Latest articles by Paul Brannigan
Metal Up Your Bass! TransAtlantic duo remaster entire early Metallica catalogue with bass parts restored and made louder
Good news for lovers of low end metallic grooves
Nu metal-styled Eurovision Song Contest entry under attack for allegedly promoting sexual strangulation
Alexandra Căpitănescu's Eurovision song Choke Me is facing criticism from campaigners against sexual violence
The Pretty Reckless announce fifth album Dear God, share world tour plans
The Pretty Reckless have a busy 2026 lined up
"I threw my guitar off, dove into the crowd, and began strangling him to the ground"
The night that fate brought two alt. rock icons together
How a simple break-up song evolved into The Doors' darkest, weirdest and most disturbing freak-out
How The End began, then went weird
Bruce Springsteen shares Pogues cover from upcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album
Springsteen cover is the first single to be released from 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan
Kneecap's Mo Chara will not face terrorism trial following British High Court ruling
"You falsely tried to label me a terrorist, while it is the British government ministers that are arming and assisting a genocide" - Mo Chara
The story behind the Blondie classic that everyone misunderstood
"I don't think there's a song on the first record without a reference to someone getting shot, stabbed, degraded, or insulted"
Violet Grohl channels the '90s on new song 595, announces debut album
Violet Grohl channels the '90s on new single 595
Why Prince turned down a partnership deal with Guitar Hero, while Metallica considered it a "no-brainer"
Horses for courses
Tool's Maynard James Keenan shares his love for the legendary singer-songwriter who changed his life
Tool / A Perfect Circle vocalist salutes a folk-rock icon
Listen to the first song released by rock supergroup featuring R.E.M's Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe shares first new song in three years, with superstar cast
Angus Young on the ballad he wishes AC/DC had never released
Angus Young on AC/DC's most "regrettable" song
Despite what you may have read, Jack White doesn't consider Taylor Swift's music "boring"
Jack White is tired of being misquoted
Metallica add six more shows to Life Burns Faster residency at Sphere, Las Vegas
Metallica have lined up 12 sets of No Repeat Weekend dates in the City of Lost Wages
"Are you a guitarist too?" The day that rock legends Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May and Jeff Beck met the Queen of England
"It doesn’t matter at all that she did not know who we are"
Boston frontman Tommy DeCarlo dead at 60
Boston vocalist Tommy DeCarlo died today (March 9) from brain cancer
Liam Gallagher couldn't care less about Oasis getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Oasis, their old pals The Black Crowes and Iron Maiden aren't polling well in the Rock Hall fan vote, but Phil Collins is
Queen's Brian May is working on the soundtrack to the forthcoming He-Man movie
"This movie will make a lot of people smile a lot"
The holy grail of '90s post-hardcore has finally been released
Fugazi's Albini Sessions is available now to purchase for a brilliant cause
The story behind Garbage's iconic alt. rock "nursery rhyme"
"It's a song for people that know what it is like to live on the dark side of life"
Fontaines D.C., Lambrini Girls, Geese, Kneecap, Billy Bragg and more donate vinyl to Records For Palestine online raffle
Thirty record labels and more than 200 artists donate records for online draw
How a progressive rock legend helped Nine Inch Nails make an alt. rock masterpiece
"To be honest, my manager had to talk me into this one"
