
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

Watch Linkin Park thrill 90,000 fans at London's iconic Wembley Stadium
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch the 21st century's biggest metal band on peak form at huge UK show back in June

Kelly Osbourne shares touching thank you to all who've supported her amid the loss of her father
By Paul Brannigan published
"Knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference"

AC/DC lost their way in the 1980s. Two killer albums put them back on top in the 90s
By Paul Brannigan published
The story of AC/DC’s career-reviving The Razors Edge and Ballbreaker albums

"Do we have any glue sniffers in the house tonight?" Amid all the life-affirming scenes of wild collective euphoria, Oasis' superb fifth night at London's Wembley Stadium shows Liam and Noel Gallagher still have punk rock souls
By Paul Brannigan published
Thirty years on from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, the reunited Oasis have never sounded better

Watch Weezer join Olivia Rodrigo onstage at Lollapalooza to play two classic songs
By Paul Brannigan published
Olivia Rodrigo's mission to bring '90s alt. rock to a new generation continues

Billy Corgan on Black Sabbath's emotional farewell, and the death of Ozzy Osbourne
By Paul Brannigan published
The emotional weight of Black Sabbath's final bow had Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan in tears

"Prince looked at me like I had five heads." The night film director Spike Lee asked Prince to give him a rare guitar from his personal collection
By Paul Brannigan published
If you don't ask, you don't get

Watch a pre-fame Sabrina Carpenter, at age 12, cover Ozzy Osbourne's iconic anthem Crazy Train
By Paul Brannigan published
Long before she took over the world with songs such as Espresso and Please Please Please. pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter had a soft spot for classic rock and metal

Legendary record producer Andy Wallace on working with Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Slayer and Jeff Buckley on some of the greatest rock albums ever made
By Paul Brannigan published
How Andy Wallace helped shape the sound of a generation

Watch Doctor Who and The Thick Of It legend Peter Capaldi perform a surprise cover of one of The Cure's best-loved songs at his first ever solo show
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch former punk rocker and acting legend Peter Capaldi channel his inner Robert Smith at hometown gig in Glasgow

"Paul was a lovely person and good mate." Iron Maiden pay tribute to their original vocalist Paul Mario Day following his death, aged 69
By Paul Brannigan published
Former Iron Maiden/More/Sweet frontman Paul Mario Day passed away at his family home in Australia on July 29

Here's what happened at Ozzy Osbourne's emotional funeral procession in Birmingham
By Paul Brannigan published
Thousands of metal fans line the streets of Birmingham to say an emotional farewell to local hero and national treasure Ozzy Osbourne

How to watch Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession in Black Sabbath's hometown
By Paul Brannigan last updated
Ozzy Osbourne's funeral procession will be livestreamed globally today: here's how you can access the coverage, and pay your own respects to one of music's most beloved icons

Watch My Chemical Romance perform unreleased anthem War Beneath The Rain for the very first time
By Paul Brannigan published
My Chemical Romance treat LA fans to an unreleased song from their never-completed fifth album The Paper Kingdom

Paramore's Hayley Williams has released a new solo album, Ego, but you'll need to buy something from her haircare company to get it
By Paul Brannigan published
Don't go looking on Spotify or YouTube to hear Hayley Williams' new album, Ego

Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis, learned that guitarist Hillel Slovak had died of a heroin overdose
By Paul Brannigan published
Ione Skye shares vivid memories of the night that broke Anthony Kiedis' heart

Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler recalls his very first meeting with Ozzy Osbourne, and the start of "the most incredible journey of our lives"
By Paul Brannigan published
My brother said to me, "There’s something at the door asking for you"

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard become most high-profile band to pull music from Spotify over CEO’s investments in military technology
By Paul Brannigan published
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify as a protest against its CEO's involvment in the 'defence industry'

The night The Black Crowes got Oasis' Noel Gallagher so wasted that he passed out in a toilet cubicle and had to be carried out of the building
By Paul Brannigan published
Noel Gallagher's first night partying with The Black Crowes could have gone better

“Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.” Watch Coldplay pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by covering Black Sabbath classic Changes
By Paul Brannigan published
Coldplay dedicate their show at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville to the "gift to the world who was Ozzy Osbourne"

Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur's Graham Coxon
By Paul Brannigan published
Ash return with first taste of forthcoming album Ad Astra

Arianna Powell is the guitar hero bringing rock 'n' roll to Olivia Rodrigo's live shows, and Gen Z are loving her for it
By Paul Brannigan published
Arianna Powell is the guitar hero 2025 needs

If you're a fan of the music Nine Inch Nails were making in the '90s, you might just love the new single from former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch the video for Jehnny Beth's hard-hitting new single No Good For People

"What a sad human being." Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis 'Battle Of Britpop' in the '90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people
By Paul Brannigan published
They may have been bitter rivals at a point, but Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn were united in their dislike of one of their peers
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