<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder in Bands-artists ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:14:39 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "A kick in the arse and a smack in the face, this album does what politicians don't - tell the truth." Irish punk Meryl Streek announces new album Stories They Don’t Teach You At School, shares single Rotten Fruit featuring Steve Ignorant from Crass ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/meryl-streek-announces-new-album-stories-they-dont-teach-you-at-school LyQWSPxBSm7T5H4z3NFFtQ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:14:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I have this memory of killing myself, blasting my head off, and then throwing the guitar at the amp over and over." The story behind the most intense song on the most ambitious rock album of the '90s ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-behind-the-most-intense-song-on-the-most-ambitious-rock-album-of-the-90s-smashing-pumpkins DB2rpF9cTNggcY4argvXT Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:06:33 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:10:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We wanted this record to sound like it was from outer space.” How LA’s freakiest band Jane's Addiction kickstarted a rock revolution with the game-changing Nothing's Shocking ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/how-janes-addiction-kickstarted-a-rock-revolution-nothings-shocking TeGzCtpULPGtHETnr4mBpb Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:26:48 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:33:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They expect you to fly about like a lunatic because they’re paying what they think is good money. What they get is heart and soul, and total dedication”: Why Kate Bush, David Sylvian, Tim Buckley and John Martyn all loved Danny Thompson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/danny-thompson-career-retrospective omgruhbxz9MXaeBLbnY5KL Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:35:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Voyage 35 share new reworking of Porcupine Tree classic Even Less ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/concerts-shows/voyage-35-share-new-reworking-of-porcupine-tree-classic-even-less 6vs6gLP89E8hZVfZeHyq7R Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:48:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was enthralled by the way they swapped instruments, and also the music they played. I was hooked”: The British thrash metal icon who adores prog eccentrics Gentle Giant (and he’s not the only one) ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/gentle-giant-evile-opeth-diamond-head aHrmkvXXKYzchmQRPPTHtE Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:02:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were just tired, so we were like, 'Let's go live together in a cabin and take psychedelics', because that'll help." How The Beatles inspired one of emo's breakout bands to completely reinvent themselves ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/panic-at-the-disco-psychedelics-beatles-emo-nine-in-the-afternoon 94Mrdp8xX7vdWAiLB7NiiJ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:06:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/massive-metal-bands-covers-probably-not-heard gpk9TPDA28eNaWF4LK4yCW Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:06:19 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:06:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Two kids made their own Metallica video in 1989 and thinking about it, we're grateful we didn't have a camcorder then ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/kids-cover-metallica-1989-camcorder SRwg64GpBiG3quM9hiQjm7 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:49:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don't know what you have to be so proud of right now!" Chris Robinson scolds crowd after "U.S.A.! U.S.A!" chant breaks out at Black Crowes concert ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/chris-robinson-scolds-tampa-crowd vG9GgbekFCn74rFQrrn4FW Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:19:36 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:53:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Together, we expand and defend The Realm!" Fantasy-themed rising stars Castle Rat announce biggest headline tour to date ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/castle-rat-summon-the-beast-tour 8R2rEBcyii4sPmBgAH5Qj3 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:20:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bulgarian president touts Iron Maiden as “remarkably down-to-earth people” after meeting metal veterans at Sofia stadium show ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/iron-maiden-welcomed-bulgaria-president-2026 P3zamMkNZdfkhg37M2N78Z Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like a crazy film about what happens to serious musicians if they take a step to the left”: Fame and fortune called when prog stalwarts Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin released a pop cover. Did they sell out? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dave-stewart-barbara-gaskin-it-s-my-party Jv78UfVcV8ko4mjAFsYYg9 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:23:54 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:16:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Pat's Dogs! The cook is never tired! Pat's Dogs! The steam is always fired!" Celebrating that time Cinderella filmed a chili dog commercial before they were famous ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/cinderella-pats-chili-dogs-commercial T5mq85hpLFSYkNRfQkVVMN Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:09:44 +0000 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:14:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He thinks he's so tough, but afraid of a girl? Let's see." After 14 years of protest, Pussy Riot announce debut album, launch single with Avenged Sevenfold and challenge Vladimir Putin to a cage fight ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/pussy-riot-debut-album-cyka bAsFYdL4v8x2fsa9tsPjBB Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:26:58 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:58:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When I see him in my dreams, he hasn't changed a bit. He is still my best friend." How Dave Grohl channelled his heartbreak over a devastating personal loss into one of Foo Fighters' most raw, emotional songs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/when-i-see-him-in-my-dreams-he-hasnt-changed-dave-grohl-channelled-heartbreak-into-cult-song jMpeP2WJF6dJMhVmpVfNGm Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:11:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love spent New Year's Eve 1992 trying to save the life of an unconscious rock star who was turning blue on their hotel room floor ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-night-kurt-cobain-and-courtney-love-saved-the-life-of-a-rock-star-who-was-turning-blue-on-their-room-floor ijscnn5ptT9et3z4ZWykFZ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:42:48 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:51:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The day we played, there were bears seen right across the river from the festival." Inside the fascinating new documentary that lifts the lid on enigmatic Nordic folk leaders Wardruna ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/the-day-we-played-there-were-bears-seen-right-across-the-river-from-the-festival-inside-the-fascinating-new-documentary-that-lifts-the-lid-on-enigmatic-nordic-folk-leaders-wardruna 2KMxiif8JFfMZNyzRK4xR5 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:39:42 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:40:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We leaned into it when we realised it p***ed people off, because I was a little s***head." Black Veil Brides frontman Andi Biersack on being hated by metal fans, getting beaten up as Batman and chasing his dreams ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/we-leaned-into-it-when-we-realised-it-p-ed-people-off-because-i-was-a-little-s-head-black-veil-brides-frontman-andi-biersack-on-being-hated-by-metal-fans-getting-beaten-up-as-batman-and-chasing-his-dreams EhidBfn9nPthfqugw7AHzf Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:42:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, 'Put it down. Live right now.'" Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/the-story-behind-mastodon-emperor-of-sand 9imm28qvTP5oG6bhStTdPn Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:02:38 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:52:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We often felt like the strange duck on the festival bill because there was a woman in the band." How two modern metal icons united for a collaboration over a decade in the making ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/within-temptation-nightwish-what-about-us-paradise-story qPceZwZvtoFQ4MtMXH9Zw4 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:55:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ The nation rejoices as a corpse-painted Robert Fripp sings in the latest edition of Robert and Toyah's Sunday Lunch ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/robert-and-toyah-rock-and-roll-all-nite 5qQk4DTVenAMjfeNJVibDU Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People no longer wanted to see a band all dressed up with a big show. They wanted four blokes onstage with one light bulb”: When eccentric proggers Gryphon acquired Sex Pistols connections, they knew their time was up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/gryphon-sex-pistols-70s zfT9mQQe7Mi77BLHRMBATE Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Billy Gibbons and Keith Urban join forces on fuzz-friendly new single Brown Paper Bag ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/billy-gibbons-brown-paper-bag ZHMoHCMvqni56BwfY4yrhS Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:45:46 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:45:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You haven't lived until you've burned a condom. They go up quite well." Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney recalls cinema stunt that saw him deported from Germany ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/you-havent-lived-until-youve-burned-a-condom-they-go-up-quite-well-beatles-icon-sir-paul-mccartney-recalls-cinema-stunt-that-saw-him-deported-from-germany YMgRhQMpHdYpNPCoZ9smub Sun, 31 May 2026 23:07:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a one-day marathon. We cut 13 tunes in 14 hours, all old blues songs, with Mick singing live”: In 1992, Mick Jagger made a blues album with an obscure LA bar band. It’s never been released ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/it-was-a-one-day-marathon-we-cut-13-tunes-in-14-hours-all-old-blues-songs-with-mick-singing-live-in-1992-mick-jagger-made-a-blues-album-with-an-obscure-la-bar-band-its-never-been-released uZSkC7yvUtSApDoGSEniLf Sun, 31 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dee’s blessing was important to me. I have such a reverence for him, he wrote all of these great songs”: Sebastian Bach was “like a kid on Christmas morning” when he was asked replace Dee Snider in Twisted Sister ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dees-blessing-was-important-to-me-i-have-such-a-reverence-for-him-he-wrote-all-of-these-great-songs-sebastian-bach-was-like-a-kid-on-christmas-morning-when-he-was-asked-replace-dee-snider-in-twisted-sister GJoEWdtfaKQuzm2f4Jgfxb Sun, 31 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Dave Grohl join Sepultura onstage in Los Angeles to jam on a 90s classic ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/watch-dave-grohl-jam-with-sepultura-onstage-in-los-angeles iRzx8sMiBoBzwNiJxgLu6e Sun, 31 May 2026 14:12:52 +0000 Sun, 31 May 2026 14:46:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s more than just an exhibition. People want to be part of something, whether that’s signing the condolence book or just being part of a bigger event”: Inside the Birmingham museum that’s keeping Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy alive ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ozzy-osbourne-exhibition-birmingham eauD6mmf7Awg5Mi3RXKCc6 Sun, 31 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:51:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was competition because of Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, but there was room for everyone. It felt like we were taking over”: The life and times of Ten Years After’s Alvin Lee, the fastest guitar In the west ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alvin-lee-ten-years-after-guitarist-life-story q7ZVAVBy4BXF3oyF3drRfa Sun, 31 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Originally, Metallica had a dreadful tape as our intro. Then our manager came up with the idea of replacing it with The Ecstasy Of Gold”: How metal’s biggest band turned a song from a spaghetti western into the greatest intro music in history ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/metallica-ecstasy-of-gold-story-behind-song cBXSChPjy3MjLT7CobwQyL Sun, 31 May 2026 06:11:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I walked home in the rain thinking: ‘Oh my God, I’m gonna be a plumber for the rest of my life!’” Alex Lifeson can’t forget what happened after Rush opened for the New York Dolls ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-new-york-dolls-alex-lifeson 5oXWhb6JXQqYoc3AszdYsa Sun, 31 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:59:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were the first heavy metal band." Roger Daltrey says The Who pioneered the genre of music we all love so much ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/we-were-the-first-heavy-metal-band-roger-daltrey-says-the-who-pioneered-the-genre-of-music-we-all-love-so-much pD3aLCFzLR9cHgjNp5iBD5 Sat, 30 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve lasted longer than Lennon and McCartney as people who have written together. Probably the only way we’re ahead of them”: Sex, infidelity and boozing – how Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford became new wave’s greatest songwriting team ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/weve-lasted-longer-than-lennon-and-mccartney-as-people-who-have-written-together-probably-the-only-way-were-ahead-of-them-sex-infidelity-and-boozing-how-squeezes-glenn-tilbrook-and-chris-difford-became-new-waves-greatest-songwriting-team mkHyKLYTTPENopBthamTT4 Sat, 30 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s about those times when you’ve got no feeling left or you just don’t care." The song that helped Linkin Park kiss goodbye to the nu metal era - and that got a new lease of life courtesy of one rap megastar ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/linkin-park-numb-story-jay-z JhJVKzDDSpcjguhmwzFoqL Sat, 30 May 2026 13:28:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The record company should’ve offered counselling – we could've been the next Journey!”: The story of Giuffria, the melodic rock nearly-men who should have been the next kings of 80s AOR ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/guiffria-story-behind-cult-melodic-rock-band pWapAnjoaBP7hzRxgbiUb Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Sat, 30 May 2026 19:22:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I watched Live Aid on the TV. I’d been told there would be a call, but it never came”: John Coghlan was the drummer in one of the greatest British rock bands of the 70s – but one explosive moment blew it all up ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/john-coughlan-status-quo-drummer-interview WiNLUe3HQysJMXgvqMgtEk Sat, 30 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was giving it everything I had to keep up with the song's intensity, and just making it through to the end was already a challenge:” Babymetal reveal the story behind one of their earliest fan favourites ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/babymetal-reveal-the-story-behind-one-of-their-early-fan-favourites tZfXY3XaENmceQyAoeWwE5 Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Sat, 30 May 2026 12:16:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ "That wall of snow hit my house with hurricane force. The blizzard of the century had arrived." How celebrated Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire distilled the horror of a ruinous five-day storm on Crisis, the title track of their 2006 masterpiece ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alexisonfire-story-behind-the-song-crisis-great-blizzard-1977 xiyiiApGSc2zVUUHviHxaN Sat, 30 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Sat, 30 May 2026 09:53:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It would have been just as great without Duane on it. Maybe better”: Two genius guitarists battling it out and an unwanted coda – the tangled history of one of rock’s all-time great guitar anthems ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/derek-and-the-dominos-layla-eric-clapton-story-behind-the-song VPGQQjaLYUu2pCgH2LsBNB Sat, 30 May 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Kim, I’m reading a lot of weird s**t on the internet. Somebody posted ‘RIP: Chris Cornell’ on my Facebook page.” Soundgarden's Kim Thayil reveals how he learned the devastating news of Chris Cornell's death ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/soundgarden-how-kim-thayil-learned-of-chris-cornell-death 4PxgrmWhXYYPJJhvbaTnwi Fri, 29 May 2026 18:25:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ "People don’t know this side of me." Jack White opens first public art exhibition at Damien Hirst’s gallery in London ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-opens-art-exhibition-at-damien-hirsts-gallery-in-london dZzowTQMjRYzVehbmLVtWa Fri, 29 May 2026 16:45:51 +0000 Fri, 29 May 2026 16:47:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He was one of the gang." Before he won three Oscars and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, one world-famous actor was a roadie for Echo & The Bunnymen ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/knight-of-the-realm-was-echo-and-the-bunnymen-roadie XRR4diZ3rxxycSjvB6rcdU Fri, 29 May 2026 16:05:35 +0000 Fri, 29 May 2026 16:11:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ "She may have had the biggest leg-up in the world, but Violet Grohl has the talent to back it up." Dave Grohl's eldest daughter pens a love letter to the '90s with debut album Be Sweet To Me ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/violet-grohl-be-sweet-to-me-review fCeyLKo4EmGoyT3gW6PgNC Fri, 29 May 2026 14:18:28 +0000 Fri, 29 May 2026 14:23:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The flagship of the song is irreverence. It's this beautiful nature of seizing a moment." Greta Van Fleet launch video for strutting new single Play Your Games ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/greta-van-fleet-play-your-games 7uDxXpT9WtTr8xnNaTXzsm Fri, 29 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Everyone misses them. It’s not just me." Paul McCartney reflects on the loss of his dear friends, and Beatles bandmates, John Lennon and George Harrison ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/paul-mccartney-ron-the-loss-of-john-lennon-and-george-harrison T3hGfM9PfsoZfr6gkJG64T Fri, 29 May 2026 13:53:21 +0000 Fri, 29 May 2026 14:23:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My mother was a witch’ was a great opening line. His mum probably took offence, but she’s probably forgiven him now”: The lost NWOBHM classic that Metallica turned into one of metal’s most famous songs ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-behind-i-am-evil-diamond-head-metallica cCvRDr7GimpXKgsvYCVgzP Fri, 29 May 2026 10:52:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We played at a punk club in Germany and this guy was pointing a gun at me the whole time. That was uncomfortable!”: The pioneering European metal queen loved by Dio, Lemmy and Gene Simmons ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-amazing-life-story-of-doro-pesch hpUJxpPhdRzqA3BEBeNdGP Fri, 29 May 2026 09:47:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I just sat there and looked at the words and almost leapt out of my seat." Robert Plant wrote the lyrics in a bad mood. Jimmy Page "winged" the solo. But Stairway To Heaven became a Led Zeppelin classic like no other ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven TH2XUcEYTugaAm6rJDtLNb Fri, 29 May 2026 08:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The music was always the star of this band, and not personnel." With no original members left, Foreigner are still proud to be Foreigner ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/foreigner-jeff-pilson-interview QghkaZG2Awcrrm5KXM4oJ8 Fri, 29 May 2026 07:45:00 +0000