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Andrew Wood and Chris Cornell influenced a generation of rock fans and each other, shaping Seattle grunge in the process
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Incineration Festival returns in 2022 with an exclusive Emperor headline set
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Is Rock Star really the worst film ever made about rock?
Inspired by the story of Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Rock Star featured Hollywood A-listers and a stellar cast of supporting musicians. So why was it so crushingly banal?
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Shane Embury: My Life In 10 Songs
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Stone Sour's Josh Rand strikes a thunderous new chord
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Helloween: the story behind their glorious reunion
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The Story Behind The Song: Arch Enemy's As The Pages Burn
Arch Enemy’s inspirational anthem certified Alissa White-Gluz as the perfect fit for the melodeath masters
Backxwash: "I had planned I was going to die at the end of the year"
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‘Listening to Nirvana’s In Utero makes my skin crawl’: Read an extract from newly updated Dave Grohl book This Is A Call
In this exclusive extract from the new, revised-and-updated 10th anniversary edition of the best-selling Dave Grohl biography This Is A Call, Grohl revisits Nirvana’s legacy
