Jimmy Page has no regrets and isn’t finished yet, he promises Classic Rock By Paul Brannigan Jimmy Page looks back over six decades in music in an epic new interview in Classic Rock magazine... and hints at what might lie ahead
This Jay-Z vs Smashing Pumpkins album is 2020’s most inspired hook-up By Paul Brannigan Hearing Jay-Z rhyme over Smashing Pumpkins riffs is a reminder than rap-rock can still be hugely exhilarating
Metallica to unplug for charity By Paul Brannigan Don’t panic Metallica family, it’s for a worldwide acoustic livestream show
Elton John’s trippy 1968 Beatles rip-off makes us want a full psych-rock album from the Rocket Man By Paul Brannigan Listen to Regimental Sgt. Zippo, Elton John’s ‘affectionate nod’ to The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper
Green Day mark Insomniac’s 25th birthday with riotous tour footage from a more innocent time By Paul Brannigan Green Day announce Insomniac reissue, post unreleased Insomniac tour documentary
Jack White’s tribute to Eddie Van Halen on Saturday Night Live was a classy touch By Paul Brannigan Jack White offers a subtle salute to the late Eddie Van Halen on Saturday Night Live
Listen to Death Angel’s rather lovely Queen/Bowie cover, the audio comfort blanket we’ve craved in 2020 By Paul Brannigan Bay Area thrash metal vets Death Angel surprise us all with tasteful cover of Queen and David Bowie’s Under Pressure
Babymetal fans can buy TEN versions of their new 10 Babymetal Years compilation By Paul Brannigan Babymetal have BIG plans for their tenth anniversary 10 Babymetal Years collection
John Lydon is voting for Trump, thinks Meghan Markle is ‘dreadful’ and insists ‘all lives matter’ By Paul Brannigan Sex Pistols/Public Image frontman John Lydon has a new book to promote, clearly
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan reveals ‘ugly’ battle with coronavirus. ‘It’s real’, he tells ‘ridiculous’ sceptics By Paul Brannigan Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan is battling ‘the residual effects” of contracting COVID-19
Hear Pearl Jam’s intense new song Get It Back, as grunge legends announce 30th anniversary livestream By Paul Brannigan Pearl Jam release first new material since Gigaton, with drummer Matt Cameron’s Get It Back
Watch Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony’s emotional salute to Eddie Van Halen with poignant take on Right Now By Paul Brannigan Ex-Van Halen duo Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay respectful tribute to their late friend Eddie Van Halen
Watch Black Sabbath confuse the f**k out of stoned hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single By Paul Brannigan Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history
Metz - Atlas Vending: corrosive but cathartic head-caving noise-rock By Paul Brannigan Ottawa noise-rock trio Metz evolve and expand their sonic parameters on intense fourth album Atlas Vending
We want to hear more from this new Guns N’ Roses/Alice In Chains supergroup By Paul Brannigan Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell salute a former US President
Greta Van Fleet’s new single, My Way, Soon, may finally kill off those pesky Led Zeppelin comparisons By Paul Brannigan Greta Van Fleet return with first new music in over a year, single My Way, Soon
Watch Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony pay touching tribute to late bandmate Eddie Van Halen By Paul Brannigan Estranged Van Halen duo Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony are ‘devastated’ by the passing of former bandleader Eddie Van Halen
‘Lost’ Deftones album Eros might never be released, Chino Moreno admits By Paul Brannigan Deftones’ final recordings with late bassist Chi Cheng might never see the light of day, says Chino Moreno
Bob Mould addresses questions of sexual identity and self-hatred on fierce new single Siberian Butterfly By Paul Brannigan Bob Mould releases Siberian Butterfly as the third single from his upcoming album Blue Hearts
Rolo Tomassi lead exodus from Holy Roar after label founder accused of sexual assault By Paul Brannigan Rolo Tomassi, Svalbard, Møl and record label staff sever connections with Holy Roar following accusations of sexual assault levelled at founder Alex Fitzpatrick.
Slipknot receive pop-punk makeover and it kinda works By Paul Brannigan Hear Slipknot’s Sulfur re-imagined as perky pop-punk
Rob Halford: “Working out your sexuality can be torture” By Paul Brannigan Exclusive Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford speaks about coming out as a gay man in 1998
Hear Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s once-in-a-lifetime duet By Paul Brannigan Alt-rock's best-known couple, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Hole's Courtney Love performed onstage together only once – listen to their live renditions of Pennyroyal Tea and Where Did You Sleep Last Night? below
Touche Amore “overwhelmed” by fans’ memories of dead loved ones By Paul Brannigan “It’s hard having to stomach tragic story after tragic story,” admits vocalist Jeremy Bolm, as Touché Amoré preview forthcoming album Lament with the release of emotional new song I’ll Be Your Host
We got Slipknot to put together the ultimate 25 track mixtape By Paul Brannigan Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Shawn Crahan and Jim Root compile their ultimate mixtape featuring AC/DC, Metallica, NIN, Depeche Mode and more
