Iggy Pop vows to never stage-dive again due to being "too rickety"
The Godfather of Punk says he'll no longer be stage-diving during live shows, a move that he famously popularised in his youth as frontman of The Stooges
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Iggy Pop vows to never stage-dive again due to being "too rickety"
The Godfather of Punk says he'll no longer be stage-diving during live shows, a move that he famously popularised in his youth as frontman of The Stooges
This new quiz makes you guess the popularity of various metal songs
Gareth Evans has created a metal version of Stattogories, an online higher/lower game that tests metalheads' knowledge of songs and their popularity
Big Big Train share live video for new seasonal single Snowfalls
Big Big Train recorded Snowfalls live at Zoertemeer's Boederij venue in September
According to DATA, Mötley Crüe were rock's biggest success story in 2022
The success of Mötley Crüe's huge stadium tour has seen them crowned rock music's Artist Of The Year in a new, data-driven report
Metallica issue official warning as fans fall for crypto scams
Metallica have taken to social media to warn fans against scams that have appeared online since they announced new album 72 Seasons
Watch this YouTuber switch Metallica and Pink Floyd guitar solos with jaw-dropping results
Bradley Hall plays Metallica’s Fade To Black and Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb solos like some sort of alchemist
Dolly Parton is covering Led Zeppelin, Prince, Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd on her 2023 rock album: "I'm a rock star now!"
Dolly Parton's Rock Star album is coming in autumn 2023, and it'll feature some iconic rock covers
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce 2023 world tour dates
Red Hot Chili Peppers share details of their 2023 global tour, with support from Iggy Pop, The Strokes, St. Vincent, and more
Nickelback aren't losing sleep over haters: "Even the a**holes can be really funny"
You'd be wasting your time if you think making fun of Nickelback bothers Mike Kroeger, as he actually thinks some of the haters are pretty hilarious
James Hetfield on Metallica's return: "There's been a lot of darkness in my life... but without darkness there is no light"
Metallica's James Hetfield sheds more light on 72 Seasons, and his band's 'comeback' single Lux Æterna: "It's just fun and makes me move"
Robbie Williams might just have ruined Jimmy Page's Christmas by re-igniting their 'Mansion Wars' feud
Just when we thought all was peace and love in West London, there may be fresh trouble brewing between Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page and his least favourite neighbour
Metallica's Lars Ulrich discusses whether he could play drums for Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin or Rush: "2112 would probably be too much of a bite of the apple for me"
Lars Ulrich knows he could sit behind the kit for Sabbath, Purple, Zeppelin and AC/DC songs, but admits Rush would be a different kind of challenge
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David Bowie: The making of Diamond Dogs and the iconic tour that failed
Diamond Dogs marked the point at which David Bowie began to shed his glam-rock skin. He then embarked on one of rock's most expensive – and dangerous – tours
Cannibalism, The Cramps and THAT Wednesday dance scene: the weird story of Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck has gone viral thanks to Netflix's Wednesday show - but the song's history is as murky as the music itself
Satanic Panic is back but metal music has nothing to do with it
Metalheads might have been the poster children of Satanic Panic in the '80s, but these days it's popstars and fashion labels that are coming under fire for supposed devilish deeds
The eight best new rock songs out this week
Eight beautiful baubles hanging from the newly erected Christmas tree of rock
The Ike & Tina Turner albums you should definitely own
From Ike and Tina Turner's explosive, raw beginnings to their final R&B hurrah, they crossed many musical genres - and these are their best albums
A day in the life of Christine McVie was a very nice day indeed
In 2004, the late Christine McVie told us about her quiet life away from Fleetwood Mac: "I watch Law & Order almost every night, and I like Homicide: Life On The Street"
How the Alan Parsons Project struck gold with Eye In Sky
The story of how the Alan Parsons Project went stratospheric with 1982's Eye In The Sky
Every The Damned album, from worst to best
Smash it up! Smash it up! Not every The Damned album warrants your attention, but here's their catalogue, ranked worst to best
Here are all the songs Metallica have never played live
Metallica could churn out Seek And Destroy for the millionth time on their upcoming M72 world tour… or they could dig out one of these 17 never-played deep cuts
Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes on the albums that changed his life: “King Diamond is my flying music!”
Jason ‘Jay And Silent Bob’ Mewes reaches into his record collection and pulls out King Diamond, Slayer and Björk
Watch horror author Stephen King's awkward fanboy interview with AC/DC
In 1986, a coked-up Stephen King directed his first feature film, Maximum Overdrive - then engaged in a goofy trans-Atlantic interview with AC/DC, who provided the soundtrack
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Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind Of Kick review
The Gun Club, Cramps and Bad Seeds guitarist looks back over a life in three of the most exciting bands of the 80s
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 25th birthday remake of his second album is not a surprise party
This remake of blueser Kenny Wayne Shepherd's second album Trouble Is... might just stick too close to the original
Neil Young's Harvest: 50 years on, flawlessly imperfect from beginning to end
If you’re a Neil Young fan, you’ll want this: an expanded, 50th anniversary edition of the classic Harvest
Bones And All: The must-see romantic cannibal road movie of the year featuring music by Trent Reznor and Kiss
Blood, guts and heartache as Timothée Chalamet noms on human flesh in, like, a sensitive way
As pummelling as 12 rounds with Tyson Fury: our first reaction to new Metallica single Lux Æterna
Metallica have surprised the world with a fast blast of speed metal that sounds straight from the Kill 'Em All era
Fleetwood Mac's Alternate Collection is insightful but lacks LA bells, whistles and cocaine pixie-dust
Once more into the archives for alternative takes on old Fleetwood Mac favourites
The Doors' Paris Blues: Is that all there is? Really?
Released as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event, Paris Blues features the last (apparently) unreleased studio recording by The Doors
Eric Burdon & War: a barrier-breaking collaboration from a trail-blazing era
This Record Store Day box set corrals Eric Burdon & War's three albums on multi-hued vinyl
Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything: an epic that's as swoony as it is cerebral
50th-anniversary Record Store Day box of peak Todd Rundgren album Something/Anything
The Grateful Dead thrive in a venue they never intended to play
A hefty Record Store Day hefty document from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ‘72 tour
Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot: a slick storm of blues, boogie, poetry, avant-garde jazz, space-rock, feminism, soul and zig-zag wandering
Two-disc clear-vinyl 50th-anniversary reissue of Captain's Beefheart and the Magic Band's Clear Spot, now with tasty extras icing the cake
