Features Louder Sonisphere 2014 in Photos By Tina Korhonen, Kevin Nixon, Oliver Halfin published 8 July 2014 The bands, the fans, the best tattoos... So, Sonisphere was a blast, right? Here's our visual guide to our weekend at KnebworthImage 1 of 30Get the Louder NewsletterThe latest news, features and interviews direct to your inbox, from the global home of alternative music.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors Tina Korhonen, Kevin Nixon, Oliver HalfinSocial Links Navigation More about classic rock"We worked out a way for the whole world to tune in": King Crimson-affiliated act Beat announce global livestream of upcoming Los Angeles showJeff Lynne's ELO announce more final ever datesLatestTim "Herb" Alexander abruptly quits Primus after he "lost his passion for playing"See more latest ► Most Popular“Getting validation from Beavis And Butt-head was much more gratifying. It showed that people do like this band even if your sales may not reflect fame and fortune”: How stoner rock enigmas Clutch became metal’s favourite weirdbeards"I’d gone through my own personal tornado so it was a track that spoke to me": Yellowjackets star Juliette Lewis on her favourite Cure track“I felt I was cut adrift from a massive part of the band and I didn’t know what to do without it”: James Dean Bradfield on how Manic Street Preachers had to reinvent themselves after 2011’s National Treasures celebrations“In my mind I was thinking this could be the last record we ever made, They thought I wanted to leave it”: How Deftones pulled back from the brink of oblivion to make Saturday Night Wrist“We were in LA getting ready for a gig and I said, ‘Where’s Glenn?’ He’d gone to Atlanta. He was a loon, just through doing so much coke and drinking”: How Tony Iommi and Glenn Hughes rekindled their turbulent friendship to make Fused“Robert Plant said we captured the spirit of Zeppelin. I think he meant we were as debauched as they were”: The chaotic story of The Mission, the goth band who wanted to be Led Zeppelin“We recorded it in 20 minutes. But then I am a genius”: The late, great Paul Di’Anno looks back on making Iron Maiden’s Running Free“Lemmy and I got on fine most of the time, but we had our moments. Being in Motörhead was crazy 24 hours a day”: ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian ‘Robbo’ Robertson’s wild tales of Phil Lynott, Lemmy, David Bowie and more“The early days still feel like the biggest chapter of our band”: Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on how the band’s beginnings helped to define everything that came after“We had a living, breathing Sex Pistol come in and play on it. He wanted $100 and some ‘suction’”: The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash metal’s most self-destructive album“I’m lucky that I started using heroin otherwise I’d be so depressingly alcoholic”: Kelley Deal on the tumultuous period when she first joined The Breeders
