<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:16:01 +0000 en <![CDATA[ "At the Troubadour club in LA, they made a grand entrance by rolling down the avenue in a tank." The wild story of Ann Boleyn and Hellion, the long-lost band loved by Ronnie James Dio ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/hellion-ann-boleyn g2KZVAB9TaNp3GgL7e533J Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:16:01 +0000 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:18:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We got mad at a promoter and threw donuts at the wall backstage. Then we cleaned it up, because we felt guilty." The unlikely triumph of rock'n'roll's greatest nerds, the B-52s ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/b-52s-cosmic-deevolution-interview dmFYsppWHKArudDRtjzFXV Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:55:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The area was being evacuated. The police knocked our door and the letting agency told us to leave. We decided to stick it out”: Marillion’s Pete Trewavas on the storms, earthquakes and blizzard that birthed the third Edison’s Children album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/edison-s-children-disturbance-fields DaDFoshJYne2SbCwF2xrwG Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:11:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I was transfixed. I thought it was someone else. I said: 'Is that us? That's us!'" The fractious story of the Kinks classic they're still arguing about ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/the-kinks-you-really-got-me qre7NJQwzYhNodXudwM5cR Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:38:44 +0000 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:52:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Drugs and alcohol and ego clashes got in the way, but we managed to keep them quiet": The unbelievable story of Chicago, the soft rock kings with steel in their hearts ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/story-of-chicago DvvhjNPuS9oBCUrksnbdmg Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:35:46 +0000 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:55:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ "She is aware of, and very grateful for, your good wishes." Bonnie Tyler awakes after month-long coma ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/bonnie-tyler-awakes-after-month-long-coma vqQW9DHfLjMm327PSZdRj3 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:21:05 +0000 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:18:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I rode him so hard he threatened to take me apart piece by piece if I didn’t back off”: How an ex-punk band delivered one of the greatest albums of the 70s ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/how-blondie-made-one-of-70s-greatest-albums-with-parallel-lines WdhWYgEkHhQczXxYxMbdZA Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It didn't matter we'd got a gold record - we still came off tour and had to go back to our day jobs." How Type O Negative created goth metal's greatest album: October Rust ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/type-o-negative-october-rust-story gYPtECvbisquh5aUi2SQPA Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 15, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-june-15-2026 VnkWrZFWwWKuLPYTRetv8i Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Kraftwerk barricaded themselves in the dressing room. Our reviews were great and theirs weren’t, so we were asked to leave the tour”: Prog paradigm-changers Greenslade were warned two keyboardists and no guitarist would fail. They didn’t listen ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/greenslade-career-retrospective CwFi4BvkzuRr88bDJXDcm7 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:19:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Marillion bassist Pete Trewavas unveils new Edison's Children album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/marillion-bassist-pete-trewavas-unveils-new-edisons-children-album owcvr9PVnyGkfmA2Zpe3TK Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:57:19 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:35:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I asked Ozzy if he was having vocal lessons back then, and he said, ‘No, just lots of alcohol and drugs.’" Zakk Wylde talks tributes, hot sauces and trying to turn Mark Wahlberg onto metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/an-audience-with-zakk-wylde-2026 GC3ovCsX6DArcLQN8QkWrh Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Greenslade, founder of UK prog rockers Greenslade, has died, aged 83 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dave-greenslade-founder-of-uk-prog-rockers-greenslade-has-died-aged-83 VUXd3556ni9CXPK7jo2T7N Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:24:58 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:23:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If anyone was in any doubt over their standing as one of the best things in modern death metal, such concerns are blown away." Arizona extreme metal ragers Gatecreeper play one of Download 2026's most ferociously fun sets ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/gatecreeper-download-2026-review HfAjs4gbGRqunbVyokLH5Z Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:21:34 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:41:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I'm ashamed of the way I treated them. They didn't deserve that." Steve Albini had regrets about how he spoke about Pixies ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/steve-albini-regrets-about-pixies dtLzTidpNHqNfWXQqdFPSd Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:06:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Almost nobody seemed to realise it was him." Watch Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger sing a 100-year-old folk song in an English pub ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/watch-rolling-stones-mick-jagger-sing-in-an-english-pub xisgWtCKDemSmtrkiTgH9R Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:42:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Indian nu metallers Bloodywood just showed Download why they're officially one of the best live bands in modern metal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/indian-nu-metallers-bloodywood-just-showed-download-why-theyre-officially-one-of-the-best-live-bands-in-modern-metal CYqNNjaqamCG2TpGx5vgB6 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:56:21 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:56:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I remember looking at him and thinking: 'This guy's gonna die.'" Robben Ford's wild tales of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Kiss, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and more ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/robben-ford-wild-stories y637ymEkEyvZQpYsnvkuxL Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:55:42 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:31:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was like an alien. He could talk about anything. That’s when we said, ‘Let’s make him do lyrics!’”: Rush’s Neil Peart, an exploding golf ball and two career-changing conversations ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/rush-neil-peart-exploding-golf-ball Muozwj6yNxqnxwgnLpwDTA Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:59:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Pure sonic velvet. Electric Warrior is the perfect mix of heavy crunch and acoustic swagger." T.Rex's collection of sun-dappled narco-rockers is more than the two hits ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/t-rex-electric-warrior VHHxpqY2NEa4LARsVRZsof Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:14:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Emily Armstrong just made history with Linkin Park at Download - and they made it one hell of a celebration ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/emily-armstrong-just-made-history-with-linkin-park-at-download-and-they-made-it-one-hell-of-a-celebration LusUMvWbEk4VVpUAhe5aAJ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:08:28 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:13:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ All the songs Rush have never played live… yet ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/songs-rush-have-never-played-live XvQ3VQV5UstEDEP9LPBjcU Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:22:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d only written one song before it. I expected it to be a big hit and it was. Then other things didn’t happen like that”: Admired by half the Beatles, Rick Wakeman and Pat Metheny, Rod Argent still didn’t have it all easy ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/rod-argent-zombies-argent xqBTHMzZATU2dazLM8iFQZ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d put the headphones on and listen to heavy metal, and then I'd want to break down the door to get out on the pitch and go kill someone”: Former England legend Terry Butcher is a huge Iron Maiden fan and the original heavy metal footballer ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/terry-butcher-footballer-iron-maiden-world-cup ndEFSnfV9oQWcF77EST6a6 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:34:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Former Jethro Tull arranger and keyboardist Dee Palmer has died, aged 88 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/former-jethro-tull-arranger-and-keyboardist-dee-palmer-has-died-aged-88 e4HuVeNgfcDuDoxUQgLjca Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:31:56 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:56:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Architects' chaotic Download set suggests that the festival's second biggest stage might need a rethink ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/architects-chaotic-download-set-suggests-that-the-festivals-second-biggest-stage-might-need-a-rethink Ria4Ax8x79RQ6gUpTMQtDg Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:58:18 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:09:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is a performance quite unlike anything this storied festival has ever seen." British-Iranian metallers Lowen produce one of the most powerful and unique sets of Download 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/this-is-a-performance-quite-unlike-anything-this-storied-festival-has-ever-seen-british-iranian-metallers-lowen-produce-one-of-the-most-powerful-and-unique-sets-of-download-2026 93KrWUmaTgogjMSuyfMaDG Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:32:05 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:32:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ We've waited over two decades for a Trivium Download set that could match their legendary 2005 show. We might have just got it ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/weve-waited-over-two-decades-for-a-trivium-download-set-that-could-match-their-legendary-2005-show-we-might-have-just-got-it YLUpwvYkDcxwjcb9DYGQEL Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:46:42 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:47:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guns N' Roses' bloated Download headline set is a slog, but when they lock in, they still remind everyone why they're one of the greats ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/guns-n-roses-bloated-download-headline-set-is-a-slog-at-times-but-when-they-lock-in-they-still-remind-everyone-why-theyre-one-of-the-greats 5g8qcmXrNVtjzg5kf76nMP Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:35:25 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:32:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This is the experience Babymetal have wanted to give fans for a decade." Download's most cursed band finally bring the show we've all been waiting for ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/this-is-the-experience-babymetal-have-wanted-to-give-fans-for-a-decade-downloads-most-cursed-band-finally-bring-the-show-weve-all-been-waiting-for fYegDFELpYyeAesZqE9w2H Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:06:28 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:07:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Dave was really nervous about talking to these guys": Why Dave Grohl ditched the Foo Fighters to make extreme metal supergroup Probot, featuring members of Venom, Sepultura, Motorhead and more ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-probot-dave-grohls-love-letter-to-extreme-metal rzViBU7ajwjsDcCEyRhDX8 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rush just played a classic song for the first time in 47 years in Los Angeles ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-tour-setlist-night-four XwNEVyJDU4GHUkVKYX8LPB Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:17:38 +0000 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:13:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The fans understood I was the price they had to pay to hear the band they loved, so they put up with me. It’s not like you’re joining the Sex Pistols”: Trevor Horn on fronting Yes – and how it later made 90125 possible ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/trevor-horn-on-joining-yes RmCZhPunt3cieWkauUhvMV Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was me and my girlfriend, Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, and Quentin Crisp all going up the in elevator, just chatting about where to go to eat”: The cult US singer who connects Bruce Springsteen, Ian Hunter and the Sex Pistols ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/alejandro-escovedo-interview-2010 2D5rSVEtkJX4Joh78Rdw4c Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Beartooth's Caleb Shomo was brought up in devout Christian faith that viewed being gay as "a sickness you can cure with prayer" ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/beartooths-caleb-shomo-was-brought-up-in-devout-christian-faith-that-viewed-being-gay-as-a-sickness-you-can-cure-with-prayer PNwib3pWXN8NfeJpxuUcPa Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:25:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I suspect they’ve had a lesser impact on the music world due to the complexity of their music”: No-Man’s Tim Bowness on his prog hero, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/tim-bowness-jethro-tull-lack-impact i3SEkShAq5iqWQ48vjmKx5 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi named MBE in King's Birthday Honours ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/black-sabbath-guitarist-tony-iommi-named-mbe-in-kings-birthday-honours fimuUcg2gcYfz27ymkBTJ5 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:52:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We did two days recording… he fired the whole band on the first day”: Tony Levin recalls the “really evil” bandleader who was more challenging than Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/tony-levin-robert-fripp-peter-gabriel-buddy-rich 5pv847TyavvB4UKvdefXmm Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Ozzy asked whether I had night-sight goggles. I didn’t. He told me you could pick up an ex-military pair for $10,000!”: Legendary songwriter Russ Ballard tried to write a song with Ozzy Osbourne – and failed ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/russ-ballard-ozzy-osbourne-ritchie-blackmore-writing-song-together dbw2tgraaUfBWai5PDbzB8 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Eric Burdon: the hellraiser who had it all and then lost it ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/eric-burdon-the-hellraiser-who-had-it-all-and-then-lost-it aGpcJKU7dE8Nrd9CiudkyT Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:05:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If I’d started having hits early on, I may never have wound up playing so much with Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen”: Most people are lucky if they play with one iconic artist. Nils Lofgren has played with two ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/nils-lofgren-interview-neil-young-bruce-springsteen-grin LpiPBGNLmM6MPrbw6w7akD Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It seems pretty evident that he's going to be a major player very soon. We might have a star on our hands." Merging grime, metal and buckets of charisma, Native James showed Download he just might be the future of alternative music ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/it-seems-pretty-evident-that-hes-going-to-be-a-major-player-very-soon-we-might-have-a-star-on-our-hands-merging-grime-metal-and-buckets-of-charisma-native-james-showed-download-he-just-might-be-the-future-of-alternative-music kFEbmE8BE8pH5Cyt4oSq3U Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:05:30 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:05:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ "With such sheer star quality, it feels like they're lining themselves up for headliner status." Flames, confetti, screams and Lady Gaga: Halestorm's Download set is a rock 'n' roll masterclass ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/with-such-sheer-star-quality-it-feels-like-theyre-lining-themselves-up-for-headliner-status-flames-confetti-screams-and-lady-gaga-halestorms-download-set-is-a-rock-n-roll-masterclass 63P4p4wGGn8MSL3fCyLjsE Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:39:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Motorhead played as raucously and as fast as they could. They were head and shoulders above everybody.” Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway on Lemmy, free speech and lessons learned on the frontline of grindcore ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/napalm-death-barney-greenway-life-lessons uFovEpaiE2ntRwRCUmS9yn Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This band's potential for absurdity, partying and fame appears uncapped." Electric Callboy show Download why they're the modern metal scene's ultimate party band ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/this-bands-potential-for-absurdity-partying-and-fame-appears-uncapped-electric-callboy-show-download-why-theyre-the-modern-metal-scenes-ultimate-party-band uc8nbCPyWfQWMFjEXAxFtL Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:35:40 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:36:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I reckon Ritchie Blackmore might have thought we’d made a mistake having them open for Rainbow, as we just couldn’t match them”: When AC/DC blew Rainbow off stage ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/i-reckon-ritchie-blackmore-might-have-thought-wed-made-a-mistake-having-them-open-for-rainbow-as-we-just-couldnt-match-them-when-ac-dc-blew-rainbow-off-stage wGJvoBVdcU9fbQZRiKBRzL Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:53:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bullets, bikers and burnout: the story of Jimi Hendrix's last gig ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/bullets-bikers-and-burnout-the-story-of-jimi-hendrixs-last-gig Jww9F2w9RV9rHnSEnJHuGW Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Download might be the home of rock, but Pendulum and Cypress Hill just showed why the festival is wise to mix it up a little ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/download-might-be-the-home-of-rock-but-pendulum-and-cypress-hill-just-showed-why-the-festival-is-wise-to-mix-it-up-a-little bfjX65QpxDy9RBf4bZxtPW Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:29:57 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:30:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ 23 years after they pulled out of the first ever Download, Limp Bizkit finally headline the UK's biggest rock festival - and they absolutely smash it ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/music-festivals/23-years-after-they-pulled-out-of-the-first-ever-download-limp-bizkit-finally-headline-the-uks-biggest-rock-festival-and-they-absolutely-smash-it KMkesdV7q35GntYzCpuTCm Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:01:40 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:02:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you want to believe we're a boyband, there's nothing I can say or do to make you change your mind." In early 2001, Linkin Park went stratospheric. Here's a snapshot of a band during blastoff ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/linkin-park-hybrid-theory-2001-interview pWnUonADJwZ3wQkAgALkwX Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:34:18 +0000