
Simon Young
Born in 1976 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Simon Young has been a music journalist for over twenty-six years. His fanzine, Hit A Guy With Glasses, enjoyed a one-issue run before he secured a job at Kerrang! in 1999. His writing has also appeared in Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, and Planet Rock. His first book, So Much For The 30 Year Plan: Therapy? — The Authorised Biography is available via Jawbone Press.
Latest articles by Simon Young

Ozzy pulls out of Power Trip Festival: "My body is telling me that I’m just not ready"
By Simon Young published
The Black Sabbath vocalist was set to headline the three-day California bash alongside AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Tool this October

The best 10 Eddie Vedder impressions you'll ever see
By Simon Young published
From the likes of Adam Sandler to Family Guy, it seems no-one can resist pretending to be the elder statesman of grunge

10 surprising Elton John covers by rock and metal bands
By Simon Young published
From Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl to the most offensive grindcore band ever, these reimagined Elton John songs are worth your time and ears

10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 2010s pop songs
By Simon Young published
If you want to read about Halestorm, Bring Me The Horizon and Ice-T on the same page as Adele, Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, guess what? You've come to the right place

Watch Soundgarden cover Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit at Lollapalooza 1992
By Simon Young published
Watch some true grunge history in action as Soundgarden perform the Nirvana classic as part of their festival set

So it turns out Elton John is a massive Nova Twins fan
By Simon Young published
The Glastonbury headliner describes the London duo as "phenomenal", says he’ll be watching them at Worthy Farm on June 25

Slipknot planning 2024 world tour to mark 25th anniversary of Roadrunner debut
By Simon Young published
Corey Taylor accidentally revealed band’s plans during recent interview

The 10 best rock and metal football songs to soundtrack the beautiful game (no, really!)
By Simon Young published
You don't have to sing Sweet Caroline or that Atomic Kitten abomination, you know

A YouTuber has covered Metallica's 72 Seasons in the style of Slayer and it's as brutal as you'd expect
By Simon Young published
Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

This Nintendo-style cover of Metallica's ...And Justice For All is the album you didn't know you needed
By Simon Young published
Some absolute wizard has recreated Metallica's classic 1988 album using the Super Mario 64 Soundfont and it'll make you want to mosh through Mushroom Kingdom

10 hilarious metal covers of classic cartoon theme tunes
By Simon Young published
From Corey Taylor to Mike Patton, here are some absolute bangers to make the school run that little more bearable

A blow-by-blow analysis of Guns N' Roses' most epic video, November Rain
By Simon Young published
We've broken down Guns N' Roses' mighty November Rain video so that no one else ever has to

Watch Fever 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler scream his lungs out on a moving Ferris wheel
By Simon Young published
The former letlive. vocalist became an attraction at Rock im Park's fairground on June 4

The 10 best metal cover versions of TV show themes
By Simon Young published
From Game of Thrones to Stranger Things, all theme tunes sounds better when put through a distortion pedal and cranked up to 11

9 surprising artists who have sampled Slayer
By Simon Young published
From hip hop legends Public Enemy to Essex rave punks The Prodigy, here are some of the musicians who've sprinkled the Devil's music in amongst their own delicious chaos

Watch Spinal Tap go toe-to-toe with Jonathan Ross on British prime-time TV
By Simon Young published
See the band tell Mick Fleetwood to his face why he wasn't good enough to be their 13th drummer

Before Eddie Munson, Alice Cooper played Dungeons & Dragons on TV once and here’s what happened
By Simon Young published
Alice Cooper appeared in That 70s Show as Mandar, a dragon-slaying gamer

The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever
By Simon Young published
Forensically examining a cursed selection of artwork which are heinous crimes against the eye

Sum 41 to call it a day and reveal plans for global farewell tour
By Simon Young published
The band will announce details of their final studio album in the near future

Celebrating the ridiculous moment Megadeth's Dave Mustaine appeared on Daffy Duck spin-off, Duck Dodgers
By Simon Young published
Remembering the time the world's state-of-the-art speed metal band rocked the outer reaches of the universe with the help of a duck

10 metal covers of Disney songs that are actually great (no, really!)
By Simon Young published
From Korn dabbling with The Nightmare Before Christmas to death metal takes on Let It Go, here's some proof that even Disney can be metal

10 surprising artists who have sampled Metallica
By Simon Young published
From hip hop icon Eminem to drum 'n' bass heavyweights Chase & Status, these are some of the artists to have reimagined classic Metallica moments for their own songs

The 10 most viewed Linkin Park videos on YouTube
By Simon Young published
Here are 10 reasons why Linkin Park have racked up over 12 billion views on the popular streaming platform
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