Dave Everley
Dave Everley has been writing about and occasionally humming along to music since the early 90s. During that time, he has been Deputy Editor on Kerrang! and Classic Rock, Associate Editor on Q magazine and staff writer/tea boy on Raw, not necessarily in that order. He has written for Metal Hammer, Louder, Prog, the Observer, Select, Mojo, the Evening Standard and the totally legendary Ultrakill. He is still waiting for Billy Gibbons to send him a bottle of hot sauce he was promised several years ago.
Latest articles by Dave Everley

My Chemical Romance bring King Diamond onstage to ‘knight’ them in Texas
By Dave Everley Published
Plus MCR frontman Gerard Way teases brand new studio album

The chaotic birth of Guns N’ Roses and the wild road to Appetite For Destruction
By Dave Everley Published
Sex, strops and strippers – how a bunch of feral LA rockers became The World’s Most Dangerous Band

The classic Rick Wakeman album inspired by a mythical king, Ziggy Stardust and a heart attack
By Dave Everley, Dom Lawson Published
The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur was Rick Wakeman’s most ambitious solo album

The unhinged techno-rock anthem that sounds like ‘Satan’s own spin class’ and saved a rock legend’s life
By Dave Everley Published
Glenn Hughes was on his uppers – and then electronic maverick duo The KLF came knocking

Legendary drummer Carmine Appice on writing Rod Stewart’s biggest hit on a drum machine
By Dave Everley Published
Carmine Appice was behind one of the greatest disco-rock songs of the 70s

The time Johnny Rotten tried to join Krautrock pioneers Can: “He was phoning and leaving messages at night. And I had to tell him, ‘It’s too late’”
By Dave Everley Published
John Lydon hated Pink Floyd – but he loved Can so much he wanted to join them

The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen and a kids’ TV theme
By Dave Everley Published
What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio

How Led Zeppelin and The Doors inspired The Cult to write one of rock’s greatest anthems
By Dave Everley Published
The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary can lay claim to be the first great alternative rock anthem

Fear Factory have just released their first new song in five years – and there’s a Terminator connection
By Dave Everley Published
Roboticist dropped on August 29 – and fans of the Terminator series will get the significance

Prog-metal veterans Mastodon surmount personal tragedies to deliver stellar ninth album Marrow Deep
By Dave Everley Published
Prog-metal veterans Mastodon's first album since the death of former guitarist Brent Hinds doesn’t hide the seam of anguish at its core

Carmine Appice names the forgotten rock drummer who “started everything”
By Dave Everley Published
The Vanilla Fudge drummer salutes a rock pioneer – and clears up a famous Led Zeppelin rumour

Biff Byford reveals why he thinks Metallica have never covered a Saxon song
By Dave Everley Published
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?

Inside Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup
By Dave Everley Published
Featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more, Kings Of Chaos were rock’s most high-profile covers band

Megadeth have at least two songs left over from their final album – but Dave Mustaine isn’t sure he’ll release them
By Matt Mills Published
MegaDave names two (possibly three) offcuts from the thrashers’ self-titled swansong

How Phil Collins turned a moment of improvisation into the massive hit single that launched his solo career
By Dave Everley Published
Collins reflects on his life, career and near death experiences in the brand new issue of Prog magazine

The story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner
By Dave Everley Published
Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer

Phil Collins opens up about the chances of releasing new music
By Dave Everley Published
The former Genesis man and solo superstar hasn’t released a new album in 16 years

How Rush refound their rock spirit in the 1990s – only to be blindsided by personal tragedy
By Dave Everley Published
Rush refound their rock spirit in the 1990s – only to be blindsided by personal tragedy

The explosive story of Ritchie Blackmore’s bitter exit from Deep Purple
By Dave Everley, Neil Jeffries Published
If Ritchie Blackmore really does rejoin Deep Purple onstage for the first time in 33 years, it will be an incredible turnaround

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson quizzed by Yes, Genesis, ELP stars and others
By Dave Everley Published
Discover his thoughts on three-fingered guitar playing, a rock icon asking for his autograph, hot chillis, abandoned rabbit suits, never learning to drive, retirement, the 70s codpiece – and why he took up flute in the first place

How close did Steve Hogarth come to quitting Marillion?
By Dave Everley Published
Why wasn’t the singer bothered about singing? Why did miners keep attacking him in Doncaster? How did the music industry break his heart? Which collaborator makes him worry about being strangled? The “hippie in the jaws of punk” looks back

Lindsey Buckingham hints at a new project with Stevie Nicks
By Dave Everley Published
Fleetwood Mac reunion or a new Buckingham Nicks album? We’ll take either

Sevendust's 30-Year odyssey: Success, near-bankruptcy and new purpose
By Dave Everley Published
Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down
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