Dave Everley

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

Warren Zevon in 1995
Nine Warren Zevon albums to listen to and one to avoid

By Dave Everley Published

Buying guide Warren Zevon could have carved out a career as a mainstream piano man were it not for his caustic wit, chemical-induced instability and general contempt for the world. These are his best albums

Buying guide
Ozzy Osbourne performing onstage at the Back To The Beginning show at Villa Park in July 2025
Ozzy and Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning movie is finally being released in October

By Dave Everley Published

Relive the “greatest day in heavy metal history” and Ozzy’s emotional swansong

Bands & Artists
Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne on a red carpet in 2020
Kelly Osbourne reveals the final conversation she had with Ozzy

By Dave Everley Published

Ozzy‘s doctors warned him not to play his final gig – but he ignored them

Bands & Artists
A composite image of Misfits guitarist Doyle Von Frankenstein and singer Jeff Scott Soto
The bizarre ’80s supergroup that links the Misfits, Yngwie Malmsteen and Skid Row

By Dave Everley Published

While ex-Misfits singer Glenn Danzig went onto solo stardom, his former bandmates Jerry Only and Doyle launched forgotten ‘Christian metal’ band Kryst The Conqueror

Bands & Artists
Sick Of It All’s Lou Koller performing onstage in 2018
Sick Of It All guitarist Pete Koller addresses the band’s future following his brother Lou’s death

By Dave Everley Published

SOIA frontman Lou Koller died in July

Bands & Artists
A composite photograph of My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way and King Diamond performing separately onstage
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

Bands & Artists
Guns N’ Roses posing for a photograph in 1988
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

Bands & Artists
Rick Wakeman posing for a photograph in 1975
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

Bands & Artists
A composite photograph of The KLF’s Bill Drummond in a wheelchair and Glenn Hughes performing onstage in the 1970s
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

Bands & Artists
A composite photograph of drummer Carmine Appice and Rod Stewart
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

Bands & Artists
Can posing for a photograph in the mid-1970s and Johnny Rotten (aka John Lydon) performing onstage with the Sex Pistols
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

Bands & Artists
Eddie Van Halen and Brian May backstage at a concert
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

Interviews
The Cult posing for a photograph in 1985
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

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Tracks & Singles
Fear Factory posing for a photograph in 2026
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

Tracks & Singles
Mastodon group portrait
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

Albums
Vanilla Fudge’s Carmine Appice and Dino Danelli of The Rascals
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

Bands & Artists
Saxon in 1980 with an inset of Metallica’s James Hetfield
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?

Tracks & Singles
Kings Of Chaos
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

Bands & Artists
Dave Mustaine onstage with Megadeth in 2026
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

Tracks & Singles
Phil Collins performing onstage in 1980
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

Bands & Artists
San Antonio Slayer’s Steve Cooper and Slayer’s Tom Araya
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

Interviews
Phil Collins performing onstage in 2022
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

Bands & Artists
Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson onstage in 1994
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

Albums
Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan performing onstage in 1993
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

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Bands & Artists
Ian Anderson with Jethro tull’s Thick As A Brick album
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

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Interviews
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