Latest articles by Paul Brannigan
Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon on the '80s alt. rock album that changed his life, and his band, forever
"It changed everything"
Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder shower himself with Belgian beer as the USA crash out of the World Cup
A bad day for the USA, but at least Eddie Vedder enjoyed himself
"Are you ready for the new sensation?" The 10 best David Lee Roth solo songs
David Lee Roth's solo work is composed of three basic elements: flash, bang and wallop. 40 years on from the release of his killer debut album Eat 'Em And Smile, here are 'Diamond' Dave's finest solo songs
Black Sabbath announce first ever official book
The Masters of Reality - Why Black Sabbath Matter is now available to pre-order
Deep Purple's Ian Gillan looks back on the uninhibited "lovely" pleasures of Britain's 'permissive era'
In the '60s and '70 good times were had by all, according to Ian Gillan
The story behind QOTSA's modern rock masterpiece Songs For The Deaf
“There are a lot of people who like heavy music but don’t want to listen to Creed or nu-metal"
Gene Simmons loves America, hates illegal immigrants to his adopted homeland
"If you don’t like America, please go back to where you f***ing came from," says Gene Simmons
"There were more people there than they had ever cumulatively played to in their career at that point." The story behind the Ramones first ever UK show, on Independence Day 1976
It's now 50 years since Ramones brought their blitzkrieg bops to Britain
The story behind Foo Fighters' secret first show
"I remember it being such a huge relief that we just made it to the end"
Taylor Momsen on her love for Chris Cornell and Soundgarden
"All of Chris Cornell’s work speaks to me on a level that nothing else does"
Beabadoobee on the cult classic album that changed her life
"i'm obsessed with the whole album"
Slayer and Anthrax members voice support for Yungblud following emotional Instagram post about Bludfest breakdown
"When I got off this stage I felt elated but 20 minutes later when I was in the shower on my own I had a breakdown"
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
