<![CDATA[ Latest from Louder ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feeds.xml Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:54:38 +0000 en <![CDATA[ He hung out with Hendrix, got shock treatment with Ronnie Wood, shared girlfriends with Keith Moon, and was friends and rivals with Clapton and Page: Jeff Beck’s wild times ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/jeff-beck-wild-stories kjtK7WC56snYUzNCShFRk3 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were increasingly attracted to the beats, yet the Allman Brothers remain some of our biggest heroes." How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/zz-top-sharp-dressed-man 6QYDmbEBTpjbXjWKhpwn3d Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:24:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jack White confirms "raucous, raw, and frenetic" new album Frozen Charlotte, releases Dollar Bill single ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill hXrpfvXLXzaD2XLHwHRHuB Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m happy we’ve had hits. But I do wish the record label had put out some of our challenging songs as singles”: Some only know them as ‘That Africa band,’ but how prog are Toto? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/toto-prog-credentials ZVB5g8ThhMtgRvmcWpYkUn Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We all looked at each other and said, 'We gotta get out of here!’”: the story of the night a synth-pop sensation caused an LA riot featuring 200 police officers, helicopters, barricades, smashed windows and a queue that stretched on for 15 blocks ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/how-depeche-mode-caused-a-la-riot ypQ67g8cWijjSMEb9cwrbk Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:14:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This record focuses on my grievances with the modern world, AI, genocide, climate change, the power elite, $$$$ hoarding pigs." Chat Pile announce third album Who Loves The Sun ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/chat-pile-announce-third-album-who-loves-the-sun zgnPbXufxwcQqAx7Phy8Zg Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:04:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ "You can’t save everything you love." Soundgarden's Kim Thayil on the loss of his friend and bandmate Chris Cornell ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/soundgarden-kim-thayil-on-loss-of-his-friend-chris-cornell 6f6Ly3VkgdxP9pmJWKeDPR Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:04:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I heard Lars Ulrich jumped out of a helicopter as it was landing and disappeared”: What happened the night Metallica’s drummer went missing – and Slipknot and Slayer saved the day ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/what-happened-the-night-metallica-lars-ulrich-disappeared 4WuVJVwB8CsSy8c7ZgN7Jh Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:09:40 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:26:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were young men, living hard and out of control, and we lost our heart and soul." The story behind the John Frusciante song which saved the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their darkest hour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-behind-knock-me-down-the-song-which-saved-red-hot-chili-peppers LypJiN5VdT4A9PRHSXkUra Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:57:54 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:59:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The horror-obsessed metalcore mob stand out like a sore thumb." Bloody cadavers, dancing deadites and some of the catchiest tunes you'll hear all summer: Ice Nine Kills triumph in their first audition for future festival headliners ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/ice-nine-kills-mystic-festival-review kymqmeDVHtc2AW2NaBVVwT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:24:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Screens and fake news and artificial intelligence… we don’t need that in the way of our connections”: How Sepultura made their technophobic final statement, The Cloud Of Unknowing ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/sepultura-story-behind-cloud-of-unknowing-ep y8KboNjWXC7SuxUFWdRYH6 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:10:06 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:18:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ King Crimson announce listening sessions in conjunction with London's Polygon Portal ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/ming-crimson-islands-reissue mofNCzDwoLxutPAKt7mktT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:55:37 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:23:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's gotta have some kind of sexuality and alcohol abuse and some kind of looseness to it": The story of Queens Of The Stone Age's signature tune, a still-mysterious banger powered by Dave Grohl and a truly whacked-out video ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/story-behind-queens-of-the-stone-age-no-one-knows JB6UYFYUkbxRsqCHHy2YBk Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:51:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was in my boxers and my mother caught me in this heightened creative moment. It was pretty embarrassing”: Inspired by Tool, Led Zeppelin and classic sci-fi, Coheed And Cambria turned a tumultuous break-up into Welcome Home ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/coheed-and-cambria-story-behind-welcome-home-single-2005 rF5vtCpaGahJAWaKTMABVW Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:18:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Between girls, drugs and an entourage he’d bring everywhere, Pete was out of his mind more than at any other point”: How I Don’t Wanna Be Me gave gothic metal icons Type O Negative their last big anthem, but spelled the start of the end ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/type-o-negative-story-i-dont-wanna-be-me-song oLamFXqXz2iP3wCEmm9iye Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:06:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We did 57 festivals. They assumed I trashed my guitar at every one, and at every other gig. But Pete Townshend would have the edge over me”: Did Muse’s Matt Bellamy really earn his Guinness world record? ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/muse-matt-bellamy-guitar-smashing-world-record LUnkMRyFhag9FrxfDWNEYP Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You don’t know my husband, OK? I know my husband”: Sharon and Jack Osbourne defend AI Ozzy avatar amidst “cash grab” allegations ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/sharon-osbourne-defends-ozzy-ai-avatar-cash-grab-2026 7cLFSG3TgRQnbUE89DsToV Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:22:53 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:01:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was strange to have all these boys adoring me, gazing at me almost in worship. It wasn’t me trying to be sexy – but just being myself”: Sonja Kristina’s highs and lows with prog groundbreakers Curved Air ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/sonja-kristina-curved-air 5DTguSoWQqCzcLawYgmeLf Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:56:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He thought that the band should be a democracy, and it was more like a brutal dictatorship": The tangled story of Dire Straits, the million-selling band who quit at the height of their fame ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/dire-straits-tangled-story mAnnz4jrBCHso4J3xb6We9 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "This old lady really freaked out and said: 'Turn the backing track down!'" How Jimi Hendrix recorded the song that established his otherworldly abilities ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jimi-hendrix-hey-joe y87UHfC7JsC9LvWRvXtLYT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:58:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A lot of modern rock has lost the fun factor – like, whatever happened to grandiosity?" Meet Brass Camel, your new favourite chaotic Canadian prog-funk melting pot rockers ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/brass-camel-album-interview DoptKyPucvXNJKTWtfriin Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:32:04 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:15:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Everyone has the right to be furious right now. And if that comes out in your music, I celebrate that." Why Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi are dancing and playing through the fury ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/tedeschi-trucks-band-interview-future-soul qPkHf5D4okTdYmgaCDAPs7 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:27:22 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:51:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ The fumble and the fill: Two moments of genius from Anika Nilles' emotional first show with Rush ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/moments-of-genius-anika-nilles-rush-kia-forum zPtaoYJh93Gebv3VykYwG7 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:05:13 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:59:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I told our producer, If Slash calls back, tell him I'm not there." Why Detroit rappers Insane Clown Posse blew off superfan Slash after getting him to play on their break-through album ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/why-insane-clown-posse-blew-off-superfan-slash xs7VwYAMwuwaCh8T4qcurb Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:38:50 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:43:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I tried it for a while, and I was like, ‘This is boring! This is exhausting!’”: OG black metal mask-wearer Mortiis never wanted to be anonymous like Ghost and Sleep Token ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/feature/mortiis-interview-sleep-token-ghost-2026 75xcDNqq77zUBgjmfmCw45 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:36:05 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:49:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is a redefining evolution of rhythm games”: Songs by Ghost, Babymetal, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more to appear in new title from company behind Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/ghost-babymetal-red-hot-chili-peppers-new-rhythm-game-stage-tour-2026 uAiXWitNxvV3TegSDpk2cP Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:33 +0000 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:31:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I'm releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality." Beastie Boys legend Mike D announces debut solo album Thank You ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/beastie-boy-mike-d-announces-debut-solo-album-thank-you mEHFnWvymYYkMjtZL8qF9j Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:27:42 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:33:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-june-8-2026 a6P6PKSr4Juj8avs8wm53n Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We miss him and we love him, also”: Watch Mastodon give new single Your Ghost Again its live debut and dedicate it to late guitarist Brent Hinds ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/mastodon-live-debut-your-ghost-again-single-2026 uTePTafedSjok5wccXVNEL Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:47:01 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Anthony Kiedis and Flea showed up wearing dildos." The night Jane's Addiction played a freaky private Halloween party for a debauched Hollywood legend ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/janes-addiction-freaky-hollywood-halloween-party LyEyWNn8XLoUvAntvC8Hf8 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:59:01 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:10:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Another band said they were going to shave all our hair off and beat us up”: Bring Me The Horizon cancelled a 2006 festival appearance for fear of being attacked ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon-cancelled-2006-festival-appearance-attack-fear M64BmuzzXpnCEgG4qqcefK Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:35:56 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:43:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It must be hard for him when people write, 'How could you leave Gwen, she’s so great'." Gwen Stefani wrote a whole album about her bandmate dumping her, and it made No Doubt huge ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/no-doubt-the-story-behind-tragic-kingdom bB3yH7XASAakrhEigsKxZB Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:15:39 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:25:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Some of my first TV interviews were explaining that the band was more to do with the heart than burning down a church." The rise, fall and demise of HIM - Finland's goth metal princes ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/if-id-been-in-a-band-like-maneskin-id-have-been-dead-within-six-months-breakdowns-bar-crawls-and-satanism-lite-the-rise-decline-and-much-anticipated-return-of-him fZGrfMKGupvpVFHhtGT7qH Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I could feel his heart through his chest and he passed away right there." Childhood tragedy, unlikely success and emotional reunions: Max Cavalera on how he reshaped metal with Sepultura and Soulfly ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/biographies/the-life-and-career-of-max-cavalera cnK86yQYTLUizzgEsDGLfa Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:52:08 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:33:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a beautiful scar on the metal world." How Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Korn and the rest took nu metal from hated subgenre to the biggest thing on Planet Earth ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-story-of-nu-metal-korn-limp-bizkit-and-more nnMbf3MQd6wmoTeLt8hQKG Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:30:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Fans say, ‘You were part of the band.’ I was never part of the band… I was an employee. And all things come to an end”: Chester Thompson’s career in and out of Genesis ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/chester-thopmson-genesis-employee xQ53pXY6akASBDqmEECgYD Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch 90 minutes of previously unreleased, high-quality, pro-shot footage from Marillion's Clutching At Straws tour ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/live-performances/marillion-lesyin-1987 Gt8KsyHL8TaPNJqWcQjkAb Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:20:40 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:18:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We think we played for eight hours. I can't say for sure, because everyone was tripping." The acid-fried story of Man, the Welsh jam band with its heart in San Francisco ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/man yTojFobDdzX6QfsSKQRom Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:15:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ We have liftoff! Watch Rush return to the stage in Los Angeles - includes full setlist ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-return-kia-forum-setlist Mr5F46ZEpAfSScpqKMRFmS Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:51:11 +0000 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:27:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He asked, ‘Will you guys ever tour again?’ We said, ‘We’re going out in 2026.’ The crowd laughed – then realised we weren’t kidding”: How Rush transformed from political pariahs to comeback kings ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/rush-1980s-to-2020s jDF2rZdhtGvHbhnGYgfqpe Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Avalon sits easily alongside ABC's Lexicon Of Love or Duran Duran's Rio." The album that consolidated Roxy Music's shift from weirdo art-rockers to gossamer smooth purveyors of sultry adult pop ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/roxy-music-avalon 8ydTYs3sYekmn84m5iCSEf Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:44:49 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:27:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I've got some ideas." Glen Matlock open to writing new Sex Pistols material with Frank Carter ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/ive-got-some-ideas-glen-matlock-open-to-writing-new-sex-pistols-material-with-frank-carter 58JjGZxttH2B5TnXq5ZSVn Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We said we’d only do it if it only came out in Japan. Then when we listened back, we thought, ‘Hang on, we’ve got something here’”: In 1972, Deep Purple were falling apart. And then they made the album that accidentally changed rock music ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/music/albums/deep-purple-made-in-japan-story-behind-the-live-album oG9mKQH2zBqjH5mFpzj3P8 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Certain people I knew from the scene wouldn’t speak to me after I got a hit. But it’s all music… I just had a great time”: Brian Auger warned Jimi Hendrix off drugs and learned what prog was from Keith Emerson ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/brian-auger-hendrix-emerson-prog 5dengtDubrzdoXBkcNLjTL Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar tone ripped my face off!” When Machine Head's Robb Flynn met Meshuggah ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/meshuggah-interview-robb-flynn wBoqxoNNMBvViVvaS4DoS Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They said a four-minute single containing lyrics about Jesus would never get played on pop radio”: The US singer loved by John Lennon and hated by right-wing Christian groups who wrote the last great hippie anthem – and then vanished into obscurity ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/they-said-a-four-minute-single-containing-lyrics-about-jesus-would-never-get-played-on-pop-radio-the-us-singer-loved-by-john-lennon-and-hated-by-right-wing-christian-groups-who-wrote-the-last-great-hippie-anthem-and-then-vanished-into-obscurity krx4DwsQAkW5JQLSohHDm Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:09:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the first time I smoked pot and saw a naked girl. The next day I bought a guitar and swore to do this for a living”: How cult AOR hotshot Paul Laine made the greatest Bon Jovi album Bon Jovi never made ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/interviews/paul-laine-stick-it-in-your-ear-album Qht499ioWj6JYDmjj67FRe Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:16:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A few others were singing about the underside of life, but we had the heaviness to hammer the subjects home.” The inside story of Black Sabbath’s stoned masterpiece Master Of Reality ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/features/black-sabbath-master-of-reality-story-behind-the-album uEaUW7BLBqqQErwKfcj5YG Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was still sending him music. He was saying, ‘That sounds great, but you should use it for your solo album.’ I thought, ‘OK, I’m getting the message’”: Richard Barbieri on the much-needed Porcupine Tree hiatus ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/richard-barbieri-porcupine-tree-hiatus HwxmDyqZg4rZz44Q6YLgbn Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The tours were getting longer and crazier, and the expectations around us were astronomical." How Powerslave cemented Iron Maiden as the biggest metal band on the planet in 1984 ]]> https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/the-tours-were-getting-longer-and-crazier-and-the-expectations-around-us-were-astronomical-how-powerslave-cemented-iron-maiden-as-the-biggest-metal-band-on-the-planet-in-1984 52DreEYuEcsYhy4rMkhY2d Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:00:00 +0000