Latest articles by Paul Brannigan
Iron Maiden to complete Run For Your Lives tour film at Eddfest
Iron Maiden's upcoming Eddfest show will now be captured for posterity
The surreal story of the night Alice Cooper met Elvis Presley
When Alice Cooper received an invitation to meet Elvis Presley, things didn't go as "the cat with the snake" had imagined
Hollywood star Javier Bardem reveals how his love of metal inspired his performance in new remake of Cape Fear
"It's not that I use the music. It's that I can't live without it."
As a kid, superstar DJ Fatboy Slim believed that The Beatles rehearsed in his grandmother's house
"They said, 'Your uncle's in The Beatles?' Yeah, they rehearse at my nan's house"
Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore on Page, Beck, Clapton and more
Blackmore on Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Townshend and more
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix
When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full set, but two of those were Jimi Hendrix hits
Alanis Morissette on the "patriarchal" criticisms of her 33-million-selling album Jagged Little Pill
"I had these fantasies that I would be snuggling up with Annie Lennox, and Joni [Mitchell] would be massaging my feet"
Pete Townshend believes that Who drummer Keith Moon once bought dinner for a nine-year-old Kurt Cobain
Amazing if true, but...
The bitter legal battle which overshadowed the release of Nirvana’s final song, You Know You’re Right
On January 30, 1994, Nirvana entered the studio for the last time. The song the trio taped that day would become the subject of a bitter legal battle
Former Guns N’ Roses manager Doug Goldstein dead at 65
Goldstein worked with Axl Rose's band for 17 years
The Hives, Kylie Minogue and 'the greatest cinema advert of all time'
Kylie Minogue, expensive pants, a bucking bronco and The Hives equals marketing gold
Heart's Ann Wilson and Tripsitter announce second album Consecrated Ground, share powerful psych-rock single I Will Not Be Coming Back
The follow-up to 2023's Another Door will arrive this summer
When Bowie met 'The Boss'
On November 25, 1974, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen met for the very first time at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. It was an awkward encounter for both men
10 cruelly over-looked alt. rock albums from 1996 that should have been massive in a fair and just world
Thirty years on, a salute to 10 brilliant records from 1996 that deserved better
Morrissey launches yet another attack on former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr
"Bigmarr Strikes Again"
The new Fugazi x Vans trainers collection has no connection whatsoever with Fugazi the band
You are not what you own, remember?
Hayley Williams, Deftones' Chino Moreno, Turnstile's Brendan Yates to appear on new Beabadoobee album Pylon
Listen to Beabadoobee's fierce new alt.rock single Sun Has Set, and check out her upcoming world tour dates
The wild 1986 party where Queen teamed up with Samantha Fox and Gary Glitter to entertain 500 celebrity friends
In July '86, billed as Dicky Hart and The Pacemakers, Queen played one of the most star-studded gigs of their career in a London club
Watch David Gilmour play Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here in his home studio, and talk about the song's creation
"I remember the moment of creating it quite often"
Iron Maiden issue statement after Paris show is derailed by power outage in the City Of Light
"The fans were magnificent and a huge thanks to them from the band for their patience and support."
The stories behind the Labyrinth soundtrack album, now celebrating its 40 anniversary
The five songs David Bowie recorded for Labyrinth were never performed live, but that doesn't mean they weren't special to him, or to fans
Noel Gallagher endorses Oasis classic being adopted as England’s official FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem
"It was a magical moment between the people and the players"
Steve Coogan on the game-changing impact of Nirvana and The Smiths
"When Nirvana released Nevermind, that just redefined everything"
