Christina O'Neill

The Who's Pete Townshend says performing has become more meaningful to him in the twilight of his career – despite previously saying 'it's a load of crap'

Sebastian Bach says Jon Bon Jovi and his road crew gave him a hard time on tour with Skid Row – but he's still 'indebted' to his mentors

Watch Live To Win: The Statue Of Lemmy Kilmister – a short film about the tribute to late Motorhead frontman at Rainbow Bar & Grill

A deluxe edition of Cream's 1966 debut Fresh Cream to launch on CD and vinyl in 2017 – including alternate mixes and previously unreleased BBC sessions

Stick To Your Guns pay tribute to Standing Rock pipeline protests with their Better Ash Than Dust promo – pledge money towards cause

One More Time With Feeling director Andrew Dominik didn't want to 'cross the line' while capturing Nick Cave's grief, following tragic death of son Arthur

Mastodon's Troy Sanders and Hellyeah's Kyle Sanders try out Orange Crush Amplifiers and take a series of absurd phone calls in clip

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe says Standing Rock protests are a reminder that we're consuming our planet's limited resources at an unsustainable rate

A collection of 29 guitars owned and used by Eric Clapton are up for sale from Nashville's Gruhn Guitars

Australian composer Dr Allan Zavod who worked with Frank Zappa and Eric Clapton dies after being diagnosed with brain cancer

David Bowie, Nick Cave, Siouxsie Sioux, Morrissey, Robert Smith and Adam Ant feature in ornament form in the Very New Wave Christmas set

British outfit The Temperance Movement bid farewell to 'brother' drummer Damon Wilson, who says he's leaving to spend more time with his family

Phil Campbell says he sometimes had to fight 'big time' to push his song ideas through in Motorhead – but he now has 'more clout' with the Bastard Sons

Linkin Park collaborate with MadeWorn designer Blaine Halvorson to design range of t-shirts and hoodies for charity Music For Relief

In Flames bassist Peter Iwers exits after 20 years in band to 'pursue other endeavours'

Motorhead photobook Roadkill: Victory Or Die will be released in December, featuring contributions from Guns N' Roses' Slash and Queen's Brian May

Neil Young urges President Barack Obama to support environmental activists and put end to 'human rights abuses' at Standing Rock pipeline protests

Listen to Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero cover Queen song Innuendo with his other band, Lords Of Black

Former Pantera man Phil Anselmo is inspired by the 'honesty' in Morrissey's lyrics – and discusses how he uses songwriting to expel his own childhood demons

Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter recalls turning a Melbourne hotel lobby into a 'full-on party' after he and his friend smoked a number of joints

Stone Sour's 10th anniversary deluxe package for breakthrough album Come What(ever) May will feature bonus covers and previously unreleased acoustic tracks

Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe tells people wanting to 'raise hell, fight cops, & cause chaos' at Standing Rock pipeline protest in Dakota to stay home

Watch Five Finger Death Punch's tour promo featuring a snippet of a brand new song

Kiss reveal 11 arena dates in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and Holland next May

Composer Raphael Weinroth-Browne performs cello ensemble cover of Lamb Of God's 2006 track Walk With Me In Hell