Watch Dave Mustaine's very first interview with Metallica back in March 1983
This rare footage from 1983 features the "hot new heavy metal band from LA" introducing themselves, before Mustaine name checks Angel Witch and Venom as his influences
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Watch Dave Mustaine's very first interview with Metallica back in March 1983
This rare footage from 1983 features the "hot new heavy metal band from LA" introducing themselves, before Mustaine name checks Angel Witch and Venom as his influences
There's a corner of the internet where actual sentient grown-ups are arguing that The Beatles endorsed child sacrifice and invented 'woke-ism'
Think The Beatles were just four lovable mop-topped Scousers with catchy tunes and a penchant for mind-expanding psychedelic drugs? THINK AGAIN SHEEPLE!
Brendan Fraser and Adam Sandler just had an Airheads reunion and it was super wholesome: "that was one of the best shoots of my life"
Airheads stars Adam Sandler and Brendan Fraser reflect on making one of the 90s' most beloved cult movies together
Judas Priest's manager says K.K. Downing "seemed a little bit nervous and almost out of his depth" in recent Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame performance
Judas Priest's longtime manager has weighed in on the metal legends' recent Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame performance
Kiss fans are going nuts over this flirtatious Gene Simmons TV interview from 1978
The long-lost interview took place on the Toni Tennille show at the very height of Kissmania
The 'Nirvana Nevermind baby' guy who tried to sue the band is now appealing his case dismissal
Spencer Elden, AKA the baby that appeared on Nirvana's Nevermind album artwork, continues to pursue his lawsuit against the band
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band gear up for eventful 2023
A live event will celebrate Vivian Stanshall's 80th birthday at the Union Chapel in March
Alter Bridge’s Silver Tongue has been voted the best riff of 2022
Our fret-bothering friends over at Guitar World have named the greatest riff of 2022… and it’s by Alter Bridge
Ghost's Tobias Forge isn't done with death metal: "I still feel that urge to partake in it"
Tobias Forge discusses his past in death metal, his ongoing love of the genre - and whether he'd ever bring it into Ghost
Bob Dylan has a secret signal he uses when he doesn't want to be spoken to
According to Bob Dylan's former touring guitarist, the folk legend has a certain move to let everyone know when he'd like to be left alone
Dave Grohl played a secret show in LA this week and the setlist is completely bonkers
Dave Grohl kicked off his Hanukkah Sessions this week with a secret show in LA, where he covered Rush, Pink, Tenacious D and more
Tuomas Holopainen reveals “major surprises” on next Nightwish album, admits he thought the band “were finished” when bassist Marko Hietala left
Nightwish’s next album will be the final part in a trilogy, according to keyboard player Tuomas Holopainen
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Here are all the songs Iron Maiden have never played live
Iron Maiden have recorded 171 songs. 53 of them have yet to be played live
The story Cinderella's biggest hit – with a little help from Cozy Powell
Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) came to frontman Tom Keifer on the way to the studio, and he still sings it to his wife today
Every Steely Dan album, ranked from worst to best
Steely Dan boffins Donald Fagen and Walter Becker brought jazz smarts and lyrical sophistication to rock, conjuring up brainiac music that sold millions
Chris Cornell and the most cringeworthy interview ever: "But it’s so loud!"
Watch Chris Cornell remain unflustered during an awkward interview about the weather, Soundgarden's "noise", and Jimi Hendrix
By the time Motörhead made Iron Fist they hated each other, and it showed
Iron Fist was the final album the Three Amigos line-up of Motörhead, and even Lemmy said it was "inferior to anything else we’ve ever done"
Watch The Cult's cheeky appeal to record labels at weird 1984 German TV appearance
The Cult's Ian Astbury adopts an 'If you don't ask, you don't get' approach while miming for German TV show Music Convoy
Ginger Wildheart: "It was time to divorce the wife and move in with the bit on the side"
How maverick Britrocker Ginger Wildheart survived another messy divorce to shack up with his new band, Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners
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
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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
