Articles by Liz Scarlett

Liz works on keeping the Louder sites up to date with the latest news from the world of rock and metal. Prior to joining Louder as a full time staff writer, she completed a Diploma with the National Council for the Training of Journalists and received a First Class Honours Degree in Popular Music Journalism. She enjoys writing about anything from neo-glam rock to stoner, doom and progressive metal, and loves celebrating women in music. '10 bands that rip off Black Sabbath but get away with it' is her favourite article she's written with Louder so far. When not writing, Liz enjoys various creative endeavours such as graphic design, as well as reading about rock’n’roll history, art and magic.

Articles by: Liz Scarlett

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody movie is no longer the biggest biopic of all time, thanks to the global box office success of Oppenheimer

By Liz Scarlett published 19 September 23

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer boots Bohemian Rhapsody out of the top spot as the highest-grossing biopic in history

The Rasmus during the In The Shadows video

"Fans would go mad and start practising black magic on each other." How a drastic change in style, army-dodging and one “annoying hook” saw In The Shadows turn The Rasmus into goth rock superstars

By Liz Scarlett published 11 September 23

Avoiding army service? Sleeping in graveyards? Inter-fan warfare? The story behind The Rasmus' most famous song is an eye-opener

Doja Cat's new album artwork looks almost identical to a new album cover belonging to a German metal band, and The Internet is confused

By Liz Scarlett last updated 31 August 23

Updated: The artwork for the upcoming albums of Doja Cat and German hardcore band Chaver were practically the same, so now Doja Cat has unveiled new artwork, from the same artist.

"These ****ers opened with Whiplash!" Watch Jason Momoa excitedly moshing at Metallica's record-breaking Los Angeles show at the Sofi Stadium

By Liz Scarlett published 31 August 23

Game Of Thrones star Jason Momao filmed himself having the time of his life at a recent Metallica show, and was also caught in the pit via fan-filmed footage

Watch this drummer smash out a classic metalcore song with the unexpected special touch of Michael Scott from The US Office

By Liz Scarlett published 31 August 23

The US Office plus metalcore equals a fun, silly time

The strange story behind Axl Rose allegedly getting into a fight with David Bowie after the 'Devil from Bromley' tried to steal Axl's girlfriend

By Liz Scarlett published 30 August 23

In 1989, David Bowie apparently decided to hit on Axl Rose's girlfriend Erin Everly during a Guns N' Roses video shoot. Unsurprisingly, trouble ensued

"There’s bells ringing and people running down the corridor. As we left the bathroom, it burst into flames": That time Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards almost burned down the Playboy Mansion

By Liz Scarlett published 30 August 23

The Rolling Stones Keith Richards once almost set the Playboy Mansion on fire while doing drugs in a bathroom

"Do the holes for your neck in your t-shirts have to be cut bigger for that neck you have?": Watch Corey Taylor react to hilarious trash talk from fans

By Liz Scarlett published 30 August 23

Corey Taylor asked fans to send him mean comments in celebration of his new single Talk Sick

"It would just have reminded me of being back in Nirvana. It would have been sad, for me personally": Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on why he turned down joining Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

By Liz Scarlett published 29 August 23

Tom Petty once asked Dave Grohl to become an official Heartbreaker, but the Foo Fighters frontman wasn't keen

"When it came out, I was a raging alcoholic prick...I wasn't paying attention to the songs": Corey Taylor on why he now loves Metallica's St. Anger

By Liz Scarlett published 25 August 23

Slipknot's Corey Taylor explains how he went from hating Metallica's St. Anger to being a fan

"I have never drunk milk, and never will": Revisiting Lemmy's bizarre appearance in the Finnish milk advert filmed weeks before his death

By Liz Scarlett published 24 August 23

Motorhead's iconic frontman Lemmy kept busy until his final days, and even appeared in a promotional ad for Finnish dairy company Valio, despite never drinking milk

Disturbed's David Draiman would "love" to collaborate with Taylor Swift: "She's a brilliant woman and one of the great songwriters of our time"

By Liz Scarlett published 23 August 23

Disturbed frontman David Draiman is a total Swiftie, and would "collaborate with Taylor if she ever wanted to, on any given day"

Are Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith making new albums? Alice Cooper seems to think so

By Liz Scarlett published 23 August 23

Alice Cooper may have accidentally let slip that Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith have new albums in the works

“It was horrifying. The heat was intense and I felt at times that I was really burning”. The insane story of The Wicker Man, the folk horror cult-classic with a disastrous background

By Liz Scarlett published 22 August 23

As The Wicker Man celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we look at the making behind it and why it's such a masterpiece

"I promise you this, as long as you are here, I will always be here for you": Watch Slipknot's Corey Taylor break down in tears during an emotional speech to fans

By Liz Scarlett published 18 August 23

At a recent event to celebrate the release of his new solo album CMF2, Corey Taylor gets emotional during a touching, heartfelt speech about mental health

"He’s a prince who thinks he’s a king already": The day a young Prince supported The Rolling Stones, and was abused and brought to tears by thousands of food-throwing racists

By Liz Scarlett published 17 August 23

The Rolling Stones appeared to blame Prince for their audience's deplorable reaction to his performance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on their 1981 Tattoo You tour

"There was talk that I would have to appear to prove that I was alive". The FBI once launched an investigation into the murder of Trent Reznor. Two years later, they realised he was still alive.

By Liz Scarlett published 17 August 23

In 1989, the FBI launched an investigation into the apparent murder of an unidentified man in a video, who was later revealed to be Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. They later realised that Reznor was (and is!) still alive

Corey Taylor: "For eight years I was married to the wrong woman. It was a very toxic relationship and it ate a part of me that I don't know if I'll ever get back"

By Liz Scarlett published 16 August 23

Corey Taylor discusses the "real life sh*t" that inspires his solo songwriting, from PTSD and depression to his "toxic" second marriage

"One of our group members unknowingly invited Satan into our midst": When The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson became friends with The Manson family his life changed forever

By Liz Scarlett published 16 August 23

Nude dinner parties, acid orgies and death threats: The life of The Beach Boys' co-founder Dennis Wilson was turned upside down after Charles Manson's murderous cult overtook his life, his home and his finances

"It had a very spiritually sexual vibe": Red Hot Chili Pepper's John Frusciante once claimed to have an encounter with a horny ghost whilst recording Blood Sugar Sex Magik in a haunted mansion

By Liz Scarlett published 15 August 23

When RHCP recorded their hit album Blood Sugar Sex Magik in a spooky Hollywood mansion, guitarist John Frusciante experienced paranormal activity of a very welcoming kind

"Food was flying everywhere, with no regard for the industry geeks whose suits were getting splattered": That time Nirvana got kicked out of their Nevermind release party for starting a drunken food fight

By Liz Scarlett published 15 August 23

Prior to the release of Nevermind, Nirvana were kicked out of their own album listening party for drunken shenanigans involving guacamole, smuggled bourbon and vomit

Corey Taylor: "There are a lot of people in Iowa that are very ashamed of the fact that Slipknot comes from there"

By Liz Scarlett published 9 August 23

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor explains why his band is disliked in their home state of Iowa, says that people who live there are unfriendly and still "so mad" about their success

"Oh god, there’s a weird old guy naked right in front of me": Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong share his memory of meeting a nude Roger Daltrey

By Liz Scarlett published 8 August 23

In a 2005 interview, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong recalled meeting one "member" of The Who

"Oh lord, YEAAAH!": Listen to this "scary accurate" AI James Hetfield cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs

By Liz Scarlett published 7 August 23

The wonders of artificial intelligence continues to boggle our minds with this surprisingly impressive cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs sung by "James Hetfield"

"If it's not good enough for myself, it's not good enough for you!": Watch Kirk Hammett botch the intro to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters at a recent show

By Liz Scarlett published 7 August 23

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett messes up the introduction to Nothing Else Matters on the first night of the band's US tour

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