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• "I was angry at them for writing that song. I thought, You don’t know. You weren’t there." The tragic and horrifying true story behind one of the biggest rock anthems of the 90s
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• My Chemical Romance, Tool, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil to headline Aftershock festival 2026; The Offspring, Queens Of The Stone Age, Babymetal and more than 130 other acts also confirmed
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• “He wanted to do something heavy. My mindset at the time was, I’d rather not”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt reveals why collaboration with Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy hasn’t happened yet
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• 5 Reasons INXS Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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• Rock Purists Won't Like the Hall of Fame Fan Vote's Early Results
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• "Eddie completely changed this couple's life." Hollywood superstar Kate Hudson reveals how Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder played a pivotal role in the story behind her new movie
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• Journey Kicks Off 'Final Frontier' Tour: Set List, Video
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• "It’s very, very exciting." Black Sabbath to be given the classical treatment on UK tour featuring local orchestras
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• "I'd love to hang upside down in a stadium." How Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me The Horizon and Robbie Williams inspired these rising British rockers to reinvent themselves
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• "Our new setlist is full of hope and energy." Mongolian metal sensations The Hu announce their biggest UK and European tour ever
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• "I've dreaded sharing this news." Godflesh will no longer perform live after Justin Broadrick undergoes significant abdominal surgery
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• Former Quarrymen Member Len Garry Dead at 84
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• "I remember finishing the lyrics and literally feeling sick to my stomach." How Alter Bridge regrouped, faced the dark side, put their foot on the gas and recorded a brilliant album
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• Sammy Hagar 'Disappointed' at Exclusion From Van Halen Project
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• "The noise is deafening. The whole hotel shakes. It’s very frightening." Asia guitarist John Mitchell caught up in Middle East conflict
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• Metallica Reveals Six More Dates for Sphere Residency
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• These Photos Show Why Everyone Is Obsessed With the ’90s Again
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• Metallica Add Third Set of Las Vegas Sphere Dates
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• "Is it crazy? It is crazy. And I'm a crazy ****ing guy. Let's go!" An insane looking new event will mix a metal concert with bare knuckle fighting - with the frontman of deathcore heavyweights Slaughter To Prevail set to take part in both
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• "I remember listening to it and freaking out – I couldn't believe how authentic it sounded." How The Darkness created the ultimate modern power ballad
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• "The house had a big electric fence around it and every single window was blacked out." How a progressive rock legend helped make a 90s alt. rock masterpiece at the site of the infamous Manson Family murders
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• “In three years we went from folk clubs to the LA Forum. I mean, we fought and got drunk and all that, but it was still a great time”: Approaching six decades in music, these prog heroes never operated as a democracy
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• 5 Reasons Jeff Buckley Should Be in the Rock Hall of Fame
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• “I said, ‘Just start again. It would be good for you.’ He persuaded me to stay. I never felt good about it”: Martin Barre tried to quit Jethro Tull in 1980, but Ian Anderson wouldn’t have it
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• 45 Years Ago: 'You Better You Bet' Becomes the Who's Final Hit
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• "You are not what you own." Why you still can't buy an official T-shirt from one of the greatest American rock bands ever
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• "We were just snot-nosed punks trying to do something different." Metallica and the making of Master Of Puppets – only in the new issue of Classic Rock
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• Metallica to Add Six More Dates to 2026 Sphere Residency
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• Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter announce rescheduled and expanded North American tour
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• Fontaines D.C., Lambrini Girls, Geese, Kneecap, Billy Bragg and more donate vinyl to Records For Palestine online raffle to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians
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• Top 20 Jonathan Cain Songs
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• "He wanted my shotgun – he'd just have these total freakouts. There were so many wonderful moments and terrible mayhem with him." Fuelled by bipolar disorder, the 70s' most outlandish concept album predicted a political meltdown
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• Eric Clapton announces US tour dates
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• Eric Clapton Announces 2026 US Tour
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• 5 Other Bizarre Quotes From John Lennon's 'Jesus' Interview
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• Why Paul Stanley Thinks This Kiss Album Cover 'Sucks'
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• "So do we tell the kids about the tour?" Courtney Love and former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf Der Maur are reuniting
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• Ringo Starr's New Album 'Long Long Road' Set for April Release
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• "If you’re getting compared to bands like Genesis, who’s going to complain?” Why UK prog rockers Ghost Of The Machine's 'difficult' second album, Empires Must Fall, wasn't so difficult after all
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• Eagles' Sphere Show Continues to Amaze: Live Review
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• Robbie Williams and Zakk Wylde Lead Ozzy Brit Awards Tribute
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• Sting's 2026 Tour Expands With New North American Dates
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• “I was in the front row. Everybody was pushing and things got really violent”: This is what it was like watching Metallica on their first European tour, as explained by a fellow thrash metal star
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• "We were like, ‘What if we take speed? Maybe we can play even faster!’ We were definitely better without the drugs." How Europe's biggest thrash band went from getting their mum to sign deals to satanic metal mastery
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• "It's a long way from me painting the TS logo on the back of my jean jacket in high school in liquid paper to fronting the band." Twisted Sister line up Sebastian Bach as Dee Snider's replacement for reunion shows and he's extremely excited
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• “Armour-plated anthems about guns, battles and dudes shooting other dudes”: Every Sabaton album ranked from worst to best
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• "I made my bed by leaving the band in 2010." The prog metal master who links Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold and The Beatles (but not Rush)
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• Hear Peter Gabriel's New Single, 'What Lies Ahead'
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• "I'm on a pyre, a monk sentences me to death, and I will burn. Burn, burn, burn." Why you should probably go and see Powerwolf this week
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• “Of course, none of us agreed on any of it. Not one idea was liked by us all. So then it was, ‘Which idea do four of us like, which idea do three of us like?’” The story of Marillion’s upbeat lockdown album An Hour Before It's Dark
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• "There were a lot of 'folk musicians' who'd seen A Hard Day's Night and wanted to be pop stars, but they couldn't earn twenty-five dollars in Texas." Nine Steve Miller albums you should listen to and one to avoid
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• Radio Legend Uncle Joe Benson Dead at 76
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• 5 Ways Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' Could Have Been Different
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of '80s London Bands?
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• Paul McCartney Says Rock Hall Boss Broke His Induction Promise
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• “I was always sure we were going to come back. My friends said, ‘You’re still waiting? Are you stupid?’” With Mike Portnoy’s help, Bigelf battled back from tragedy to make Into The Maelstrom
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• Bruce Johnston Exits Beach Boys After 60 Years
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• “I interviewed him and he denied ever hearing the album. I find that somewhat hard to believe”: Did Jethro Tull inspire a character in Spinal Tap? The actor says no. Ian Anderson’s not so sure
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• "Nothing Is What It Seems was written about Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. They're the liar and the thief in the song": Brinsley Schwarz on his state-of-the-world album Shouting At The Moon
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• "We saw the end coming." How the 90s' last big rock band reinvented after their frontman went off the rails - courtesy of one of the best singers in the game
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• "It's not something I'd like us to be remembered for. It was a thorn in our side but I'm stuck with it." After lacing their neighbour's water supply with LSD, the Small Faces wrote the hit that ended their career
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• "If we were legendary for anything, it was for bringing Jello to a show and getting it all over the monitors." The story of the hate song that kick-started the entire grunge movement
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• Guns N' Roses Extend Their 2026 World Tour
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• 15 '80s Albums That Stopped Rock's Biggest Stars in Their Tracks
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• Twisted Sister Will Tour in 2026 With Sebastian Bach
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• “There was no plans to stop it. We were still gonna do it, but Ozzy couldn’t”: Legendary metal touring festival Ozzfest will “absolutely” return in 2027
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• "We were just snot-nosed punks doing what we were doing. It's pretty amazing that the record has stood the test of time." One of the greatest rock albums of all time celebrates its 40th birthday today
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• Guns N' Roses announce stadium tour in Australia and New Zealand with Airbourne
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of ’60s London Bands?
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• "It’s a song about inventors and invention." New Peter Gabriel single What Lies Ahead was a work-in-progress performed during 2014's Back To Front tour
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• “I want to die in Lamb Of God!” The new issue of Metal Hammer features Lamb Of God on the cover – and an exclusive all-star interview with Randy Blythe
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• “It’s fortuitous that Viv Stanshall was there – and what a good idea to put the tubular bells in”: 19-year-old Mike Oldfield was planning to defect to Russia before fate intervened
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• “I don’t know if we’re going to be touring any more after this.” Trent Reznor casts doubt on Nine Inch Nails' future as a live act
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• Watch Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale sing Black Sabbath covers at Geezer Butler and Paul Rodgers tribute show this week
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• “I was like, ‘I think it’d be cool if I die and spit up blood but I need to play another show the next night.’” How Black Sabbath and ‘major death anxiety’ inspired metal’s new fantasy sensation, Castle Rat
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• "I think I just played the same song the whole night." Thin Lizzy legend Brian Robertson on his controversial time in Motorhead, and why Lemmy asked him to leave
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• Legendary Songwriter Neil Sedaka Dies: Rockers React
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of '70s London Bands?
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• The Guess Who Confirm Summer 2026 US Tour Dates
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• Billy Idol Details Near-Death Overdose: 'I Was Going Blue'
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• Sex Pistols Reschedule Their 2026 North American Dates
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• "A verbal contract was not worth the paper it was written on." Paul McCartney admits he was fuming after allegedly being lied to by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the '90s
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• "Two things I never wanted to be was sober and a Christian. And here I am now — a follower, a sober guy." A nu metal hero says he's fully invested in religion after lengthy battle with addiction
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• "The jams that turned into songs on the album began with us playing out in the woods at night. Crazy spirit." Meet Ever Age: The 21st-century power trio whose debut album might just be a once-in-a-generation record
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• You Won't Believe These Baffling Classic Rock Lyrics
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