Rock News 2025-08-15

• "I was like, This is heaven." Hayley Williams reveals the first song she ever wrote with Paramore, and the first song that made her cry as an emo teenager
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• "My plan was always to keep the organisation together, but the challenges are just overwhelming": REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin admits it's harder to sell tickets under his own name
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• John Bush not sure that timing is right but looking forward to doing shows playing Anthrax songs
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• In/Vertigo launch video for new single “Weathervane” from latest EP ‘Prevail’
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• “The telegram read, ‘You’ve got to come back – your record is in the Top 20.’ I thought, ‘What Top 20?’ We couldn’t understand”: Why Peter Baumann thought Tangerine Dream were weird...
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• Five amazing 90s bands who should have been massive but never made it
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• Glass Hammer's Steve Babb reveals he's undergone successful surgery to remove a benign brain tumour
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• John Nymann doesn’t think Y&T album will happen until Dave Meniketti finds place to live in Europe
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• Did we just see Mastodon play their best ever festival show? Yes, yes we did
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• "Everyone in the band at some point tried to quit during that first album": The soundtrack of Adam Duritz's life
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• Andi Deris feels that he and Michael Weikath helped managed to save a hit battered battleship from sinking
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• "A five-piece Genesis was never going to last, there were too many writing ideas": When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story
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• Glenn Hughes shares visualizer video for new single “Into The Fade” from upcoming album ‘Chosen’
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• "There’s a lot of money in music, it’s creating billionaires. But it doesn't pay fairly." The Black Keys on the "insane racket" that is the music industry in 2025
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• Bruce Dickinson reveals 2027 solo album plans, says Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris loves it: “He told me, ‘That’s the best stuff you've ever done!’”
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• “Holds its own against its more famous predecessor – a worthy reminder of Jon Hiseman’s considerable talents”: Colosseum’s Live 05
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• "Suddenly this rock'n'roll fantasy was a nightmare. It was your worst dream from Hell": The forgotten story of a true American band, Grand Funk Railroad
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• "One of the best metal albums of 2025 so far - extreme or otherwise." Blackbraid's mash-up of black metal brilliance and Native American spirit gets even better on album three
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• "The fallout was much bigger than anything we could ever have foreseen": Dire Straits and the adventure of Brothers In Arms
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• One week left for Kickstarter campaign for Rocked Magazine co-created by photographer Mark Weiss
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• "It’s music for those who’ve been to the edge and came back louder." Panamanian alt. rockers AlphaWhores talk us through their new album, You Can Come Out Now, track-by-track
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• Filmmaker Marty DiBergi is hosting a live Q&A with Spinal Tap legends David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls ahead of the release of his new documentary Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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• Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland reunite for new album
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• M.I.C. launch YouTube video for new single “Stay Away With Me” featuring clips from movie ‘The Substance’
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• Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale opens up about breaking up with alcohol: “I was looking for an escape in all the wrong places”
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• Megadeth announce their next studio album will be their last + to embark on global farewell tour
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• We asked this metal vocalist what Meat Loaf wouldn’t have done for love, and it turns out he actually knows the answer
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• Militarie Gun announce new album God Save the Gun, share first single B A D I D E A
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• "There is a playful aspect to death." Depeche Mode concert film, M, to screen in cinemas worldwide in October
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• R.I.P. Kick Axe guitarist Larry Gillstrom (1955-2025)
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• "I apologise for that. I actually deeply regret that now": Warrior Solo on past mistakes, future plans and the big problem with hotels
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• “Yes showed you could write rocky prog, but UK took that further. They made complex music sound so easy, which makes me very envious”: Whitesnake ex Adrian Vandenberg’s prog inspirations
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• "I wish I'd took some mushrooms." Bill Burr on how teaming up with Primus and Tool members helps his stand-up
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• Lionsault share new track “Voodoo Killer”
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• "What I am really impressed by is this living, new world of whatever this music is": Robert Plant introduces new Saving Grace single
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• Mädhouse drop video for their new single “Get A Grip”
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• Vinnie Vincent scheduled to make rare public appearance at Chiller Theatre Expo on October 24th & 25th
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• What Ozzy Osbourne thought of Taylor Swift: "I finally found a new artist that is a true superstar."
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• "I talked one of the guys into doing magic mushrooms and he spent the whole night talking to the wallpaper." Dani Filth shares his life lessons from 30+ years on extreme metal's frontlines
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• Bioscope announce in store Q+A and signing sessions for August
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• "This is a perfect time for us to tell you that it's our last album." Megadeth to retire, announce final album and farewell tour to come in 2026
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• “No other heavy rock band has done this”: Robert Trujillo weighs in on Metallica’s potential residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere
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• Three young girls with an average age of 14 have just showed me that the future of heavy metal is in safe hands
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• How to watch Reading & Leeds 2025: Limp Bizkit, Bring Me The Horizon and more set for next week's festival
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• Chrissie Hynde announces duets album with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan and more
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• "Nine Inch Nails made me quit my day job." Zeal & Ardor's Manuel Gagneux picks the 10 songs that changed his life
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• Debate: Who are the 'big four' of classic rock?
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• “Going by any reasonable judgement system, I’d have to admit to being mad. I spot the unusual and head towards it. I never know if I’ll be enlightened or burnt – that’s part of the fun”: The crazy world of Arthur Brown is truly crazy
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• Debate: which is the coolest Iron Maiden Eddie ever?
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• "My whole life I've felt like an outsider": Connor Selby on turning negatives into positives
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• "Have a Rotten Christmas and New Year". Public Image Limited announce December/January UK shows
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• “To make up for lost time, we thought it would be cool to do something extra special." Alter Bridge are hosting their own music festival - and it's happening at a castle in Wales
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• Roadkill unveil video for new single “Born To Be King” from forthcoming album ‘This Way To Hell’
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• You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
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• “There’s a magical feel… if the bleakness of the world outside is too much, hole up here and shut it all out”: Nightwish offshoot Auri return with III – Candles & Beginnings
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• Fury unleash video for new track “Don’t Lie To Me” from upcoming album ‘Interceptor’
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• Thrash legends Anthrax join 2026's stacked 70000Tons Of Metal cruise bill, as the on-sale date for tickets for next year's voyage is revealed
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• I took my mum to one of Europe’s heaviest metal festivals, and her reviews of the bands are glorious
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• "They're larger-than-life action heroes extolling the virtues of guilt-free sex in the most OTT way." Heavy metal nuns Dogma just took over London's Black Heart - are they the scene's next breakout band?
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• Rocket's brilliant debut at the UK's most vibrant breeding ground for new bands is proof that the young Los Angeles quartet are set to go supersonic
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• Kiss react to inclusion in first Kennedy Center Honors announcement since controversial Trump takeover
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• Dirkschneider & The Old Gang drop video for new single “Dead Man’s Hand”
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• "We're working on a song that needs Dani Filth." Employed To Serve's Justine Jones and Sammy Urwin on their Will Ramos collab, future guests and whether they'll tour the US
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• "His persona of this bat-eating maniac had nothing to do with the truth at all." Deep Purple's Ian Paice on the Ozzy Osbourne he knew, and Ozzy's idea for the greatest rock tour of all time
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