Rock News 2025-11-13

• "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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• 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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• “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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• “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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• “When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours.” How a song about a big angry whale helped four Southern misfits hang with Slipknot and Slayer - and become 21st century metal trailblazers
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• Watch AC/DC Play a '76 Classic Live for the First Time Since 1991
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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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• “We are calling on everyone – the industry, artists, government and music fans – to come together and invest what they can”: As campaign to save seven grassroots UK venues enters final days, organisers urge fans to donate
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• Bonnie Raitt Announces 2026 North American Tour Dates
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• Get Poppy’s new album Empty Hands on exclusive bone, violet and baby blue vinyl, exclusively through Metal Hammer
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• Top 40 Funk Songs That Shaped Music History
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• Derek and the Dominos, 'Layla': Retro Review
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• Neil Young Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• "I'll break both yer arms": Memories of life with Lemmy as a friend and neighbour
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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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• “I had a big lump in my throat when we did the last gigs. A big chapter in my life was coming to an end – and I couldn’t tell anyone”: The curious tale of Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour
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• Joe Cocker All-Star Jam Closes 2025 Rock Hall Ceremony
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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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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 10, 2025
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• "They commenced to destroy, slaughter and wipe the stage with our blood." How a hip hop powerhouse and a heavy metal institution united to create a whole new genre - and spark one of the rowdiest tours in history
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• Joe Jackson Returns With New Tour and First Rock LP in 7 Years
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• World's largest bagpipe ensemble pays tribute to Bon Scott in Australia as AC/DC break out a classic for the first time in decades
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• The Darkness Brings Rock 'n' Roll Spectacle to Austin: Photos
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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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• Warren Haynes Plans ‘Beautiful Tribute’ for Phil Lesh
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• WIN: WINGS The Definitive Self-Titled Collection 3 LP Black Vinyl
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• “He sang of partying with such ferocity that suddenly parties seemed like trench warfare…” How we saw, and only just survived, an early performance of the 00s' first rock classic
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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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• "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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• Bryan Adams Sings Joe Cocker's Praises at Rock Hall Induction
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• “We knew we had to push and push. We did the work ourselves and toured so much, until radio had no option but to play us”: The unlikely story of the last classic nu metal album
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• See Kiss' Gene Simmons Reunite With Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer
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• Quiz: How much do you know about Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece Nebraska?
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• "I think when things happen like the throat cancer, or my neck being fused, or the saturnine palsy in my arm, most people would stop." Dave Mustaine on why Megadeth's final show might still be "three to five years" away
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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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• "The bank robber seemed like a nice bloke. Said he had all my albums": The story of the wild tour that sent Joe Cocker over the edge
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• December 2025 New Music Releases
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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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• 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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• Bagpipers Shatter World Record Playing AC/DC Anthem in Australia
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• Simon Kirke Had 'Mixed Emotions' Over Bad Company's HOF Induction
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• Jon Anderson Announces 2026 Tour Dates
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• Howard Stern in the Rock Hall? Nancy Wilson Wants It to Happen
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• Tedeschi Trucks Band 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 Best Moments From the 2025 Rock Hall of Fame Induction
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• Micky Dolenz Sets Huge Tour Celebrating Monkees' 60th Anniversary
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• Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Announce Their Debut Single
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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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• “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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• Eagles Add Final 2026 Dates to Sphere Residency
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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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• Hear Trump's Voicemail to Sharon Osbourne Following Ozzy's Death
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• 50 Years Ago: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald Inspires Gordon Lightfoot
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• Cheap Trick, 'All Washed Up': Review
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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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• “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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• "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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• Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan releases debut solo single - complete with video filmed in abandoned coal mine
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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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• Did This Joni Mitchell Song Inspire a Grammy-Winning LP?
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• Black Label Society Announces 2026 North American Tour
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• Stanley Simmons – sons of Kiss duo Paul and Gene – announce debut single Body Down
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• “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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• "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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• Let's-a go! The Black Friday Nintendo Lego deals are racing in early with up to 27% off Mario Kart, Animal Crossing & more
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• Debbie Harry Isn't Sure Blondie Will Tour Without Clem Burke
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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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• A Guitar Metallica Used to Pay Tribute to Ozzy Is Up for Auction
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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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• "I take a lot of pride in starting this band and creating this universe." Black Sabbath, homemade chainmail and Frank Frazetta - getting to know Castle Rat, the fantasy metal sensations everyone's talking about
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• Little Feat Announces 'Last Farewell Tour' Dates for 2026
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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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• "We've never done that before, and we're never doing it again!"Watch Blackmore's Night play a rare version of a Deep Purple classic
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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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• The Guess Who Announce 2026 Reunion Tour Dates
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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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• “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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• Chicago Expands 2026 Tour With New Dates
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• Deftones announce biggest ever UK show for 2026 with Idles, Amyl & The Sniffers, Jpegmafia and more
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• How Richard Manuel Shined on the Band's 'Music From Big Pink'
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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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• Foghat haven't played in the UK for over half a century: This weekend, that changes
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• 16 Rock Stars Who Served in the U.S. Military
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• The Best Grunge Song by 5 Hair Metal Bands
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