Rock News 2025-05-23

• "I will be giving them every drop of my sweat and blood": The Who's new drummer is determined to live up to the billing
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• “The only time I went out of the house was when we had a show.” Alt Blk Era have put every bit of time and energy they have into their music. The results have got rock fans raving (literally)
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• "I was driving, Steven Tyler had a gun and we were on some mission": The scandalous story of Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies
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• These Memorial Day music deals will rock your world - save on speakers, headphones, earplugs, books & more
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• Mädhouse launch video for new single “We Run Riot” from upcoming album ‘Plead the Fifth’
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• Former XYZ guitarist Marc Diglio resurfaces with new band Diggs and Company
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• "It's time to pass the mic": Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen announces he's leaving the band - new frontman confirmed
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• Mogwai release soundtrack to BBC series The Bombing Of Pan Am 103
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• "I was doing a ton of crack. And I took pills to try and calm down": The growing pains and artistic rebirth of Billy Idol
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• “Our tracks for film and TV are purposefully minimal. On our own albums, everything needs to work as a standalone rock song”: How Mogwai reached number one with As The Love Continues
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• Kneecap rapper Mo Chara charged with terror offence
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• “The mix was outrageous… the bass was so high they couldn’t play it on the radio”: Ian Gillan is really, really glad Tony Iommi wants to remix Born Again, one of Black Sabbath’s most maligned albums
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• Robert Plant expresses support for Bruce Springsteen over opposition to Donald Trump as row rumbles on
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• “That’s why things were so hard for me to try and get deals”: Former Megadeth guitarist says Dave Mustaine damaged his career by calling him a “liar”
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• In Search Of The Perfect Buzz: An 80s Metal Memoir
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• "The surgeon said I actually died on the operating table": Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham opens up about recent health scare
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• The Painful Truth is Skunk Anansie's most vital and inventive album in years
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• LA's hottest young alt. rock/shoegaze band Rocket announce UK and European tour, release new single One Million
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• A Judas Priest documentary co-directed by Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is in the works
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• Thunderor to debut their self-titled rock opera at the Toronto Fringe Festival in July 2025
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• Jim Morrison's stolen gravestone bust recovered by police after nearly four decades
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• Trash Stars’ new EP ‘It Ain’t Pretty Being Easy’ now available
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• Don’t let the Muggles get you down and instead dive into these magic Memorial Day Lego deals
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• Watch newly unearthed live footage of Limp Bizkit playing an unreleased song back in 1997
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• "Some people say it's too personal but I owe my fans the truth": Michael Schenker and the appetite for self-destruction
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• “This band have tried their hand at everything from death metal to synthpop, but they’ve never once done it with a smile”: We rank every Paradise Lost album from worst to best
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• I founded Brighton's first rock and metal Pride event. Here's why it's important that rockers in the queer community feel represented
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• “The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are onstage”: Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour
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• Jethro Tull announce six-disc Living In The Past reissue
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• “Gary was so talented it actually haunted him. He wasn’t really in control of what was coming through him. That sort of thing always comes at a price”: How guitar icon Gary Moore snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with his early 80s solo albums
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• Metallica announce stacked UK and Europe tour with Gojira, Knocked Loose and more
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• Michael Sweet aiming to release his upcoming ‘inspirational’ album in March or April 2026
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• R.I.P. former Rough Cutt and Mickey Ratt guitarist Chris Hager (1958-2025)
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• “I even received death threats – ‘Communist Swede, you think you’re so fantastic. Come to America!’ I’ve been there; the way it’s going now is not good”: If the new Flower Kings album offends you, Roine Stolt can live with that
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• “Mick told Freddie Mercury who he was. As Mick walked away, Freddie shouted: ‘We’ll be bigger than you one day’”: The epic story of Sweet, the 70s glam icons who burned bright and refused to fade away
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• "Stop thinking about what rockers are saying. Think about saving America from the mess you made." Neil Young and Pearl Jam call out Donald Trump, salute Bruce Springsteen
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• "We build dreams." How Tobias Forge and Beyonce's lighting designer Tobias Rylander joined forces to make Ghost's spectacular Skeletour the greatest show on earth
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• From the stage to the living room: Marshall bring a touch of rock’n’roll style to the TV audio market with the Heston 120
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• “I couldn’t believe it. I walked around, around in circles. I didn’t know”: Wendy Dio remembers visiting Motörhead’s Lemmy “two hours before he died”
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• "They are bigger than the Ramones. Their influence is greater, their reach is greater, and certainly their success is greater." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the punk band he believes has eclipsed the Ramones
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• Sebastian Bach on other Skid Row singers after him: “I’ve never listened to any of them — ever”
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• "What a time to be alive!" Listen to the most surprising single of 2025, Robbie Williams' "adrenaline-filled and balls-to-the-wall" collaboration with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and 'The Voice Of Rock' Glenn Hughes
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• Gotthard share video for new single “Burning Bridges”
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• "Number 6. Demanded starting every rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound bath." Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese shares his 'Top 10 possible reasons Freese got booted from the Foos' list
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• “This gig is very important. The original Sabbath will never be on stage together again”: Ozzy Osbourne confirms his upcoming farewell show will definitely be the end of the road for Black Sabbath
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• “When asked about his family, Jim would often explain that his parents – still very much alive – were dead”: How The Doors’ Jim Morrison went from from drunken teen rebel to leather-clad 60s rock god
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• WildHeart’s new record ‘Wild ‘n Three’ available on June 13th
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• Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer in August
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• Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets release new Steven Wilson ATMOS mix of Echoes
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• Dead & Company announce three massive San Francisco shows
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• Orianthi shares video for new single “Attention” from upcoming album ‘Some Kind of Feeling’
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• "Intense. Beautiful. Devastating." Seven bands who defined Desertfest London 2025
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• Jaywalk announce debut album and launch video for “Knocked Out By Your Love”
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• Watch Trivium cover Steve’s Lava Chicken from the Minecraft Movie, because memes have ruined everyone’s brains
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• “I love change. That’s what one should do with music. But I know it’s cost me a lot of fans… the music business rewards repetition”: Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Blue Öyster Cult DNA lies within Mike Scott and the Waterboys
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• "So glad we captured it and can now relive that special evening." Enter Shikari to release Live At Wembley album and accompanying live video
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• “Our style of music has an in for a type of personality like Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp – let’s call it the ‘control freak madman’”: How Caligula’s Horse searched for a new direction and new message with Rise Radiant
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• Matt Hughes unleashes lyric video for new single “Something For Nothing”
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• Mammoth share video for new single “The End”
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• “Everyone says Vienna was an electronic track, but it’s mainly piano, violin and viola. Those strange combinations made us what we were”: You may think Ultravox were a synth-pop band. They know they were prog
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• Nastyville to release new album ‘Rebirth’ on June 6th
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• "We need pets – they make us live longer." Korn's Jonathan Davis teams up with fashion designer Ashton Michael to raise money for a dog shelter with his pet brand Freak On A Leash
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• “Every memory, every tear, every laugh is in here. Thank you for everything.” Listen to the final song by UK metalcore crusaders Ithaca
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• 10 songs we need to hear at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's farewell gig
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• Faster Pussycat drop new single “Motorbike”
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• Derided by critics as nothing more than a circus act, Kiss didn’t sell 100 million records by fluke: Every Kiss album ranked, from worst to best
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