Paul Travers

Paul Travers has spent the best part of three decades writing about punk rock, heavy metal, and every associated sub-genre for the UK's biggest rock magazines, including Kerrang! and Metal Hammer.

Latest articles by Paul Travers

My Chemical Romance, Halloween 2006

"Overcoming darkness is a beautiful thing": How My Chemical Romance battled ghosts, addiction, the Daily Mail and Kasabian to take over the world with The Black Parade

By Paul Travers published

The story behind My Chemical Romance's transformation from cult punks to global superstars with the gloriously ambitious The Black Parade

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Metallica against a purple background with an inset of Anti Nowhere League singer Animal

The story of Metallica and the ‘obscene’ punk cover that got them banned from MTV

By Paul Travers published

“It just felt good to blast the words ‘cock’ and ‘fuck’”: the story behind Metallica’s shocking cover of Anti-Nowhere League’s punk classic So What?

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Bob Rock and Metallica

Bob Rock thinks “the rules of metal are very confining”, says “Metallica stretched the boundaries” on Load and Reload

By Merlin Alderslade published

Mega-producer Bob Rock, who worked with Metallica on Load and Reload, has some interesting thoughts on their mid-90s output

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Green Day Nimrod cover

Green Day's Nimrod at 25: how Billie Joe Armstrong learned to stop giving a f**k about punk rock rules

By Paul Travers published

Released on October 14, 1997, Green Day's fifth studio album taught Billie Joe Armstrong to trust himself and no-one else

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Alice In Chains DIrt album cover

10 things you never knew about Alice In Chains’ Dirt

By Paul Travers last updated

Riots, broken limbs and firings – this is the story behind Alice In Chains’ landmark second album Dirt

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