Ozzy Osbourne refuses request from Kanye West to use Black Sabbath Iron Man sample: "I want no association with this man!"
Ozzy comes out all guns blazing in denying Ye permission to use live Iron Man sample – and Sharon wades in too
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Ozzy Osbourne refuses request from Kanye West to use Black Sabbath Iron Man sample: "I want no association with this man!"
Ozzy comes out all guns blazing in denying Ye permission to use live Iron Man sample – and Sharon wades in too
Ozzy Osbourne, Jane's Addiction and Oasis among nominees for the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Rock Hall also nominates Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Lenny Kravitz and the Dave Matthews Band for class of 2024
Former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki dead at 74
Damo Suzuki fronted the iconic German band Can from 1970-1973 and remained an inquisitive musical spirit to the end
Marillion bassist Pete Trewavas updates fans from hospital
Marillion recently announced that Nick Beggs would replace Pete Trewavas for Cruise To The Edge
Listen to a synthwave version of Avenged Sevenfold’s (O)rdinary, officially endorsed by the band
All The Damn Vampires’ synthy reimagining of one Life Is But A Dream… track has received Avenged Sevenfold’s blessing
"It has a kind of sense of revolutionary message but also a good sense of humour": Producer Bob Ezrin gives update on eagerly anticipated MC5 album
The MC5's fourth album Heavy Lifting was originally due in 2022, and those involved are determined to see it released in the wake of Wayne Kramer's death
"One of my vocal cords was literally atrophied": Jon Bon Jovi addresses the issues with his singing voice
Jon Bon Jovi made the revelations during a question-and-answer session at this week's Pollstar Live! conference
Jello Biafra collaborator and 'cowpunk' outlaw Mojo Nixon dead at 66
Mojo Nixon's family confirm his passing after a cardiac arrest at sea
“It just brings you to tears”: David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Tony Iommi, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Slash and more join forces for epic new recording of Mark Knopfler's Going Home
The new all-star recording of Mark Knopfler's debut solo single will raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America
Big Big Train announce European tour dates for September and October
UK prog rockers Big Big Train will release The Likes Of Us, their first studio album with new singer Alberto Bravin, in March
Marillion announce Nick Beggs to replace Pete Trewavas for Cruise To The Edge
This year's Cruise To The Edge sets sail from Florida in the USA on March 8
Blue Öyster Cult's new album is an AI-assisted collection of songs recorded decades ago
BÖC launch video for So Supernatural and detail Ghost Stories album, which includes covers of songs by MC5, The Doors and The Animals
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“It didn’t sell well in the States at all, but I learned later how popular it was in Europe”: cult US rockers LeRoux’s lost 1980 AOR masterpiece Up is the missing link between Toto, Kansas and Survivor
New Orleans rockers LeRoux shifted from funk-infused R&B to AOR - and made one of the great forgotten gems of the early 80s
“I was earning good money and Marillion were all on £50 a week… I said, ‘I can’t really afford to join,’ so the manager gave everyone an immediate pay rise. I was Mr Popular”: Tales from Ian Mosley’s drum stool
He’s risked the ire of Buddy Rich, kept time for naked hippies, told AC/DC he couldn’t join the band and watched his own band nearly split up over a Christmas song encore - among many other adventures
"He ended up moving to Hawaii and living in the jungle in a tent for two decades": Israel Nash on the stories that inspired new album Ozarkers
With his new album Israel Nash is following in the footsteps of the great songwriters for whom the American heartland is a rich inspiration, who re-told tales passed down generations
The 10 best Ghost songs not by Ghost
Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These 10 similar-sounding anthems will keep you going until the next Ghost album drops.
"You lose interest in smashing up hotel rooms... but there's days when there's a full moon and you feel a little crazy": In 1983, Alex Lifeson talked bad behaviour, bad press, and how Rush shook off their "lousy Led Zeppelin copy" tag
When Alex Lifeson told an '80s interviewer that Rush were "not a wild band", he did so with a twinkle in his eye
Lawsuits, warfare and “bone movies”: The stories behind every song on Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard Of Ozz
From I Don’t Know to Steal Away (The Night), this is everything you need to know about each track on the Prince Of Darkness’ solo debut
In 1980 Lynda 'Wonder Woman' Carter paid tribute to Kiss on TV, and we're not sure if our eyes have ever recovered
Lynda Carter's Kiss costume was unlike anything the screen had ever witnessed – until Gene Simmons wore the same outfit six years later
Light My Fire turned The Doors into superstars: For a moment, it also turned Jim Morrison into a target for the Mob
The Doors experienced their first taste of big success with Light My Fire, but it infuriated a certain Frank Sinatra
"I thought David Bowie would call me a thieving Irish toerag!": The epic track-by-track guide to Therapy?'s Troublegum in their own words
How Therapy?'s 1994 alt metal masterpiece Troublegum took them from the Troubles to Top Of The Pops
"I was sitting way back, in the cheap seats, and I must tell you that I was weeping": why watching Jimmy Page play with The Firm made his former Led Zeppelin bandmate Robert Plant cry
Post-Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were more supportive of one another's solo careers than one might imagine
“John Bonham said rock and blues wasn’t a good place for girls. He wanted me to be a vet or a lawyer… for a while I went down the opera route”: Despite her brother’s misgivings, Genesis helped shape Deborah Bonham’s career
Singing sister of Led Zeppelin drummer had tried to become Gong’s Shakti Yoni - but that was before Selling England By The Pound and Foxtrot changed her life
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"The results rock with dynamic, dramatic vigour": The Pineapple Thief turn to concise structures on It Leads To This
Prog-leaning art rockers The Pineapple Thief self-edit in style on punchy 15th album It Leads To This
"Like Lee Hazelwood sleepwalking through a guest spot with The Cure circa Faith": The Telescopes' Growing Eyes Becoming String
Growing Eyes Becoming String is the 16th album from psychedelic shoegaze veterans The Telescopes
"The sonics are out of this world, as deep and resonant as Phil Mogg’s tonsils at the top of their game": The Deluxe Edition of UFO's Lights Out comes with vivacious and vital extras
UFO's sixth album Lights Out gets the traditional deluxe makeover, just don't believe the hype
"A record full of sprawling guitar solos, textual acoustics and steady drums": J Mascis finds new ways to express himself on What Do We Do Now
What Do We Do Now is beautiful, as we've come to expect from the Dinosaur Jr mainman
"There's a whiff of 'things were better in the 90s' along with the incense, but infectious tunes save the day": Kula Shaker's Natural Magick
Once again into the mystic, my friends, with the seventh album from psychedelic Britrockers Kula Shaker
"Tentative shavings from things we already own": Why the 50th anniversary edition of Band On The Run isn't essential, even if the original album is
Paul McCartney's mega-selling third post-Beatles album Band On The Run gets thoroughly de-belled and de-whistled
Dense, layered and pulsing with melody, Florence Black's Bed Of Nails is a remarkable album
Raucous yet soulful second album Bed Of Nails makes good on debut promise from Welsh rockers Florence Black
"It’s a rare chance to witness history being made, and it is a sight to behold." Steve Harris brings British Lion to London's Cart & Horses, the birthplace of Iron Maiden, for an emotional homecoming show
Steve Harris' British Lion take over the Cart & Horses for a triumphant show in London
"Ploughing a uniquely distinctive furrow for over 40 years": New Model Army's Unbroken is timeless, ireful and poetic
Unbroken is album number 16 from enduring British punk/folk/rock mainstays New Model Army
"There's a charming vulnerability to it all, although they still amp up the rock when necessary": Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes' Dark Rainbow
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes shed another skin to show their most sensitive side on album five
"What these boys never had was that one great album or hit single that could lift them into rock's premier league": Mama's Boys' Runaway Dreams is a reminder of early potential
Runaway Dreams 1980-1992 is a five-CD collection from Northern Ireland’s much-missed band of brothers, Mama's Boys
