
Paul Brannigan
A music writer since 1993, formerly Editor of Kerrang! and Planet Rock magazine (RIP), Paul Brannigan is a Contributing Editor to Louder. Having previously written books on Lemmy, Dave Grohl (the Sunday Times best-seller This Is A Call) and Metallica (Birth School Metallica Death, co-authored with Ian Winwood), his Eddie Van Halen biography (Eruption in the UK, Unchained in the US) emerged in 2021. He has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo and Q, hung out with Fugazi at Dischord House, flown on Ozzy Osbourne's private jet, played Angus Young's Gibson SG, and interviewed everyone from Aerosmith and Beastie Boys to Young Gods and ZZ Top. Born in the North of Ireland, Brannigan lives in North London and supports The Arsenal. Having worked in various editorial roles across Louder since its inception in 2017, Paul was named Contributing Editor in 2022, and is steering Louder's editorial direction to help further establish it as an all-encompassing alternative music, culture and lifestyle brand.
Latest articles by Paul Brannigan

The 40 best Black Sabbath songs ever
By Paul Brannigan published
From genre-defining early cuts to underrated gems, these are the Black Sabbath songs you need in your life

"If you're one of those self-satisfied old bores who thinks that music doesn't mean as much to younger generations as it does to you, you're flat-out wrong, and here's the proof." Olivia Rodrigo dazzles in the summer sun at BST Hyde Park
By Paul Brannigan published
Olivia Rodrigo thrills on the opening night of London's BST Hyde Park festival

"We’re devastated." Deftones cancel Glastonbury festival appearance due to illness
By Paul Brannigan published
"An illness in the band is going to prevent us from playing Glastonbury tonight"

Controversial Irish rappers Kneecap draw massive crowd at Glastonbury, as BBC refuse to livestream the festival's most talked-about performance
By Paul Brannigan published
Read Louder's eyewitness account of what went down at Kneecap's Glastonbury set, the gig the BBC didn't want you to see

Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong join forces with Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols to perform Anarchy In The UK
By Paul Brannigan published
Three generations of punk icons share a stage at Norwegian festival for one-off collaboration

After years of shooting down the idea, Josh Homme now says that a Kyuss reunion is "possible"
By Paul Brannigan published
Could cult desert rock legends Kyuss rise again? Josh Homme offers fans a glimmer of hope

Rage Against The Machine slam US politicians over "racist terror" caused by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids
By Paul Brannigan published
RATM hit out at politicians who've created a climate of fear among immigrants to the US

"It made me feel empowered!" That time pop superstars Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Pink dressed up as gladiators and covered Queen's anthemic classic We Will Rock You now seems like a weird fever dream
By Paul Brannigan published
Look out for cameos from Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor in one of TV's most iconic adverts

Watch Good Charlotte play new single Rejects on Jimmy Kimmel Live as they announce their first new album in seven years, Motel Du Cap
By Paul Brannigan published
Good Charlotte announce details of their follow-up to 2018's Generation Rx

Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
By Paul Brannigan published
It seems that Brent Hinds' exit from Mastodon may not have been entirely amicable

Oasis say additional tickets for their sold-out reunion tour could go on sale "in the coming days"
By Paul Brannigan published
If you haven't managed to secure tickets for Oasis' sold-out Live 25 world tour, all is not yet lost

Who are Patchwork? The whole world is trying to guess the identity of the mystery artist playing a secret show at Glastonbury festival this weekend
By Paul Brannigan published
'Patchwork' are playing Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage on Saturday evening, but they're keeping their true identity a secret, and it's driving The Internet crazy

The 10 best artists to see at BST Hyde Park, London this summer from Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee to Neil Young and Stevie Wonder
By Paul Brannigan published
Glastonbury isn't the only major UK festival launching this week

"Futique is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time." Biffy Clyro announce new album Futique
By Paul Brannigan published

AFI announce 24-date North American tour
By Paul Brannigan published
Davey Havok's influential punks set out their plans to conjure up their dark arts across the US and Canada

Sprints announce new album All That Is Over, share first single Descartes, outline UK and Ireland headline tour
By Paul Brannigan published
Dublin post-punks Sprints return

The Prodigy announce UK and Ireland tour with special guest Carl Cox
By Paul Brannigan published
The Prodigy promise to bring the heat, and new music, on UK and Ireland arena tour

Queens of the Stone Age announce The Catacombs Tour
By Paul Brannigan published
It'll be just like seeing QOTSA perform underneath Paris surrounded by millions of skeletons, except completely different

Brighton MP calls for Marilyn Manson gig in the city to be cancelled
By Paul Brannigan published
Siân Rebecca Berry, the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion, wants the opening show of Manson's UK tour pulled

The Lemonheads announce Love Chant, their first new album in 19 years: hear single in The Margin now
By Paul Brannigan published
"It's a full-on 8th grade girl revenge song" Evan Dando on new Lemonheads single In The Margin

Bruce Springsteen reveals that he's never been happy with his world-conquering Born In The USA album
By Paul Brannigan published
The multi-platinum success of Born In The USA made Bruce Springsteen a household name, but The Boss still harbours reservations about the album

Contrary to old rumours, Rick Wakeman swears he wasn't responsible for the Sex Pistols getting dumped by their record label in 1977
By Paul Brannigan published
The music business can be brutal, as the Sex Pistols discovered in March 1977 when they signed and then lost a record deal in a single week

"Its perfection is that it loves the cracks that we all fall down." U2 frontman Bono on the Lady Gaga song that saved his life
By Paul Brannigan published
"This song will be sung forever."

"I’m not an idiot." Johnny Marr reveals why he turned down a recent offer of "an eye-watering amount of money" to reform The Smiths
By Paul Brannigan published
The reunited Oasis might be stadium-bound soon, but don't hold your breath for another iconic Manchester band returning to the stage
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