Listen to Buddy Guy’s scintillating cover of Nine Below Zero
Buddy Guy releases stream of his cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s Nine Below Zero - track taken from his upcoming album The Blues Is Alive And Well
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First two Blodwyn Pig albums set for CD reissue
Ahead Rings Out and Getting To This by Blodwyn Pig to be reissued on one deluxe edition CD featuring bonus material
Fish’s entire solo back catalogue set for digital release
Fish will release all 14 of his solo albums on digital platforms in June - and reveals he’ll introduce new material from Weltshmerz during upcoming tour
Stone Sour's Josh Rand: I feel like a new person
Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand reports that after his treatment for alcohol and Xanax dependency issues he now has the energy he had back in 2002
Watch Metallica’s James Hetfield play Ghost’s Cirice
Metallica vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield warms up in the studio by playing Ghost track Cirice
Go behind the scenes with Guns N’ Roses on their Not In This Lifetime tour
Guns N’ Roses release short video showing life backstage on their mammoth Not In This Lifetime tour
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown reveal UK and European tour dates
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown will play shows across the UK and Europe this summer in addition to their support slot with Guns N’ Roses
Dave Grohl: Music shouldn't sound like it did when I was 14
Foo Fighters’ leader Dave Grohl talks the future of punk and says music today should sound different to previous generations
Members of Sex Pistols, Wildhearts and more unite to fix English football after 52 years of hurt
Charge Of The Light Brigade by The Tallywags features Sex Pistol Paul Cook and more
Anthrax refuse to move aside for other genres
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante says the band continue to be relevant in the face of pressure from other genres
Get 15% off band shirts, hoodies and more – including Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Metallica
Save 15% on the coolest shirts, hoodies, shorts, caps and accessories from the biggest bands in rock and metal – from Iron Maiden to Metallica
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Your essential World Goth Day playlist
World Goth Day is upon us! Here is a 20-song playlist to get your goth on to
Goth: Everything you need to know
What is goth? What is World Goth Day? Which bands are goth? All your questions answered…
Fields Of The Nephilim: "Police found 13 lbs of cocaine – obviously it turned out to be flour"
The Fields of the Nephilim came riding out of Hitchin like desperados in a spaghetti western, and while infighting was their undoing, like the best cowboys, they never said die
10 Things we learned at the Britrock Must Be Destroyed gig in Glasgow
The Wildhearts, Reef, Terrorvision and Dodgy came to town. Cue weird nostalgia, hot weather and snogging…
The music press killed Jesus Jones. But did the band have the last laugh?
Jesus Jones were built up by the music press – and knocked right back down again when fashions changed. Frontman Mike Edwards on chart success, depression and the rise and demise of that most despised of all music genres: ‘indie dance’.
Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Clutch, Ghost and more
Time for Classic Rock's weekly fix of the best new tunes. Listen in, then vote for your favourite at the foot of this page...
Punk, Reagan and Dave Grohl: The Story Behind Scream's No More Censorship
Thirty years since its release, guitarist Franz Stahl talks us through how DC punk legends Scream made their tricky fourth album
The Who’s Live At Leeds – the story behind the ‘definitive hard-rock holocaust’
By the beginning of 1970, The Who were road-hardened and sick of playing 'Tommy'. So they took it back to basics with an album that set the bar for live albums in the 70s
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds album review
Brian Wilson set out to create “the greatest rock album ever made” – the result was a gorgeous avant garde pop album that paved the way for progressive rock…
Ronnie James Dio: My Life Story
Back in 2008, we were lucky enough to talk to the mighty Ronnie James Dio about life, his stage name and playing the trumpet
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Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction review
It was the album that kick-started the story of Guns N’ Roses – and introduced the world to a guitarist named Slash.
Shinedown - Attention Attention album review
Shinedown's sixth album Attention Attention charts their journey to the bottom and back
Reef - Revelation album review
After the blink of an eye that lasted 18 years, Reef are back with their fifth album
Wishbone Ash - The Vintage Years 1970 - 1991 box set review
Wishbone Ash blaze, crash-dive and become yacht-rock captains on this monolithic, 30-CD box set
Album Of The Week Club Review: Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
Mott The Hoople's final album comes under the Album Of The Week microscope
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water box set review
A bells-and-whistles box set of late Yes bassist’s solo album
Godsmack - When Legends Rise album review
On album number seven Godsmack bring a welcome maturity to the fore
