Dave Everley

Dr. Who actor Peter Capaldi on the music that has soundtracked his life

By Dave Everley published 20 March 26

Singer/guitarist/actor/Time Lord Peter Capaldi picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

How rock’s most volatile band wrote the song that invented the 1990s – and then imploded

By Dave Everley published 14 March 26

The greatest song ever to feature vocals from the singer’s pet dog

The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)

By Rich Hobson published 11 March 26

We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them

Nine Jim Steinman albums you should listen to and one to avoid

By Dave Everley published 10 March 26

His musical vision was rejected by everyone. Then, like a bat out of hell, he went from a nobody to being hailed as a musical genius

The cult hair metal band with links to Styx, Smashing Pumpkins and Kanye West who had the world in their hands – but threw it away

By Dave Everley published 7 March 26

Enuff Z’Nuff could have been the new Cheap Trick, but label politics and self-destruction got in the way

How Sammy Hagar tried and failed to become a prog star after falling for Pink Floyd

By Dave Everley published 6 March 26

Montrose and Van Halen frontman regrets that he never got to make his concept album about aliens and space travel under the banner Sammy Wilde And Dustcloud

“None of us agreed on any of it”: The story of Marillion’s upbeat lockdown album An Hour Before It's Dark

By Dave Everley published 4 March 26

Covid, a spider bite, a missing guitarist, barring one member from the tour bus – nothing could have prepared them for the challenges they faced in making the follow-up to FEAR

The two iconic musicians who left Sammy Hagar starstruck – and the guitarist he calls “an asshole”

By Dave Everley published 27 February 26

Life according to the Red Rocker

The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2026

By Metal Hammer published 26 February 26

Digging deep on announcements, rumours and pure speculation to find the 50 metal albums you should be keeping an eye out for in 2026

Motörhead's Ace Of Space: How to create a classic while intoxicated

By Dave Everley published 19 February 26

It’s one of the instantly recognisable songs in rock'n'roll. But how did Ace Of Spades come about?

Femme Fatale's Lorraine Lewis on relaunching the band, skydiving in a bodysuit and joining OnlyFans

By Dave Everley published 5 February 26

Femme Fatale's original 80s singer Lorraine Lewis returns with a new line-up and the same drive and ambition

When Queen pressganged Steve Howe into appearing on Innuendo

By Dave Everley published 4 February 26

Yes guitarist was minding his own business in Switzerland, then found himself in a studio being handed a guitar and told to record for 1991 hit single

This is the soundtrack of H.E.A.T frontman Kenny Leckremo's life

By Dave Everley published 30 January 26

H.E.A.T frontman Kenny Leckremo picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and talks a lot about Iron Maiden

Steven Wilson tried to forget his shamelessly commercial song, but met it again in a strip club

By Dave Everley published 28 January 26

The band leader learned a valuable lesson about himself after an attempt to do his record label’s bidding

“If you see any Floyd tribute act there’s an utter po-facedness to them”: Gary Kemp on Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets

By Dave Everley published 27 January 26

The previously secret fan – who sneaked prog onto a Spandau Ballet album – helped bring Sex Pistols, Clash and Bowie vibes into Mason’s band, and felt intimidated when Roger Waters guested with them

The trailblazing 80s British metal band loved by Motörhead, Iron Maiden and… George Michael

By Dave Everley published 25 January 26

Lemmy-approved metal queens Girlschool should be way bigger than they are

“I pushed the fader up. He pulled it down. I haven’t forgotten”: Alex Lifeson’s struggle with Rush’s synth obsession

By Dave Everley published 21 January 26

The guitarist was never against the band going in new directions, but feels he had to fight to be heard on every album from Signals to Presto

From goth glory to bad blood: The Gene Loves Jezebel story

By Dave Everley published 21 January 26

Reflecting on both success and rancour, identical twins Michael and Jay Aston look back on their time in the band – and at each other’s throats

How Clutching At Straws broke Marillion and Fish apart

By Dave Everley published 20 January 26

Their fourth studio album came at a point of high tension. Instead of taking the break they needed, they were sent back into the studio. It took decades to resolve the issues that blew up

Coroner invented a genre. Decades on, they know how to write less complicated songs but they won't

By Dave Everley published 20 January 26

Back with a new album after 14 years, and on a different musical tack to their thrash metal of the 80s and 90s

"I remember us saying, ‘Well, if the band doesn’t make it, we’ll join the Marines.’" The story of the song that gave thrash metal its name

By Dave Everley published 8 January 26

Metallica, Exodus and Slayer might've been defining thrash on the West coast, but it was in New York the genre finally got its name

Prog's 50 best albums of the year 2025

By Jerry Ewing, Dave Everley, Julian Marszalek, Phil Weller published 31 December 25

The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite make the cut?

"Yelling, fighting, drugs, alcohol… everything always went on. At the very end, he took me to his house and gave me a sword." Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, by those who knew him best

By Dave Everley published 24 December 25

On what would've been his 80th birthday, we remember rock'n'roll icon and Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister