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“Ozzy knew that I was Randy’s favorite guitar player. The only way I could think of getting out of the gig was by making outrageous demands”: Why Michael Schenker turned down the opportunity of a lifetime with Ozzy Osbourne after Randy Rhoads died

The German virtuoso once received a call in the middle of the night from Osbourne asking him to join the band – but Schenker wasn't sold on the opportunity

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"What most people only think of or whisper in private, Kevin would scream at the top of his lungs. That kind of honesty is rare, and it comes with a price": the chaotic story of Kevin DuBrow and Quiet Riot

Six years after their debut album, Quiet Riot became an overnight success with Metal Health, the first 'heavy metal' album to top the US charts

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"Ozzy called asking me to help him out because Randy Rhoads had died. I asked for a private jet so he’d turn me down": Michael Schenker on UFO, Scorpions, and snubbing The Rolling Stones, Ozzy and Thin Lizzy

"I've had slaps in the face, but I'm still here, still growing and still learning": an epic Michael Schenker interview

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Former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer, James Kottak dies aged 61

The often-outspoken drummer became the first American to join the Schenker brothers’ band

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James Kottak, former Scorpions and Kingdom Come drummer, dead at 61

"James was a wonderful human being, a great musician and loving family man" - the Scorpions

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14 peace anthems and the stories behind them

From pleas for equality to anti-war sentiments and social commentary, we look at some of the greatest peace songs of all time

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Kill Team: Salvation review: "A breeding ground for memorable moments"

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Arizona state championship features 19 ejections, near-30-point comeback, and controversial call

After 19 ejections, a near 29-point comeback, and a holding call on a two-point conversion attempt, Higley High School held the Arizona state championship trophy.

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“We didn’t have another band to point to and say, well, Sabbath is using it or the Scorpions are using it. James had the foresight to say, ‘Let’s try it. Maybe we’re the people to embrace it’”: James Hetfield’s tech shows you his 72 Seasons live rig

Chad Zaemisch has been the Metallica leader’s right-hand man for 20 years. He discusses the metal titans’ amp modeling sea change, why his boss “chickened out” with his new 72 Seasons ESP Vulture, and what happens when things go very, very wrong onstage…

Guitar World

Las Vegas Strip brings back superstar metal band for residency

Iconic metal rock band returns to the Las Vegas Strip for a new residency.

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"In Scorpions days I sometimes ran out of frets because I wanted to play higher": Uli Jon Roth on his iconic guitars, onstage danger, and reconnecting with an old friend

Former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth is about to embark on a UK tour: expect plenty of improvisation and some onstage danger

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"There's kids in our T-shirts, flying our banners, and they know every word": The Dust Coda are ready to take on the world, and they love it

Taking cues from the big rock of the 60s, 70s and 80s (with a particular nod to GN’R), The Dust Coda are hoping third album Loco Paradise will excite you listening to it as much as it excited them making it

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"Van Halen could do nothing, night after night, to stem the charge of this Godzilla": How 1988's Monsters Of Rock tour was the making of Metallica

In 1988 Metallica released ...And Justice For All. Then they went out on the road to claim the throne of modern metal

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"On every stage, we played for our lives": The Scorpions look back on 50 years of rock'n'roll

In 2012 the Scorpions announced their retirement, and a decade later they’re still with us. We caught up with the band to celebrate their extraordinary career and ask them: why?

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How secretly embracing English glam rockers The Sweet put Scorpions on the launch pad to global stardom

In 1975 Scorpions released a German language version of Sweet's Fox On The Run under a different band name: it played a little-known but vitally important part in their rise

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10 classic metal albums with horribly ugly cover art

These masterpieces by Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are much easier on the ears than they are on the eyes

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Dee Snider takes aim at Kiss, Ozzy and Scorpions over retirement plans: “I see people singing Crazy Nights and they’re not so crazy any more”

Former Twisted Sister singer Dee Singer has something to say about Kiss, Ozzy and Scorpions and their respective retirements

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A royal birth: the real story of Queen's first album - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Tina Turner, Star Fleet Project, Scorpions, Billy Gibbons, Geezer Butler, Drive-By Truckers, Vintage Trouble, The Alarm, Luke Morley, Buckcherry and more

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Video shows Mexican cartel with a working AT4 rocket launcher? Here’s what we know

A video widely shared on social media in late May shows a man, wearing a bulletproof vest marked with the logo of a Mexican cartel, carrying a weapon that looks like an AT4 anti-tank rocket launcher. The Russian ambassador to Mexico joined in the debate about the video on Twitter,…

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Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever

The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)

Daily Mirror

Police capture two more Mexican cartel members over kidnapping of four Americans

Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed

ABC News

Outback Rugby League returns to remote NSW communities

After a near-death last year and months of hard work behind the scenes, the Wilcannia Boomerangs and Menindee Yabbies have rejoined a four-team competition.

The Independent UK

Mexico arrests 2 more in March kidnap, killing of Americans

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have arrested two more men in the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans and the killing of two of them

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The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever

Forensically examining a cursed selection of artwork which are heinous crimes against the eye

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Gibson’s new 80s Flying V and Explorer models party like it’s 1984 with ebony finishes and high output humbuckers

Fat tones in a black suit are the order of the day as the firm casts its gaze back to an era of angular designs and heavy tone

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