Watch Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and Dave Matthews pay musical tribute to the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt were among the Class of 2024 at this year's Kennedy Center Honors
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Watch Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and Dave Matthews pay musical tribute to the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt were among the Class of 2024 at this year's Kennedy Center Honors
Las Vegas honours ZZ Top icon with special ceremony for 'Billy Gibbons Day'
Billy Gibbons' home town of Las Vegas, Nevada, rolls out the red carpet with City Hall ceremony for ZZ Top star
"Would you rather sell tons of records and have people come at you or sell no records and have everybody love you?" Mark Tremonti isn't losing any sleep over the Creed haters
There's nothing new about popular bands attracting a lot of hate – and Creed are just fine with that
Exodus used to cut glam metal shirts with knives during 80s concerts
Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken
"Metal is more of a brotherhood than any kind of music." Slayer's Kerry King hails the inclusivity of heavy metal
Slayer guitarist says metal scene does a good job of not alienating potential fans
Early career advice given to Linkin Park included a choreographer suggesting they incorporate a "gimmick" in which they would kick off a shoe onstage. Yes, seriously.
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda recalls the wild shoe-related choreography tips the band wisely rejected
Watch Nightwish documentary on the making of latest album Yesterwynde
Nightwish release 45-minute film exploring the creation of their 10th album
Lars Ulrich embarrassed Biohazard's Billy Graziadei in front of his friends – but quickly made up for it in style
Biohazard man called Metallica drummer out after nightclub incident and landed a coveted tour support slot
The Clash and Prince to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
London punk legends The Clash and and magical Minneapolis maverick Prince to be recognised for their "outstanding artistic significance"
Stoner rock legend Brant Bjork on why he didn't want Kyuss to be "the next Metallica"
Brant Bjork explains why he had no real interest in seeing pioneering stoner rockers Kyuss become the new Metallica
"I’ve gone back to a more progressive style." Steven Wilson will release new album The Overview in March
Steven Wilson's The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, will be released on March 14
"It's nonstop badassery." Slayer guitarist Kerry King picks his favourite Black Sabbath album
Kerry King picks what might just be Sabbath's heaviest record. Should we be surprised?
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10 Slade songs that prove they're not just for Christmas
It may well be Chreeeeesssstttmaaaaaaasssssss, but Slade, like puppies, are an all-year proposition
Von Hertzen Brothers on new album In Murmuration, masculine music and band economics
With their ninth studio album In Murmuration, Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers have replaced their erstwhile prog epics for a more honest approach to songwriting reflecting their personal lives
How King Crimson offshoot BEAT moved from an all-star dream to reality
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How Manowar helped invent power metal with Hail To England
Bow down before Manowar’s false metal-slaying third album, 1984’s Hail To England
The tangled tale of X Japan, Japan’s biggest rock band
Fame, death and resurrection – X Japan’s Yoshiki looks back on his band’s unique journey
Duff McKagan on how Guns N’ Roses wrote the classic anthem that became their calling card
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From GN’R and Pantera to Ozzy Osbourne and God, Zakk Wylde is the most connected man in rock
It’s Zakk Wylde’s world - we just live in it
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"I don't know how much time I have left": Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late finds Reg in reflective rather than acerbic form
Elton John muses on his life, streaming now
Friends of the late, great Mark Lanegan - including Josh Homme, Dave Gahan, Chrissie Hynde and Bobby Gillespie - assemble in London for an emotional celebration of a truly singular talent
On what would have been Mark Lanegan's 60th birthday, friends and peers salute a much-missed musical maverick
Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl
Be-bop, beat and ballads
Sweet's early classics shine bright on the irresistible Isolation Boulevard
Glam royalty Sweet buff up their crown jewels
The stars shine on Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 collection
Two nights, four CDs, one six-string feast
Crippled Black Phoenix revisit the past on The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature
The 20th album from Underground linchpins Crippled Black Phoenix comes with a second disc of covers
SKAM make the great leap forward on fourth album From The Depths
English trio SKAM find an intensity of their own on From The Depths
A 'new wave knees-up': Squeeze, live at The Roundhouse, London
Squeeze celebrate 50 years at The Roundhouse, London
Therapy?'s dark, twisted misfit anthems sound as fabulously fierce as ever on their Troublegum 30 anniversary tour
Therapy? roll back the decades in joyous communal celebration of their best-loved album, 1994's Troublegum
Joan Armatrading does serious harm to electric guitars on How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean
National treasure Joan Armatrading maintains forward momentum
Album review: Bryan Adams - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2024
Bryan Adams reinvents his wheels again
