Christina O'Neill
Former TeamRock news desk member Christina joined our team in late 2015, and although her time working on online rock news was fairly brief, she made a huge impact by contributing close to 1500 stories. Christina also interviewed artists including Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and worked at the UK's biggest rock and metal festival, Download, as a key reporter for the company. In late 2016, Christina left rock journalism to pursue a career in current affairs. That's proved to be a massive success and in 2021, she was named Local Weekly Feature Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.
Latest articles by Christina O'Neill

Foo Fighters feature on Jeopardy game show
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Questions on the origin of Foo Fighters' name and their Sonic Highways documentary among those posed to Jeopardy game show contestants

Metallica want more bands to fly the heavy metal flag
By Christina O'Neill last updated
While Hetfield won't complain about Metallica's success, he wants more up-and-coming bands to knock them off their 'pedestal' to make rock music better

Kirk Hammett: Metal helped me survive teenage years
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Metallica's Kirk Hammett says metal gives people the chance to be a part of 'something bigger' – and it helped him to truly express himself in his youth

Watch James Hetfield react to celebrities wearing Metallica t-shirts
By Christina O'Neill last updated
James Hetfield gives his opinion on stars such as Avril Lavigne, Kim Kardashian and Taylor Momsen wearing Metallica t-shirts from various album eras

Metallica to launch new album with intimate London gig
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Metallica are celebrating the release of new album Hardwired... To Self-Destruct with 3 events, including an intimate gig, this month in London

Metallica fans collect 9 tons of food for charity in Colombia
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Metallica's show at Bogota's Los Andes Stadium in Colombia saw 25,000 fans donate 9 tons of food to help malnourished children and abandoned animals

Dave Mustaine announces Megadeth Boot Camp for fans
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Megadeth's Mustaine offers fans the chance to camp on his private estate – with acoustic show, workshops and campfire stories planned over weekend

David Gilmour won't play Pink Floyd's Echoes without Richard Wright
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Former Pink Floyd man David Gilmour says he won't perform track without late keyboardist and composer Richard Wright at the helm

Metallica's James Hetfield praises Megadeth's Dave Mustaine
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Metallica frontman James Hetfield has praised former bandmate and Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine for his "amazing career" in music

Megadeth's Kiko Loureiro jams with Turkey street musicians
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Watch Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro try out Turkish string instruments and get a taste of local culture with buskers in Istanbul

Listen to lost Pink Floyd song Vegetable Man
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Pink Floyd's song Vegetable Man was recorded in 1967 but never officially released until now

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine recalls 'weirdness' between him and Marty Friedman
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says former guitarist Marty Friedman would put up a "barrier" with his bandmates and "not let people in"

Nick Mason 'embarrassed' by early Pink Floyd outfits
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason also discusses the "biggest problem" they had with their Early Years 1965-1972 box set

Metallica's Kirk Hammett on timeless Unforgiven guitar solo
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Exclusive: Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett says his guitar solo on 1991 track The Unforgiven is one of the few solos he plays "just like the album"

Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies aged 51
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Former Megadeth sticksman Nick Menza reportedly had heart failure while performing onstage with his current band Ohm at LA club The Baked Potato

David Ellefson: Megadeth has been reborn
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Megadeth bassist Ellefson says Rust In Peace lineup legacy should be left in the past

Metallica ex Jason Newsted prepares Would And Steal project
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted prepares to launch his latest project Would And Steal

Mustaine: Megadeth were told to change logo and grow beards
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Dave Mustaine says Megadeth were advised to change their image after 1992's Countdown To Extinction

David Ellefson says Megadeth have a 'higher calling'
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson says Megadeth have been “blessed” to have been together for more than 30 years

Metallica's Rob Trujillo talks future Big Four tour
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Rob Trujillo says he'd like Metallica to hit the road with Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer again after they complete their Hardwired touring commitments

Dave Mustaine: It's a terrible lie that I'm difficult to work with
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine says it's a "bummer" that people make assumptions about his character based on hearsay

Iron Maiden in top 10 highest-grossing tours of 2016
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Iron Maiden clinch no.8 spot with The Book Of Souls tour as Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones and David Gilmour also make the list

James Hetfield in Metallica Kill 'Em All deluxe package unboxing video
By Christina O'Neill last updated
Watch Metallica frontman reveal contents of Record Store Day box set
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