Mike Rampton
Mike Rampton is an experienced London-based journalist and author, whose writing has also featured in Metro, Maude, GQ, Vice, Men's Health, Kerrang!, Mel, Gentleman's Journal, NME, and Mr Hyde. He enjoys making aggressively difficult puns, drinking on trains and pretending to be smarter than he is. He would like to own a boat one day but accepts that he probably won't.
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From their OG goofy classics to the Matt Skiba era and the Second Coming of Tom DeLonge, we rate Blink's full career so far

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No Doubt's Don't Speak hit the number 1 spot on the UK singles chart on February 22, 1997. Here's how the foundations for the Californian band's phenomenal global success were laid

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Dudes, remember that time Rammstein got all fired up in that seriously gnarly, kick-ass extreme sports /secret agent movie xXx? That was, like, sick

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A deep dive into Ministry’s unlikely cameo in A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and their unlikely 'bromance' with film legend Steven Spielberg

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Ever wanted The Offspring's appearance in 1999 US horror flick Idle Hands dissected in frankly unnecessary detail? Step this way ghoul friend, we got you

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Blink-182's 'classic' line-up are back in business: here's the legacy they're building upon, reviewed and ranked

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Sitting on the floor and jumping up again is getting a bit overused, so what else can we do?

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Shredding on the sea bed? Partying hard on Hoth? It's only a matter of time before science makes our festival dreams a reality

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What happened when pop-punks Blink-182 appeared in 1999 teen comedy American Pie

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We can't all start at the top, and once upon a time music videos were fertile ground for training up soon-to-be-A-listers – as these 10 cameos prove

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What happened when death metal legends Cannibal Corpse appeared in Jim Carrey's 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

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We look back at Big Dumb Face, the brilliantly bonkers and impossible to categorise side project from Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland

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Ska punk has long suffered from a credibility problem – but these 10 forgotten anthems prove it's a genre that deserves way more love than it gets

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The week begins with Halloween and ends with fireworks, which we think you'll agree is way more metal than prancing around as the Joker

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Christmas isn't very metal, is it? Well that's all about to change.

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That Linkin Park video in a tunnel featuring flying monks

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Watch a deer punch Josh Homme in the mouth

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That video all about the he-says-she-says bullshit

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This Marilyn Manson video is definitely not safe for work

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Are you frightened of clowns? You'll absolutely hate this Mastodon video.
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