Simon Young
Born in 1976 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Simon Young has been a music journalist for twenty-seven 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 was published in 2020 through Jawbone.
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From the likes of Adam Sandler to Family Guy, it seems no-one can resist pretending to be the elder statesman of grunge

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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

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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

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Watch some true grunge history in action as Soundgarden perform the Nirvana classic as part of their festival set

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The Glastonbury headliner describes the London duo as "phenomenal", says he’ll be watching them at Worthy Farm on June 25

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Corey Taylor accidentally revealed band’s plans during recent interview

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Rob Trujillo reckoned Slayer would do a "cool" cover of the Metallica title track and Otu from Moonic Productions has done both bands proud

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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

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From Corey Taylor to Mike Patton, here are some absolute bangers to make the school run that little more bearable

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We've broken down Guns N' Roses' mighty November Rain video so that no one else ever has to

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The former letlive. vocalist became an attraction at Rock im Park's fairground on June 4

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From Game of Thrones to Stranger Things, all theme tunes sounds better when put through a distortion pedal and cranked up to 11

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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

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See the band tell Mick Fleetwood to his face why he wasn't good enough to be their 13th drummer

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Alice Cooper appeared in That 70s Show as Mandar, a dragon-slaying gamer

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Forensically examining a cursed selection of artwork which are heinous crimes against the eye

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The band will announce details of their final studio album in the near future

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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

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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

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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

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Here are 10 reasons why Linkin Park have racked up over 12 billion views on the popular streaming platform

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Slipknot have featured a goat in one of these videos. Sure, but do you know which one has a Scottish Terrier in it?

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Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil's extreme metal side-band Empire State Bastard unleash hell at debut London gig, their third show ever
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