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

By Paul Brannigan Published
Released on September 5, 1989, Soundgarden's Louder Than Love album marked Chris Cornell's band out for future greatness

By Matt Mills Published
Linkin Park, Body Count and Oranssi Pazuzu made camping in the blistering heat worth it

By Paul Brannigan Published
After fronting Journey tribute bands for 21 years, Hugo Valenti joined the real thing onstage in Japan, twice

By Paul Brannigan Published
Michigan iconoclasts Prostitute deliver in-your-face punk masterclass in London

By Paul Brannigan Published
The case against former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert takes a new twist

By Paul Brannigan Published
Suede's Coming Up laughed in the faces of everyone who believed that they would be lost following the exit of guitar hero Bernard Butler

By Paul Brannigan Published
Fresh from headlining Reading and Leeds festivals, Dubliners Fontaines D.C. announce massive outdoor shows for 2027

By Paul Brannigan Published
Teenage metal band Lia-Fail may not have conquered the world, but their former guitarist and bassist are now global stars

By Paul Brannigan Published
Summer showers can't stop Turnstile sparking joy in London's Victoria Park

By Paul Brannigan Published
Oasis' debut album was released on August 29, 1994. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible punk rock swagger

By Paul Brannigan Published
Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne took on his former band – and won

By Paul Brannigan Published
Fontaines D.C. will be touring extensively in support of their forthcoming fifth album Dopamine Chamber

By Paul Brannigan Published
Released on August 27, 2002, Songs For The Deaf saw QOTSA anointed as the next “saviours of rock music”

By Paul Brannigan Published
"A week with Dolly was like a master class for me"

By Paul Brannigan Published
"The heavy metal and tattoo community has always shown up for people in need, and this moment is no different"

By Paul Brannigan Published
Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Elton John among other stars saluting the late queen of country

By Paul Brannigan Published
Be afraid, be very afraid

By Paul Brannigan Published
QOTSA's follow-up to 2023's In Times New Roman is incoming

By Paul Brannigan Published
Country music legend Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, her family have confirmed

By Paul Brannigan Published
Deftones light up east London with a spell-binding headline set at APE/Outbreak 2026

By Paul Brannigan Published
"He taught us how to sing, he taught us how to play guitar"

By Paul Brannigan Published
Flick Of The Switch is AC/DC's most under-rated album. The End

By Paul Brannigan Published
Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history
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