Joe Satriani has been fighting against the idea that he’s a shredder for his entire career
Joe Satriani has been telling everyone he’s not a shredder for years, but no-one is listening
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Joe Satriani has been fighting against the idea that he’s a shredder for his entire career
Joe Satriani has been telling everyone he’s not a shredder for years, but no-one is listening
Mick Fleetwood shares re-working of Fleetwood Mac’s These Strange Times
Mick Fleetwood unveils new video for These Strange Times, originally released on Fleetwood Mac’s 1995 album Time
Dream Theater announce new live album and share video for Pale Blue Dot
Distant Memories – Live In London tipped for autumn 2020 release
I am a white person who benefits from racism, says Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready speaks out after US police officer is charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor
Royal Blood unveil new ‘Disco AC/DC’ direction on Trouble’s Coming
Royal Blood preview their upcoming third album with new single Trouble’s Coming
‘Pop assassins’ The Smashing Pumpkins still hate guitars, apparently
The Smashing Pumpkins share two more songs from forthcoming album Cyr
Bruce Springsteen summons ghosts of the past on stirring new single
Ghosts is the second single taken from Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming album Letter To You
Watch Steve Hackett’s spellbinding live version of The Cinema Show
Steve Hackett showcases the release of Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith with video of his performance of The Cinema Show
Ross Halfin to publish photographic celebration of UFO's Pete Way
Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin has joined forces with Rufus Publications to pay tribute to the late Pete Way
Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound Of Thunder: Restored, re-edited and remixed for new home release
It was revealed last month that Delicate Sound Of Thunder would land in cinemas in October - now a home release has been confirmed for later in the year
Starbenders continue their inexorable rise with dystopian video for Push
It's Tron versus Bladerunner and forbidden love in Starbenders' futuristic video for Push
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The 10 most OTT rock and metal stage sets ever
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"Like Mark Lanegan covering the Velvet Underground": the album that's captured the lonesome sounds of lockdown...
Michael J Sheehy's new album was recorded alone and quietly – the result is a profound and touching response to these dark times
Dave Mustaine: “Drugs? Why would I want to glorify something like that?”
Dave Mustaine looks back on Megadeth‘s Rust In Peace album – “a masterpiece created in the darkness of heroin”
Six things you need to know about... Crown Lands
Introducing prog-loving shamanic prog-blues duo Crown Lands, who say “more is more” and mix brains with musical brawn.
Shredders: a buyer's guide to the best fret-meltin’ albums
Amp-humpin’, high-octane instrumentalists! Is it music made by guitarists for guitarists? Not always!
Best headphones for vinyl 2020: 8 killer pairs to bring the best out of your wax
Whatever your budget, these are the headphones to buy if you're a vinyl nut
Why James Dean Bradfield made an album inspired by a murdered Chilean activist
Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradfield talks about his new solo ‘concept’ album Even In Exile, why he won’t be playing it live, and getting to grips with playing an instrument that’s taller than he is
How Blues Pills turned burn-out into brilliance and made the best album of their career
When the going got tough, heading for burn-out and facing calling time on something they’d put so much into, Swedish band Blues Pills pulled together and got going
Kiss: how their long-awaited reunion turned into a catastrophe
For Kiss, the 90s was a roller-coaster decade that took them from the lows of a shelved ‘grunge’ album to a money-spinning reunion to a cataclysmic fall-out. Roll up and step into the Psycho Circus
The 15 best classic rock albums to own on vinyl
Classic rock on vinyl. Is there anything better? From AC/DC and Black Sabbath to Queen and the Rolling Stones, we’ve selected the best classic rock vinyl you should have in your collection
Geddy Lee: The Soundtrack Of My Life
Rush frontman Geddy Lee picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals his least favourite Rush album
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It's memorial weekend in 1983, and the US Festival is about to change the musical landscape forever
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Lou Reed's New York: a compelling cacophony of bad news, now in deluxe form
31 years on, Lou Reed's New York is still conversational, caustic and full of characters
Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits: the most dangerous vinyl in the world?
Guns N' Roses' blockbusting Greatest Hits is released on vinyl for the first time
Deftones' sonic adventures flip between bliss and fury on Ohms
Sacramento alt.metal linchpins Deftones deliver stellar ninth album with Ohms
James Williamson & Deniz Tek's Two To One: timeless, old-school rock'n'roll
Veteran pioneers crank it up as a Stooge James Williamson and Birdman Deniz Tek combine forces on Two To One
Idles' Ultra Mono is stripped-back, brutal, and lacerating
Forged during lockdown, Idles' Ultra Mono feels entirely appropriate for these times
Public Enemy: urgency returns on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Public Enemy: Still fighting the power, with help from some famous friends on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Mastodon - Medium Rarities: A trawl through 20 years of long-lost sonic mayhem
Mastodon's new compilation Medium Rarities is a breakneck trawl through the cobweb-strewn corners of their archive
The Flaming Lips - American Head: The dark side of the 70s dream
The Flaming Lips have just released their new album American Head, and here's what we made of it
Fleetwood Mac's 1969 To 1974: a rousing last hurrah for the road not taken
Peter Green’s Mac swansong stands proud as Fleetwood Mac's entire pre-Buckingham-Nicks era gets boxed on 1969 To 1974
Zakk Sabbath's Vertigo: you don't need it but you'll love it
A nativity in black as Zakk Wylde's Zakk Sabbath replicate Black Sabbath's debut album
All Them Witches: Nothing As The Ideal - an enticing feast for psychedelic senses
Scorching new album Nothing As The Ideal from psych-blues enigmas All Them Witches
