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

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"Gone in body, but his legend lives on"

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Chris Cornell tribute project King Ultramega tackle a deep cut from grunge superstars Soundgarden

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"If there's anything I’ve always loved it's soaring guitar bands"

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"We invite you to engage first hand in CARING, SERVICE & ACTION"

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"Everyone has their memories and they’re sacrosanct"

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Live out your "I used to be the drummer in Led Zeppelin" fantasies by purchasing John Bonham's 'motor'

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"We’d see Joey Ramone in the street and say hi"

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"I'm going to ease myself back into sound"

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How Gary Oldman, Courtney Love, Iggy Pop, and Guns N' Roses came together for a film about Sid Vicious that the Sex Pistols hated

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Could a new Oasis record really turn back time for Cher? Liam Gallagher isn't convinced

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Andrew Watt: the man who makes rock legends sound like excited teenagers jamming in a garage

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"We gotta start thinking about scaling the Sphere mountain and conquering that"

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As they celebrate their fifteenth UK Number 1 album, The Rolling Stones hint at future live dates

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Want to wind up Mike Patton? Here's one way guaranteed to get his goat

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Echo & The Bunnymen's 13th album, Apples For Isaac, is set for release in September

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Musicians rally around L7 bassist following recent diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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Not everyone understood My Chemical Romance when they gatecrashed the mainstream

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Mastodon were informed of Brent Hinds' death via a phone call from the guitarist's ex-wife

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Work on the follow-up to 2022's The End, So Far has begun

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Iggy Pop's attempts to kick his drug addictions in the 1970s weren't always helped by his famous friends

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"I knew this thing wasn’t gonna be forever"

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"I was very close to dying"

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Rolling Stones frontman expresses regret about never having met Elvis Presley
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