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

By Dave Everley Published
Collins reflects on his life, career and near death experiences in the brand new issue of Prog magazine

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

By Dave Everley Published
The former Genesis man and solo superstar hasn’t released a new album in 16 years

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

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

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

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

By Dave Everley Published
Fleetwood Mac reunion or a new Buckingham Nicks album? We’ll take either

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

By Dave Everley Published
Sonically, Subdivisions took Rush further into the world of synthesisers – and guitarist Alex Lifeson wasn't happy about it

By Dave Everley Published
Refusing to be talked out of merging classic vibes with thrash-infused attitude, North American musicians took up the 70s prog torch and ran into the 80s with it – sometimes very, very fast

By Dave Everley Published
Exclusive: Sharon Osbourne on the rebooted Ozzfest, a film of the Back To The Beginning show, the mooted Ozzy biopic and that controversial AI avatar

By Dave Everley Published
The ex-Genesis drummer opens up about his near death experience as a result of alcohol addiction

By Dave Everley Published
Forget Sid Wilson – things have always been dramatic in the world of Slipknot

By Dave Everley Published
Do you love Iron Maiden’s eighth album? You’re in good company

By Dave Everley Published
Skid Row bassist and solo artist Rachel Bolan's debut solo album Gargoyle Of The Garden State is out now

By Dave Everley Published
Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett break down their band’s landmark second album, released on this day in 1984

By Dave Everley Published
Freddie Mercury and co may have become pop giants, but before, after and underneath it all was a love of all things progressive – as Yes’ Steve Howe and Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy explain

By Dave Everley Published
NYHC linchpin Lou Koller was originally diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2024

By Dave Everley Published
“Come on, join us in Vegas, sing a couple of songs, MC the damn show”

By Dave Everley Published
Before Ghost, there was Repugnant - but even Tobias later admitted they were never destined for greatness

By Dave Everley Published
Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher video featured four kids playing junior versions of the band. Yano Anaya was one of them

By Dave Everley Published
The trio’s ninth album was born amid tension over synths and mixes and a concern about disappointing long-term fans - but it proved to be the band’s transition into the 80s and beyond
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