Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the artists he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"
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Soundgarden's Kim Thayil names the artists he believes should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
"I don’t think realistically I would see myself in the same club as the Beatles or the Stones or Zeppelin!"
Geezer Butler is having nightmares ahead of Black Sabbath's final show
Anticipation for Black Sabbath's farewell bow is making even the most experienced musicians nervous
Ghost become first hard rock act in four years to top US album chart but miss out in the UK
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar
Metallica’s lead guitarist offers an honest appraisal of his own playing during an interview with Metal Hammer
Scorpions cancel three shows as illness leaves Klaus Meine with "inability to sing"
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Video: Steven Tyler and Joe Perry reunite onstage in San Francisco
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Video: David Lee Roth returns to the stage, plays set stuffed with Van Halen classics
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Ghost's $130 Papa V Perpetua 'Ghildo' sells out in minutes
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Sepultura founder and Soulfly star Max Cavalera thinks metal is the greatest – and who are we to argue?
Watch Donny Osmond headbanging to The Osmonds’ Crazy Horses played at 33rpm and sounding like a lost doom metal classic
We always suspected The Osmonds were secret doom fans
Virtuoso blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker dead at 75
Joe Louis Walker was a member of the Blues Hall of Fame and was hailed as a musician's musician by his peers
Hear Deftones frontman Chino Moreno’s remix of The Cure track Warsong
It’s taken from the transformative project Remixes Of A Lost World, out on June 13
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