Watch surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear accept Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Nirvana, Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers and Slick Rick were all honoured with the special award
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Watch surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear accept Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Nirvana, Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Nile Rodgers and Slick Rick were all honoured with the special award
Peter Gabriel launches new single The Court
The Court was inspired by the work of social and environmental justice organisation Namati and comes from Gabriel's upcoming album i/o
Dream Theater Finland show cancelled on short notice over stage safety concerns
Dream Theater fans received message confirming cancellation just minutes before gig in Oulu was due to start
Korn celebrate 1-year anniversary of latest album with surprise release of Requiem Mass EP
Korn's 14th album Requiem was released a year ago today — and they're celebrating the anniversary with new live EP Requiem Mass
John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. lose out on Eurovision bid
Public Image Ltd. lose out to Wild Youth in bid to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2023
Slipknot, Metallica and Korn are adorable stars of heavy metal Valentine's Day cards
These cutesy heavy metal-themed Valentine's Day cards feature Slipknot, Metallica and Korn
Watch this 6-year-old slay with cover of Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name
Little Coen Krysiak's parents draw the line at his singing Rage Against The Machine's expletive-laden classic — but you can watch him rock out on the guitar and drums
Zakk Wylde offers Ozzy Osbourne support in his retirement: "When you are ready to roll – we roll"
Zakk Wylde offers the Prince of Darkness his support in a heartfelt statement following the announcement of Ozzy's touring retirement
Hawkwind announce 35th studio album
Space rock legends Hawkwind will release The Future Never Waits in April
The 1975's Matty Healy tells Oasis' Noel and Liam Gallagher to "grow up" and get "the coolest band in the world" back together
The on-going war of words between mouthy Manc siblings Liam and Noel Gallagher may make for great headlines, but one super-fan thinks the brothers should bury the hatchet, reform Oasis and "have a laug"
Prince once invited Shania Twain to make "the next Rumours" together
Country star Shania Twain reveals that Prince once wanted to collaborate with her on an album that he'd hoped would be as successful as Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Judas Priest release short statement on Ozzy Osbourne's tour retirement, future shows
"Right now we’re looking at feasible opportunities to see each other again"
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Given To Fly: How Yield taught Pearl Jam to chill the f**k out and fall back in love with being a killer rock 'n' roll band
Released on February 3, 1998, Pearl Jam's fifth album Yield might not have been a commercial monster like Ten or Vs. but it may have saved their career
America was imploding, and Graham Nash's vision of domestic bliss was the answer
Just five months after releasing the howl of fury that was Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young put out Our House, two and a half minutes of homespun, blissful peace
"When I’m onstage, it’s my world": what happened when we joined Ozzy Osbourne on his final ever tour in 2018
In 2018, Ozzy Osbourne kicked off No More Tours 2. We headed to South America to witness the Prince Of Darkness on form and as determined as ever
Breaking down The Beatles: Giles Martin and the miracle of the Revolver de-mix
Giles Martin explains what he learned about The Beatles’ Revolver while remixing (and de-mixing) the 1966 milestone album
Adrian Vandenberg: "I turned down an offer to join Thin Lizzy because I knew they were heavily into drugs"
Former Whitesnake guitarist Adrian Vandenberg looks back over a career that includes Dave Mustaine's sacking from Metallica, becoming a hair metal superstar, and recording at Jimmy Page's place
“We had no interest in being rock stars”: The story behind Jethro Tull’s Aqualung
Ian Anderson and Martin Barre give the lowdown on Aqualung, Jethro Tull's career-defining 1971 record. Just don't call it a concept album...
Moby: "The first time I saw The Misfits I was just glad they didn’t eat me"
Moby talks his lifelong love affair with punk, worrying about getting eaten by The Misfits and his film debut, Punk Rock Vegan Movie
“Oh God, it’s hard to listen to”: The story behind Nirvana’s final song, You Know You’re Right
On January 30, 1994, Nirvana entered the studio for the last time. The sole song the trio taped that day would become the most controversial recording of their career
Porcupine Tree: "a lot of the excitement is because people don’t know if they’ll see us play again"
Still bathing in the glow of the comeback that most people thought would never happen, Steven Wilson talks arena shows, the power of band t-shirts, and his favourite album of 2022
Rush's Moving Pictures: a tale of double-entendres and red overalls
Graphic artist Hugh Syme looks back on the creation of the iconic cover art for Rush's classic album Moving Pictures
How Joni Mitchell watched Woodstock on TV then wrote the song that captured its magic
Originally a b-side, Joni Mitchell's generational classic Woodstock found its biggest audience with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Why you should definitely own Marquee Moon by Television
With inspired poetic concision and angular six-stringed symphonics, Tom Verlaine always took the most unorthodox, yet captivating, route from one guitar chord to another
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Fantastic Negrito's Grandfather Courage: an intriguing stop-gap on a fascinating journey
Grandfather Courage is a creative left-turn from genre-hopping Oakland funkateer and bluesman Fantastic Negrito
On the Winery Dogs' third album it's the wizardry that lingers, not the songs
Who let Messrs Kotzen, Sheehan and Portnoy out again?
Volume 17 of the Bootleg series finds Bob Dylan in Miami and on excellent form
Bob Dylan's Fragments travels back to the 1990s and the Time Out Of Mind sessions with Daniel Lanois
Steppenwolf lack heavy metal thunder on three albums of declining in potency
Steppenwolf box set the Epic Years 1974-1979 is a far cry from the band's million-selling golden era
If unorthodox avant-punk noise-metal innovation is the question, Dinosaur Jr. are the answer
Four-album box set Puke + Cry: The Sire Years 1990-1997 celebrates J Mascis as face-melting guitar shredder supreme
Lemmy told us that Girlschool rocked and Lemmy was right
This five-disc collection of Girlschool recordings is a fascinating evisceration of a trailblazing rock band
Steve Vai's Vai/Gash is a joyful throwback to simpler times
Vai/Gash is an unearthed, back-to-basics collection from guitar star Steve Vai and his late friend, singer Johnny ‘Gash’ Sombrotto
The Rolling Stones' In Mono: it's great but it borders on abuse
The Stones’ monaural 60s box: eight albums, 16 discs, six kilograms-plus of wallet-rinsing duplication
Black Star Riders: still channelling the warrior spirit of Thin Lizzy
Wrong Side Of Paradise finds main Black Star Rider Ricky Warwick capturing the romance and the strut of old
Måneskin's Rush! is dazzling proof that their trajectory is no fluke
Not a tribute to Geddy, Alex and Neil
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous: now more live and more dangerous than ever
Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous a.k.a. The Greatest Live Album Of All Time – reissued alongside the seven shows recorded to make it
