
Simon Young
Born in 1976 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Simon Young has been a music journalist for over twenty 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

The 10 best songs inspired by Talk Like A Pirate Day
By Simon Young published
Avast ye scurvy landlubbers! It's talk like a pirate day. Arrrr! And so on.

Here's a bunch of cats losing their minds to heavy metal
By Simon Young published
Cats: cute, cuddly and compelled by the power of the riff

A Perfect Union Of Contrary Things - Sarah Jensen & Maynard James Keenan review
By Simon Young published
Not yet ratedTool’s enigmatic frontman only partially revealed – of course

Donald Trump wins the US Presidential Race: The Rock World Reacts
By Simon Young published
Republican nominee Donald Trump has beaten Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the USA's 45th President. Here's how the rock world reacted...

The 10 best Marilyn Manson memes
By Simon Young published
Sweet memes are made of this

Video Breakdown: Kiss – Lick It Up
By Simon Young published
A blow-by-blow account of Kiss’ homage to the humble tongue

Louder Than Bombs: What Really Happened When Zack de la Rocha Quit RATM?
By Simon Young published
Protests at the MTV Awards, riots in the street, inter-band fighting, their singer's sudden departure, what was going on with Rage Against The Machine, America's most explosive band?

Video Breakdown: Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
By Simon Young published
How five men in monkey outfits turned Paris into a human zoo

The 11 best Korn memes
By Simon Young published
Korn memes: Got The Life? Got the laugh, more like.

This is what it would look like if Marilyn Manson starred in Peaky Blinders
By Simon Young published
How would the God Of Fuck cope in Birmingham's toughest family?

Video Breakdown: Warrant – Cherry Pie
By Simon Young published
A blow-by-blow account of Warrant's cheeky homage to baked goods

Someone's made a metal version of Carpool Karaoke – and it's brilliant
By Simon Young published
Two Minutes To Late Night host Gwarsenio Hall sings along to Misfits with members of Converge and Trap Them

Video Breakdown: Judas Priest – Breaking The Law
By Simon Young published
Following a bank robbery, police are looking for a bunch of men with guitars to help them with their enquiries

Video Breakdown: Twisted Sister – We're Not Gonna Take It
By Simon Young published
What happens if you're a bad parent who can't cope with kids who want to rock

14 things we learned from punk legend Keith Morris' new book
By Simon Young published
Keith Morris' memoir, My Damage: The Story of a Punk Rock Survivor, is out now

25 times Puddle Of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin completely fucked up
By Simon Young published
Arrests, meltdowns, public tantrums and fake car bombs - is there a bigger walking disaster in rock’n’roll than Puddle Of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin?

Why does A's drummer spend breakfast time making toast sculptures?
By Simon Young published
Every morning, Adam Perry waits for the toaster to pop, grabs a knife and gets creative with slightly burned bread

This is what Rage Against The Machine would sound like if everything was fine
By Simon Young published
Imagine if Rage Against The Machine had nothing to rage against

The Top 10 Best Metal Pokemon Covers
By Simon Young published
There seems to be a million metal cover versions of the Pokemon theme. We've narrowed them down to the greatest 10...

Watch this person play the Stairway To Heaven solo simply by touching the air
By Simon Young published
Theremin virtuoso Caroline Eyck tackles Jimmy Page's solo from Led Zeppelin's 1971 classic

How Palehorse made a soundtrack for the end of the world then broke up
By Simon Young published
Stream the new album Looking Wet In Public ahead of its release

Nine Situations When Only Rammstein's Music Will Do
By Simon Young published
People don't listen to Rammstein during the day, do they?
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