You can buy a new commemorative Rolling Stones £5 coin - it's, er, only £23.50
The new Rolling Stones coin is one of the last to be struck bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II
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You can buy a new commemorative Rolling Stones £5 coin - it's, er, only £23.50
The new Rolling Stones coin is one of the last to be struck bearing the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II
Gene Simmons says Vinnie Vincent played like Yngwie Malmsteen "on crack"
"It was ridiculous, and it certainly wasn't Kiss" - Gene Simmons on Vinnie Vincent's contributions to Creatures Of The Night
Brian Johnson pays tribute to Nazareth's Dan McCafferty: "I wanted to sing like him"
AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson talks about his life in an interview with the BBC, and plays some of the songs that have been pivotal throughout his career
Glastonbury teases Elton John appearance in 2023 with webcam image of rocket flying above the Pyramid Stage
Elton John adds fuel to rumours of a Glastonbury performance in 2023 by revealing he has “one final date to announce” on his farewell tour
Gentle Giant release new video to celebrate 50th anniversary of Octopus
UK prog rockers Gentle Giant originally released fourth album Octopus in 1972
Got $7k to spare? Here's what you get when you empty your bank account for an 'Enhanced Experience' on Metallica's 2023 world tour
Metallica are offering a selection of ticket packages for their upcoming 2023 world tour, ranging from $414 to $7,272
Nickelback guitarist Ryan Peake says metalheads are "really protective" over the genre: "if you dip your toe in there without fully being metal, you're just gonna get tore up"
Nickelback's Ryan Peake discusses the aggressively protective nature of metal gatekeepers
This delightful video of Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks goofing up a happy birthday message to Fleetwood Mac's label shows their dear friendship at its very best
In 1979, a young Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks were tasked with wishing their label Warner Brothers a happy birthday on camera...but it didn't go as planned
Watch Christine McVie's last ever performance with Fleetwood Mac
McVie’s final performance with Fleetwood Mac took place in 2019 at Dreamfest, San Francisco
A GG Allin biopic is coming - and it's going to be helmed by Lords Of Chaos director Jonas Åkerlund
GG Allin: Live. Fast. Die. will explore the violence, drug abuse and all-out chaos of one of punk rock's most notorious figures
The Rolling Stones launch "definitive live hits" album GRRR Live!
GRRR Live! features guest appearances from Mick Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and more
Charlie Benante on recording new Pantera material: "You never know. I've got tons of riffs."
Drummer Charlie Benante doesn't rule out writing and recording with Pantera's new lineup — but accepts some fans won't like the idea
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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
Archers Of Loaf: "Anger makes good rock’n’roll, and I had a lot of it"
Archers Of Loaf's Eric Bachmann on burnout, returning, and rediscovering his anger – poured into the band's new album – at 52
Prime Beef: a short history of what happens when rock stars come to blows
Musicians slating each other via the media is old news, but occasionally the ill-feeling reaches the real world, resulting in fracas and fisticuffs
Why I ❤️ The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper, by Ronnie James Dio
In 2006, the late great Ronnie James Dio told us about what he called "the greatest album ever made"
Mother's Finest: six songs to get you started
Six songs to introduce you to the fierce funk-rock wizardry of Atlanta's very own Mother's Finest
“We’re on The Rock’s workout playlist!”: how The Hu are taking over America one fan at a time
The Hu have got Metallica, Elton John and The Rock in their corner – and now America is theirs for the taking
Everything we know about Metallica’s new album so far
From their thrashing new single to charred childhood relics, here's everything you need to know about Metallica’s new album
Watch BBC current affairs show Nationwide try to make sense of the Sex Pistols and punk rock for Middle England in 1976
"It may not be the greatest rock 'n' roll in the world, but it's certainly the most controversial": the BBC introduces the Sex Pistols to mainstream Britain
Rob Halford on Judas Priest's Turbo Lover: "We didn’t know it was a classic"
Rob Halford recalls how Judas Priest celebrated 1980s materialism on Turbo Lover – with the picture completed by sexual innuendo and state-of-the-art studio technology
The eight best new rock songs of this week
Eight songs to bring you joy, bring you fun, bring you seasons in the sun. Or the abyss. It's entirely up to you
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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
Lee Aaron: pop music in leather trousers, and not in as good way
Canadian ‘Metal Queen’ Lee Aaron gets a fresh polish, 40 years after her debut
Mother Vulture's debut album rushes by in a blur of noise and nailed-on groove, but there's one problem
Turbo-charged debut from livewire British blues-punks Mother Vulture can strip paint and dislodge earwax at 50 feet
A comprehensive and extraordinary trawl through a year in the life of David Bowie
A Divine Symmetry features demos, concerts and more from 1971, tracking David Bowie’s progression through the year his future took shape
