You can buy a new commemorative Rolling Stones £5 coin - it's, er, only £23.50
The new Rolling Stones coin is one of the last to be struck bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II
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You can buy a new commemorative Rolling Stones £5 coin - it's, er, only £23.50
The new Rolling Stones coin is one of the last to be struck bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II
Gene Simmons says Vinnie Vincent played like Yngwie Malmsteen "on crack"
"It was ridiculous, and it certainly wasn't Kiss" - Gene Simmons on Vinnie Vincent's contributions to Creatures Of The Night
Brian Johnson pays tribute to Nazareth's Dan McCafferty: "I wanted to sing like him"
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson talks about his life in an interview with the BBC, and plays some of the songs that have been pivotal throughout his career
Watch nine-year-old Tool fan weave 15 Adam Jones riffs into a 10-minute epic on the guitar Adam Jones gave her
Guitar prodigy Maya Neelakantan is going viral again after showing off her mastery of Tool riffs in tribute to her hero Adam Jones
Glastonbury teases Elton John appearance in 2023 with webcam image of rocket flying above the Pyramid Stage
Elton John adds fuel to rumours of a Glastonbury performance in 2023 by revealing he has “one final date to announce” on his farewell tour
Watch this witty genius create his own Slipknot song using a lyric generator and some serious guitar skills
Steve Terreberry sports an electrician's boiler suit and an array of weird masks to write his own Slipknot song... then films an epic music video for it
Gentle Giant release new video to celebrate 50th anniversary of Octopus
UK prog rockers Gentle Giant originally released fourth album Octopus in 1972
Someone has made a movie about a bear going on a cocaine-induced rampage, and we want to see it right now
Cocaine Bear is a film about an angry bear on cocaine. It’s already our must-see movie of 2023
Got $7k to spare? Here's what you get when you empty your bank account for an 'Enhanced Experience' on Metallica's 2023 world tour
Metallica are offering a selection of ticket packages for their upcoming 2023 world tour, ranging from $414 to $7,272
Prog guitarist Plini shares new live video for Pan
Australian prog guitar whiz Plini will tour North America throughout April and May
Nickelback guitarist Ryan Peake says metalheads are "really protective" over the genre: "if you dip your toe in there without fully being metal, you're just gonna get tore up"
Nickelback's Ryan Peake discusses the aggressively protective nature of metal gatekeepers
Guns N' Roses announce huge London show for 2023
The all-conquering, reunited Guns N' Roses will hit London's Hyde Park in June
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Every System Of A Down album ranked from worst to best
System Of A Down have released five albums, and here they are in order of greatness
Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes on the albums that changed his life: “King Diamond is my flying music!”
Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes reaches into his record collection and pulls out King Diamond, Slayer and Björk
Watch horror author Stephen King's awkward fanboy interview with AC/DC
In 1986, a coked-up Stephen King directed his first feature film, Maximum Overdrive - then engaged in a goofy trans-Atlantic interview with AC/DC, who provided the soundtrack
Cavalera Conspiracy’s Iggor Cavalera on one of metal’s big problems: “Sometimes it can be too conservative”
Why ex-Sepultura drummer Iggor Cavalera has reinvented himself as as a noise-rock adventurer
Archers Of Loaf: "Anger makes good rock’n’roll, and I had a lot of it"
Archers Of Loaf's Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52
When Pink Floyd reunited for Live 8: "It was like sleeping with your ex-wife"
Pink Floyd’s classic line-up reunited only once, to play the historic Live 8 charity concert in 2005. Just don’t ask them to do it again
Prime Beef: a short history of what happens when rock stars come to blows
Musicians slating each other via the media is old news, but occasionally the ill-feeling reaches the real world, resulting in fracas and fisticuffs
Why I ❤️ The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper, by Ronnie James Dio
In 2006, the late great Ronnie James Dio told us about what he called "the greatest album ever made"
Mother's Finest: six songs to get you started
Six songs to introduce you to the fierce funk-rock wizardry of Atlanta's very own Mother's Finest
Every Smashing Pumpkins album ranked worst to best
The best Smashing Pumpkins albums are at times sublime, at times challenging. This is your guide to all all them, from workmanlike worst to breathtaking best
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As pummelling as 12 rounds with Tyson Fury: our first reaction to new Metallica single Lux Æterna
Metallica have surprised the world with a fast blast of speed metal that sounds straight from the Kill 'Em All era
Badfinger: No Dice - Album Of The Week Club review
Badfinger were besieged by Beatles comparisons and beset by bad business dealings, but perhaps No Dice's ultimate legacy is the hits it provided for others
Fleetwood Mac's Alternate Collection is insightful but lacks LA bells, whistles and cocaine pixie-dust
Once more into the archives for alternative takes on old Fleetwood Mac favourites
The Doors' Paris Blues: Is that all there is? Really?
Released as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event, Paris Blues features the last (apparently) unreleased studio recording by The Doors
Eric Burdon & War: a barrier-breaking collaboration from a trail-blazing era
This Record Store Day box set corrals Eric Burdon & War's three albums on multi-hued vinyl
Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything: an epic that's as swoony as it is cerebral
50th-anniversary Record Store Day box of peak Todd Rundgren album Something/Anything
The Grateful Dead thrive in a venue they never intended to play
A hefty Record Store Day hefty document from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ‘72 tour
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Somapolis: "Made with obvious love and drive..."
Not yet ratedSixth from enduringly eloquent art-rock artisans
Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot: a slick storm of blues, boogie, poetry, avant-garde jazz, space-rock, feminism, soul and zig-zag wandering
Two-disc clear-vinyl 50th-anniversary reissue of Captain's Beefheart and the Magic Band's Clear Spot, now with tasty extras icing the cake
Lee Aaron: pop music in leather trousers, and not in as good way
Canadian ‘Metal Queen’ Lee Aaron gets a fresh polish, 40 years after her debut
Mother Vulture's debut album rushes by in a blur of noise and nailed-on groove, but there's one problem
Turbo-charged debut from livewire British blues-punks Mother Vulture can strip paint and dislodge earwax at 50 feet
