a general release date
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• “I had just taken my first acid trip, and I had an African spear and a Chinese Warlord outfit”: Arthur Brown’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and more
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• Lars Ulrich embarrassed Biohazard's Billy Graziadei in front of his friends –but quickly made up for it in style
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• “Crowds would get agitated as soon as they heard Slash’s intro riff”: Duff McKagan on the making of a Guns N’ Roses classic
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• "An example to all future box-set curators": Still Barking is 20 CDs of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band comedy genius, but it may baffle younger folk
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• Wildness launch lyric video for new single “Broken Heart”
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• Black Sabbath’s original drummer Bill Ward applauds how Iron Maiden have treated Nicko McBrain
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• "Motörhead is not past tense. It's present tense": Phil Campbell pays tribute to Lemmy as ashes go on display at London adult entertainment club
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• The Clash and Prince to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
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• "When my son became aware of this Swifty classic we listened to it even more than when it was initially released." Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez shares cover of Taylor Swift's Welcome To New York
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• Wicked share video for track “Reptile Roots”
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• The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
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• Nova Cascade bow out with fifth studio album Boxman
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• “It wasn’t the notes he was playing, it was the wild abandon”: Jack White on the guitarist he learned the most from
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• “I go to church every Sunday when I’m home. Especially now I’ve replaced the booze with glue”: From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock
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• Watch Nightwish documentary on the making of latest album Yesterwynde
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• Helloween drop live video for track “Forever And One (Neverland)” from album ‘Live At Budokan’
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• The official film of King Crimson's legendary 1982 Munich show is now free to watch online
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• Quick! There's still time to grab a last-minute Christmas gift in Marshall's massive holiday sale: Save on top-rated speakers and headphones
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• Dirkschneider to release re-recorded version of Accept’s album ‘Balls To The Wall’ with guest vocalists
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• “Punk didn’t ride over the top of Quo, because we rock harder than any of ’em. This band seems invincible somehow”: The epic story of Status Quo, the greatest British boogie band never to break America
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• "Babymetal were written into the script as a placeholder. I didn’t think we’d actually get them!" Heavier Trip director Juuso Laatio on making 2024's most metal movie
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• "When Jimi Hendrix died, Shane spent the whole day with his face turned to the wall." How Jimi Hendrix became an unlikely influence upon Irish folk-punk legends The Pogues
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