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Ozzy salutes the life and legacy of Randy Rhoads in new Ross Halfin photo book
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‘He wasn’t just my guitarist, he was my friend’, says Ozzy Osbourne of Randy Rhoads, the subject of a new Ross Halfin photo book

Sharon Osbourne thanks Ozzy for ‘wonderful, insane times’ as the pair celebrate 39 years of marriage
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Metal’s premier power couple, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, celebrated their 39th wedding anniversary on July 4

Dave Grohl celebrates his birthday by sharing another new Foo Fighters song
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Waiting On A War is the third single to be taken from the forthcoming Foo Fighters’ album Medicine At MIdnight

Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and Jon Bon Jovi to celebrate Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration
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Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi to play Celebrating America TV special to mark Joe Biden‘s inauguration

This Metallica vs Van Halen mash-up is the sound of two monsters of rock crushing every other band underfoot
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YouTuber The-Art-Of-Guitar unites California rock behemoths Metallica and Van Halen to stunning effect

Axl Rose bought Dave Grohl a hugely expensive guitar to say thanks for borrowing his ‘throne’
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Axl Rose sent Slash out to buy Dave Grohl a beautiful guitar to thank the Foo Fighters frontman for the loan of his gig ‘throne’

Remembering that Halloween night Ozzy Osbourne nearly blew up Slash and Tom Morello
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Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello recalls how doing Ozzy Osbourne a favour almost got him and Slash killed

Dave Grohl dreams that Nirvana are still a band, but won’t sing Kurt Cobain’s songs
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Classic Rock’s new guest editor, Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl, reveals that he still dreams that he’s Nirvana’s drummer

Kirk Hammett on 30 years of the Black Album: "We had our sights set on bigger things – we wanted a Back In Black”
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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett remembers the big ambitions the band had for the Black Album

Foo Fighters’ anthem Everlong sounds fantastic reimagined as smooth jazz
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YouTuber Anthony Vincent gives Dave Grohl‘s break-up anthem a lounge jazz makeover... Nice

Watch Lars Ulrich, Brian Johnson, The Edge discuss the power of live music in Dave Grohl’s What Drives Us doc
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This teaser for Dave Grohl’s star-studded love letter to life on the road has us craving the return of live gigs

Watch Dave Grohl, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi welcome Joe Biden to the White House
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Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi perform to celebrate the inauguration of the 46th President of the USA

The new Classic Rock tells the story of the birth of NWOBHM. It's on sale now
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Classic Rock looks back at the seminal bands that made Britain heavy again – starring our four cover stars Saxon, Judas Priest, Motörhead and Iron Maiden, with a full supporting cast.

Dave Grohl wants to resurrect his ‘dream band’, Them Crooked Vultures
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Dave Grohl would like to reunite with Josh Homme and John Paul Jones for another Them Crooked Vultures album

On Billy Gibbons’ birthday, here’s ZZ Top’s guitarist, Lemmy and Dave Grohl with a Chuck Berry classic
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To mark Billy Gibbons’ 71st birthday, a blast from the past, as these three hombres tackle Run Rudolph Run

Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast given the bossa nova makeover it deserves
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YouTuber Andy Rehfeldt has re-recorded Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast in a bossa nova style, and it's magnificent

Iron Maiden sax busker regales fans with scorching version of The Trooper
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Turns out the number of the beast is actually sax sax sax

Weird website of the day: Bruce Dickinson's Rubber Chickens
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There's a mysterious website that Photoshops pictures of Bruce Dickinson holding bottles of Trooper Ale... and replaces them with rubber chickens

Bruce Dickinson hits back at critics of his Brexit stance, says their anger is “disturbing”
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Exclusive “People are deliberately choosing to misunderstand the position I was taking on Brexit,” says Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson launches new Psycho Schizo Espresso podcast
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Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson to co-host psychology podcast Psycho Schizo Espresso with Oxford University’s Dr. Kevin Dutton

Watch kids react to Iron Maiden
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What do youngsters think of the music of Iron Maiden? You're about to find out...

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson helps Heavy Metal Truants raise over £1 million for charity
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Bruce Dickinson and Heavy Metal Truants worldwide cycle, run and walk 37,917 miles to help raise £1 million for charity

Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith was in contention to join Def Leppard in 1991, Rick Allen confirms
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Adrian Smith and ex-Thin Lizzy man John Sykes were considered for Def Leppard after Steve Clark’s death in 1991
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