Rock News 2025-11-12

• “I would have liked to have not chopped the ends of my fingers off. It became a burden”: The Devil, the blues and a factory accident – the story of the Black Sabbath song that kicked off heavy metal
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• Watch official footage of Lamb of God performing new single Sepsis live at Aftershock
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• Derek and the Dominos, 'Layla': Retro Review
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• "If I could go back in time and smack the **** out of younger me, I would. I didn't know how to ask for help." Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach explains the turmoil behind one of metalcore's biggest anthems
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• Tedeschi Trucks Band Announces 2026 Tour Dates
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• This footage of Indian metal sensations Bloodywood playing Halla Bol will convince you they’re the funnest thing in rock right now
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• Twenty One Pilots and Olivia Rodrigo Salute the White Stripes
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• Simon Kirke Had 'Mixed Emotions' Over Bad Company's HOF Induction
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• Letterman Offers Loving Tribute to Zevon at Rock Hall Induction
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• “They’d often taken leaps into more powerful, aggressive album tracks at odds with their hit singles. Then they went even further”: When a 70s bubblegum pop quartet surprised fans by releasing a prog album
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• Cyndi Lauper Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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• Opeth announce live show at Pompeii's legendary Amphitheatre for July 2026
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• Joe Cocker All-Star Jam Closes 2025 Rock Hall Ceremony
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• Watch Brandi Carlile and Taylor Momsen's triumphant Hall of Fame performance of Black Hole Sun with Soundgarden
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• “I could see downtown Hollywood and all the transformers were blowing. It looked like the city was being bombed”: How Terminator 2, a banned video and a massive earthquake shaped a classic Tool song
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• Cheap Trick, 'All Washed Up': Review
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• December 2025 New Music Releases
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• Sleep Token, Deftones, Linkin Park, Ghost, Spiritbox, Nine Inch Nails and more among 2026 rock and metal Grammy Award nominees
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• See Kiss' Gene Simmons Reunite With Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear this week
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• "Just about enough charm to pass muster": Four decades down the line, Fastway's debut album falls short of classic status
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• "If I didn't have singing I probably would have murdered somebody": Two of rock's great concert films are now free to watch on YouTube
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• "I'll break both yer arms": Memories of life with Lemmy as a friend and neighbour
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• Ozzy Osbourne was working on a new solo album before he died – this is what it would have sounded like, according to Zakk Wylde
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• "He was a genuine, unforgettable, lunatic presence." How a heroin-kicking, hell-raising, heavy metal-hating genius named Brent Hinds changed the face of metal forever
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• Jack White -- Without Meg -- Accepts White Stripes Hall Induction
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• “People were partying like there was no tomorrow because they were gonna die. It captures that joyous nocturnal life”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge wanted a song to match Queen. Instead, he wrote the greatest plague-inspired metal banger of the last 20 years
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• The Best Moments From the 2025 Rock Hall of Fame Induction
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• "He made his point known in a way that scared this guy half to death": Eric Gales' new album pays tribute to the man whose music he grew up with - his brother
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• "My area was full of Mafia people and drugs. Half my friends were addicts and the other were dealers." From gangsters and Satanic murders to hanging with Lemmy, the remarkable life of Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia
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• “We all blamed each other, but we never doubted the song”: It took Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers more than 100 takes to nail one of their greatest songs – and it still ended up being “an albatross” around their necks
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• "It's an ode to a Goth girl who was so into herself that she once held a mirror over my face so she could see herself climax." Sex, vampires and black lipstick: the story of Type O Negative's goth metal anthem, Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
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• The Darkness Brings Rock 'n' Roll Spectacle to Austin: Photos
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• “Bacchanalian, primal, subversive, translucent… like what might happen if Robert Fripp’s drink had been spiked with acid”: 10 great psychedelic songs that’ll shake any prog fan’s tree (but aren't by Pink Floyd)
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• How to watch this weekend's 2025 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony
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• Eagles Add Final 2026 Dates to Sphere Residency
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• Soundgarden Brings Power and Emotion to Rock Hall Performance
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• “It’s one of the greatest songs ever written, like a Bohemian Rhapsody or a Stairway To Heaven”: What happened when Avenged Sevenfold threw caution to the wind and made an eight-minute necrophiliac symphony
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• Jack White accepts White Stripes Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction as Meg sends her apologies
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• Cool new proggy sounds from Jan Akkerman, Soen, Evergrey and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• “There’s no special effects – there were kids falling through ceilings, flying through glass, jumping off roofs”: From kicking booze to an anarchic video shoot, the story of Slipknot’s biggest single, Duality
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• Top 40 Funk Songs That Shaped Music History
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• Chicago Expands 2026 Tour With New Dates
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• Cyndi Lauper Celebrates With All-Female Performance at Rock Hall
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 10, 2025
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• Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon, The Offspring, Deep Purple, Sabaton, Volbeat, Bad Omens and more sign up for stacked Hellfest 2026 lineup
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• WIN: WINGS The Definitive Self-Titled Collection 3 LP Black Vinyl
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• “Morrison was very clever. He was a regular guy but he really played that image of his well. He was an actor”: The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn on John Lennon’s dangerous side, the myth of Jim Morrison and the forgotten guitar player who was as good as Hendrix
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• Deftones announce biggest ever UK show for 2026 with Idles, Amyl & The Sniffers, Jpegmafia and more
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• The Killers Pay Tribute to Warren Zevon at Rock Hall of Fame Show
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• Twisted Sister to play first UK show in a decade at Steelhouse 2026
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• “I’m not mentioned much in documentaries about Ozzy – at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, not a photo”: Jake E. Lee explains why he felt like a “forgotten footnote” in Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy until Back To The Beginning
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• “Jimmy was up and running and in great shape – he was in fantastic form. I thought, ‘Job done’”: Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers’ 80s supergroup should have been huge. The reality was very different
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• “Refusing to revel in his own chaos, he proves it’s possible to turn even short compositions into suites”: The emo pioneer who suddenly went prog
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• “I had this void in front of me. It was intimidating. Then I realised I had total freedom, and it’s been amazing”: When one of prog’s biggest bands shut down, their guitarist bounced back by releasing three albums in two years
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• Chris Cornell’s daughter sings an emotional Fell On Black Days as Soundgarden are inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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• “If I’d put a live act together we’d have conquered the world. But it was a fear I had – what does a record producer do onstage? It was unfounded. We should have done it”: Studio veteran reveals big regret to a fan who’s now a big name himself
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• "I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding
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• Stanley Simmons – sons of Kiss duo Paul and Gene – announce debut single Body Down
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• “It’s hard to watch a friend face down their demons in front of you and come off second best”: The doomed blues hotshot who blew away Bono and toured with Dylan – but ran from fame and died in obscurity
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• Bonnie Raitt Announces 2026 North American Tour Dates
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• Marillion add second Pompeii date for July 26 after selling first show in two minutes!
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• Jon Anderson Announces 2026 Tour Dates
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• Watch Blackberry Smoke pay tribute to Gary Rossington with the guitar used during the recording of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird
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• The Guess Who Announce 2026 Reunion Tour Dates
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• Bryan Adams Sings Joe Cocker's Praises at Rock Hall Induction
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• "Sixty years went by in the blink of an eye": Bad Company's Paul Rodgers shares Hall of Fame acceptance speech after missing ceremony
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• How Richard Manuel Shined on the Band's 'Music From Big Pink'
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• Joe Jackson Returns With New Tour and First Rock LP in 7 Years
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• Bad Company Honored by Aerosmith, Heart Stars + More at Rock Hall
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• Iron Maiden team up with West Ham United for joint 50th anniversary football jersey
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• Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Announce Their Debut Single
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• 16 Rock Stars Who Served in the U.S. Military
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• Foghat haven't played in the UK for over half a century: This weekend, that changes
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• Elton John Honors Late Brian Wilson at Rock Hall Ceremony
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• "It felt like my head was going to explode." Alligator murder, police raids and abandoned adult theatres: the story of the chaotic video shoot that helped make an underground 90s band cult legends
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• “If you were told to listen to us because you like Tool, that’s a positive. But if you listen just for those similarities, you’ll miss out”: The heart and soul that went into Soen’s Tellurian
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• Debbie Harry Isn't Sure Blondie Will Tour Without Clem Burke
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• 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Photo Gallery
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• “Thank you for the worldwide recognition of my singing, a little piece of my soul that inspires me to keep growing”: The woman who sang death metal at Miss World Chile has just won the competition
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• A Guitar Metallica Used to Pay Tribute to Ozzy Is Up for Auction
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• Jim Carrey Praises 'Majestic' Soundgarden During Rock Hall Speech
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• “If you want to play that kind of music, play it on your solo album. I’m not interested”: In 1971 Greg Lake enraged Keith Emerson, who immediately quit ELP. The result was their acclaimed album Tarkus
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• "One of the best live bands I've ever seen." "Coldplay could never!" A video of New York fantasy metallers Castle Rat staging a live battle on stage has gone viral. Is this heavy metal's next breakout band?
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• Howard Stern in the Rock Hall? Nancy Wilson Wants It to Happen
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