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

Queen release We Will Rock You lyric video
By Christina O'Neill published
Check out the karaoke-style promo for Queen classic We Will Rock You

Tech-Fest announces Black Dahlia Murder, Obscura, Aborted for 2017
By Christina O'Neill published
Metal Hammer-sponsored Nottinghamshire festival Tech-Fest will also host The Arusha Accord, Hacktivist, Ingested, Oceans Ate Alaska and Carcer City next July

Steve Vai says he gets asked to join supergroups 'all the time'
By Christina O'Neill published
Steve Vai says he wouldn't rule out joining a supergroup in future – but he's not interested in sticking to the same musical formula just to 're-live the glory days'

Bloodclot featuring ex-QOTSA, Danzig men release Up In Arms
By Christina O'Neill published
Listen to debut single from Bloodclot, fronted by Cro-Mags man John Joseph and featuring former members of Queens Of The Stone Age and Danzig

Watch this AC/DC-themed Christmas light show
By Christina O'Neill published
A Christmas lights display which flashes in sync with AC/DC's Thunderstruck is bringing a festive feel to Rudd Road in Shepparton, Australia

Watch AFI's White Offerings video
By Christina O'Neill published
AFI launch black-and-white promo for White Offerings, from forthcoming 10th album AFI (The Blood Album) which launches on January 20

Sebastian Bach says there are 'talks' over Skid Row classic reunion
By Christina O'Neill published
Sebastian Bach hints at classic Skid Row comeback – as bassist Rachel Bolan confirms they're recording new music with touring singer ZP Theart

Vivian Campbell recalls how Soundgarden inspired Def Leppard
By Christina O'Neill published
Original Dio man Vivian Campbell says Def Leppard's 1996 album Slang was influenced by Soundgarden's 4th work, Superunknown

Avenged Sevenfold say labels shouldn't rush bands to record
By Christina O'Neill published
Avenged Sevenfold's Synyster Gates says it takes time for a band to experiment and make an 'amazing' sound – and labels should accommodate that

Asia to release live album Symfonia
By Christina O'Neill published
Asia's album Symfonia - Live In Bulgaria 2013, recorded at Plovdiv's Sounds Of The Ages Festival, to launch on February 24

Nikki Sixx says Motley Crue won't rush their biopic The Dirt
By Christina O'Neill published
Nikki Sixx says they'll take their time with Motley Crue's upcoming biopic The Dirt – as NWA's hit-film Straight Outta Compton was 11 years in the making

Munky: It's difficult to put Korn in a category
By Christina O'Neill published
Korn guitarist Munky says he hated the nu-metal label 10 years ago – but he's 'grateful' as it got them where they are now

Kid Rock releases pro-Donald Trump t-shirts
By Christina O'Neill published
Kid Rock has released a range of t-shirts in support of president-elect Donald Trump – with one referring to Clinton blue states as 'Dumbf**kistan'

Primus announce 2017 London Roundhouse show
By Christina O'Neill published
Primus have announced a show at London's Roundhouse – their first ever at the iconic venue

Halestorm's Lzzy and Arejay on how they discover new music
By Christina O'Neill published
Lzzy Hale takes inspiration from the 'hard rock community' in Nashville where she lives – as Arejay discusses 'guilty' pleasures of Spotify

Creeper announce biggest UK and European tour to date
By Christina O'Neill published
Creeper to tour the UK and Europe through March and April 2017 in support of forthcoming debut album Eternity, In Your Arms

Apple Music attracts 20 million subscribers in 18 months
By Christina O'Neill published
Apple Music say short-term album exclusives have been key to attracting new subscribers – with 3 million sign-ups in last 3 months

Clutch's Neil Fallon says bad songs are part of learning process
By Christina O'Neill published
Clutch singer Neil Fallon says he has no regrets over the band's 'not-so-great' material as it's helped them make better music over their 25-year career

Listen to Arcane Roots' single Curtains
By Christina O'Neill published
Arcane Roots issue new single Curtains – and announce one-off show at London's Bush Hall on February 3

Queensryche release Hellfire music video
By Christina O'Neill published
Watch Queensryche's video for Hellfire – which is based on the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane shot down in eastern Ukraine in July 2014

Stone Sour release Zzyzx Rd video
By Christina O'Neill published
Watch Stone Sour's video for Zzyzx Rd lifted from their 2006 album Come What(ever) May – which gets a 10th anniversary re-release on December 16

Former Circle II Circle drummer Adam Sagan dies
By Christina O'Neill published
Adam Sagan, former Circle II Circle and Into Eternity drummer, dies after battle with blood cancer

Jason Bonham won't get hopes up about Led Zeppelin reunion
By Christina O'Neill published
Drummer Jason Bonham says the best chance of a Led Zeppelin reunion is to forget about it – as he did that before he got a call for their 2007 comeback
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