
"I'm going to die happy." Man who spent $12,495 to be Kiss icon Gene Simmons' roadie for a day has zero regrets
Dwayne Rosado and his son spent a day with Kiss star Gene Simmons and talked about sex, (a lack of) drugs and rock'n'roll
Dwayne Rosado and his son spent a day with Kiss star Gene Simmons and talked about sex, (a lack of) drugs and rock'n'roll
Prog folk veteran Roy Harper will perform three concerts in Manchester, London and Birmingham later this year
Some of punk and hardcore's most iconic bands will play CBGB festival in Brooklyn, New York on September 27
Pearl Jam's four-track The Last Of Us EP is streaming now
Alice In Chains’ guitarist/vocalist explains how a phone call from Metallica’s drummer got him involved with one of the most successful films of the year
King Crimson leader Robert Fripp recently underwent two heart surgeries in Italy
The 'Metallica Quake' was measured by the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory during Enter Sandman
Pearl Jam invite one of their favourite British rock stars to share their stage in Nashville
From trading Ministry songs for drugs to accidentally spiking Tool and inspiring Nine Inch Nails, Billy Corgan has conducted possibly the greatest Al Jourgensen interview ever
Steve Hackett celebrates the 50th anniversary of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with new live album in July
Record companies, eh?
Judas Priest are one of the only veteran metal bands to not be playing Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert this summer. Rob Halford explains why.
When a new generation of acclaimed musicians discovered the folk-rock veteran’s music he gave up his attempt to bow out, but made sure his most recent album to date remained typically non-commercial and challenging to understand
Featuring Marcus King, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bernie Marsden and five other sailors on the seven seas of rock
Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil are showing no signs of slowing down
The multi-instrumentalist synth pop icon recalls trying and failing to play Silver Machine on a music store synth, years before he impressed Lemmy by asking about Orgone Accumulator
The Scorpions proved that Britain and the US didn’t have the monopoly on hard rock and heavy metal
Armored Saint were one of the greatest 80s metal bands never to hit the big time
There was more to thrash metal than speed
"If you ever got a speck of praise from John, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful." Paul McCartney on John Lennon
The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today
Late Pretty Things singer Phil May was mates with Hendrix and Page, a rival of the Stones and an accidental drinking buddy of Judy Garland
Slippery When Wet turned Bon Jovi from also-rans to multi-platinum superstars
Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock
Classy covers from late guitarist Bernie Marsden on Icons, the fourth album in a series of five
Steven Wilson kicked off his first solo tour in six years in Stockholm last night. We were there
Once the preserve of late-night viewings, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii now comes striding into the daylight
Canada’s punk/metal iconoclasts aren’t sure what to do about the chaos across the globe, but their eighth album is poignant and poetic all the same
Some notable numbers on a record that leaves you feeling short-changed
Swedish kings H.E.A.T brilliantly buck fashions on seventh studio album Welcome To The Future
The UK punk who conquered the US looks back on his life and the scene that made him on ninth solo album
Swedish purveyors of satanic arena rock Ghost camp it up on sixth album Skeletá
Ghost return to London after three years in Satanic style, with new songs, a new look and a ban on phones
Hawkwind's 37th album There’s No Space For Us finds the space travellin' veterans in cosmic shipshape form
Neil Young's millionth live album just happens to be a good one