Billy Corgan has one good thing to say about the music industry in 2023: "The gatekeepers are dead and now people are figuring out who the real bands are"
Billy Corgan is happy that the "real OG bands" are finally getting the attention they deserve
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Watch Dave Grohl's first ever performance with Nirvana in this rare footage from 1990
Dave Grohl played live with Nirvana for the first time in October 1990: watch rare footage of the Olympia, WA gig
Listen to heartbreaking new Foo Fighters single Under You
Having lost both his mother and his best friend in 2022, Dave Grohl channels his grief in new Foo Fighters single Under You
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Free's Paul Rodgers reviewed Black Sabbath in 1970, and were not at all impressed
In 1970 Melody Maker got Roger Waters and Paul Rodgers to offer their opinions on two Black Sabbath singles
Slipknot's Corey Taylor says he "couldn't care less" about being inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Corey Taylor isn't desperate to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: "Who gives a sh*t, really?"
Foo Fighters, The Cure, Queens Of The Stone Age, Turnstile and more announced for Riot Fest 2023
Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie and Queens of the Stone Age are set to headline Riot Fest in Chicago in September
Metallica are still hating on Ride The Lightning deep cut Escape even after all these years
TikTokker: “Is Metallica’s Escape better than I remember it?” Metallica: “No!”
Step aside beauty influencers, here's Gene Simmons with a tutorial on how to perfectly achieve Kiss' make-up look
Gene Simmons once gave a thorough makeup tutorial on how to achieve Kiss' iconic look to women's magazine Cosmopolitan
Five Finger Death Punch pull out of Download
Ivan Moody’s recent hernia surgery means Five Finger Death Punch have cancelled all shows until June 12 – including their appearance at the Download Festival
Listen to Ghost's lovingly faithful cover of Iron Maiden's Phantom Of The Opera from their forthcoming Phantomime EP
Ghost release the second single from their upcoming Phantomime EP, a cover of Iron Maiden's 1980 debut album track Phantom Of The Opera
Måneskin’s Victoria De Angelis on Italy's "conservative" attitude towards homosexuality: "Many people still believe that it's a sin"
Måneskin bassist Victoria De Angelis wishes that her homeland could have a more "normal" opinion of homosexuality, reveals she was often made to feel "uncomfortable" for dating women
Here are Korn, Deftones and System Of A Down’s Sick New World setlists to prove that nu metal is alive and kicking in 2023
Jonathan Davis even busted out his old school purple tracksuit at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas this weekend
British politician lands himself in trouble for sharing Rainbow's Kill The King on social media days after the coronation
Welsh councillor Dave Jones lands himself in hot water after sharing Rainbow 1978 track Kill The King following King Charles coronation
Watch a death metal band start a circle pit outside a GameStop store while people queue for the new Zelda game
If you were queuing at midnight at a Game Stop in Texas to buy the new Zelda, you could have witnessed death metallers Severance entertaining a bunch of young gamers
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong walked into a London bar last night and sang Basket Case with an astonished covers band: watch fan-filmed footage
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stunned Saturday night drinkers in north London rock bar Slim Jim’s Liquor Store by joining covers band Borderline Toxic for a Green Day classic
John 5 hopes he hasn't ruined relationship with Rob Zombie by joining Motley Crue
Guitarist John 5 says Rob Zombie took it well when he left to join Motley Crue – but he fears it may change their bond
Disturbed's David Draiman admits that he "almost joined" Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland this year while fighting addiction and depression
David Draiman: "Addiction and depression can happen to anyone ladies and gentlemen. No one is immune from it no matter how beautiful their life may look from the outside"
Foo Fighters are lining up “soon to be announced” UK live dates
Foo Fighters promise UK shows are in the pipeline
Watch skateboard legend Tony Hawk nail 'supergroup' cover of Nine Inch Nails' Wish, with a bonus Trent Reznor cameo
Tony Hawk fronts a cover of Nine Inch Nails' Wish as part of a heavy rock supergroup, as seen in this video which features a cameo from Trent Reznor himself
