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James McMahon obituary

Other lives: Music journalist who was full of enthusiasm for new bands, wrote for the NME and edited Kerrang!

The Guardian - UK

"I don't only shoot famous people, but it's fun working with cranky old rock stars": Photographer Scarlet Page on her portraits of Lemmy, David Bowie, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and more

Scarlet Page has shot portraits of some of our greatest rock stars, and she's got stories about all of them

Louder

"Our decision-making process has completely failed." The Battle Of Los Angeles at 25: how Rage Against The Machine just about kept it together to create one final masterpiece before imploding

The wheels were already beginning to come off Rage Against The Machine by 1998. Luckily, they managed to get into the studio together and prove they had one last statement to give the world

Metal Hammer

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"I was freaking out and bawling in the studio." Korn's classic debut album at 30: the weirdness, the trauma and the birth of nu metal

On October 11 1994, five misfits from Bakersfield, California would release an album that would change metal forever

Metal Hammer

“When somebody first called me a rock star it was like a dream come true. And my ego reflected that.” An audience with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor after “self-destruction” forced him to confront some ugly, painful home truths

The success of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral album made Trent Reznor lose his mind. But as a new millennium dawned, he found a way out of the abyss

Metal Hammer

“The sounds of the records are kind of bad, right? But you could record it in a tin can and still feel the power of his guitar playing”: St. Vincent explains why Jimi Hendrix’s playing is fire, even if she doesn’t love the sound of his albums

During a deep dive into the songs that changed her life, St. Vincent also named a John Mayer track as “the worst song ever written”

Guitar World

“Steve Vai… I listen and I think, ‘How does he do that? That’s crazy!’”: Jacob Collier says what Steve Vai taught him on guitar was much bigger than technique

It's not just Vai's chops and musical vocabulary that are unearthly, his wisdom too comes from a higher cosmic plane...

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“It’s loud, it’s obnoxious, it’s brainless, and It’s definitely not music for wimps.” When The Pogues' Shane MacGowan reviewed singles by Deep Purple, The Smiths, Robert Fripp, Dire Straits, Nico and more

Shane MacGowan didn't hold back when asked to review the music of his peers

Louder

“We always try to go for it, always try to have that relentless ride." Dream Theater and the making of Black Clouds & Silver Linings

In 2009 we sat down with Mike Portnoy to discuss Dream Theater's tenth album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, little realising it would be his last with the band for 15 years!

Louder

TV channels once championed music. Why have they given up so completely?

Channel 4 has axed music video channels like The Box and Kerrang! amid falling revenues. They were once vibrant and full of discoveries – and there’s very little to replace them

The Guardian - UK

“I wondered if she would fit in, because I knew her as more of a metal guitarist… She just felt like a real breath of fresh air”: Billy Corgan reveals how many guitarists the Smashing Pumpkins auditioned in person – and how they knew Kiki Wong was the one

The band have also finished a guitar record that will make “the old-school fans happy”

Guitar World

Iconic Noughties station Kerrang to close as part of Channel 4 cuts

Fans mourn ‘end of an era’ after the station, which launched in 2001, was announced as a victim of Channel 4’s ongoing budget cuts

The Independent UK

Nightwish’s Tuomas Holopainen says upcoming single Perfume Of The Timeless is “eight-and-a-half minutes long”: “The chorus comes in at 3:30”

The keyboardist has also talked about the touring hiatus the symphonic metal outfit will take after September’s Yesterwynde album

Metal Hammer

The angst, the sensitivity… and the songs: how gen Z got hooked on Nirvana

For a new generation of musicians, the grunge band and their frontman Kurt Cobain have provided a blueprint for a more inclusive style of stardom

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New vocalists lasted five minutes and founder members quit amid the chaos: 1984 was an awful year for Black Sabbath, and by its end they were almost obliterated

Molotov cocktails and member mayhem: The chaotic story of Black Sabbabth's worst year

Metal Hammer

"You're going to Hell for this!": That time I sent deathpunks Turbonegro to play Santa at an old folk's home, and the terrified residents thought World War III had started

It seemed like a good idea at the time

Metal Hammer

"I don't think I'd have enjoyed a stay in a South American prison": Therapy?'s Andy Cairns has learned some important lessons from three decades in rock

You don't spend a lifetime in the music business without learning a lesson or two: here's what rock 'n' roll has taught Therapy? frontman Andy Cairns

Louder

"I’m gonna kill you, Tin Man!": The story behind Axl Rose getting into a fight with David Bowie after the 'Devil from Bromley' tried to steal Axl's girlfriend

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

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Wales Online

Two Welsh bands picked by the Foo Fighters to open their UK shows

CHROMA and Himalayas will be performing in Manchester and Cardiff respectively

Metal Hammer

"We had to die" - A history of The Grunge Wars, told by those who were there

Three decades ago, GN’R’s Use Your Illusion and Nirvana’s Nevermind were released just two weeks apart, setting two musical cultures against each other. We asked combatants from both sides: who won the war?

Metal Hammer

Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil reveals his initial aim for grindcore side project Empire State Bastard: "No melodies, just f***ing mayhem"

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil opens up on the thinking behind Empire State Bastard

The Guardian - UK

Mass brawls and possessed guitar pedals: the high-speed hijinks of British thrash metal

Unlike their American peers, British thrash metallers never hit the big time – but over 30 years on, their scene is thriving

Metal Hammer

Soulfly at 25: how Max Cavalera assembled the metal avengers to save himself from grief, depression and addiction

After leaving Sepultura following the death of his stepson, Max Cavalera was at his lowest ebb. Then he got an idea for something new

Metal Hammer

Metallica's Kirk Hammett says James Hetfield is "doing everyone a huge service" on new album 72 Seasons by addressing subjects "no-one will touch"

James Hetfield is "putting his neck out there and showing himself to that world" on Metallica's new album, says bandmate Kirk Hammett

Louder

Kerrang! Living Loud: an essential insider account of how 'The Rock Bible' shaped the global rock landscape

Nick Ruskell's Kerrang! Living Loud: Four Decades On The Frontline Of Rock, Metal, Punk and Alternative Music is an eye-opening account of the magazine's storied history, featuring tributes from Metallica, Guns N' Roses and more

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