Rock News 2025-10-15

• "We asked him if he wanted to wear a zombie mask and sweat onstage and he was like, 'Sure, let’s do it!'" Don't panic, but it looks like zombie metal is a thing (luckily, Dominum are really good at it)
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• "Fear is what motivates ignorant people to put words in my mouth": Carlos Santana refutes viral hoax claiming he opposed Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show
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• "I play these songs because my soul and heart are in there..." Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman will release a new live album in December
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• 14 Uplifting Covers of John Lennon's 'Imagine'
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• “I attended a Rush show and met this thing called merchandising! My work was everywhere – on jackets, T-shirts, tattoos, Neil’s drum heads…” Hugh Syme was shocked when his 2112 art exploded. But it’s not the piece that most resonates with him
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• “It was just a song that fitted the story. I didn’t choose the singer. Luck was on my side”: A science-fiction concept album has enjoyed nearly 50 years of popularity with help from a song written for a Lego advert
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• Watch unmasked Ghost frontman Tobias Forge perform with Swedish star Lars Winnerbäck
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• "A bond exists now and forevermore among Hard-Ons and their fans": Australian punk legends launch vinyl record containing their actual blood
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• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts drummer Thommy Price dead at 68
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• The Day John Denver Died
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• 16 of Rock's Coolest Female Drummers
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• "He had all the best qualities you’d want in somebody." Zakk Wylde speaks about Ozzy Osbourne for the first time since his death
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• “The funniest, most talented bloke. And he was trying so hard to stay on the right path.” Friends star Matthew Perry attended Alcoholics Anonymous at Ozzy Osbourne’s house
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• Glenn Hughes announces 2026 US tour
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• Watch Billie Joe Armstrong join Dua Lipa onstage in San Francisco to duet on a Green Day classic
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 13, 2025
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• Kiss' Gene Simmons Hospitalized After Crashing His Car
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• Jonathan Cain Will Leave Journey After One More Tour
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• Marillion/Tangerine Dream offshoot Bioscope cancel December tour plans
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• Are You Currently Planning to Marry Sheryl Crow? Read This First!
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• When Buddy Holly Opened for Bill Haley and Landed a Record Deal
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• “There was a small fish that was aggressively following me and poking me… it freaked me out”: the high-school scuba trip that inspired an all-time alt-rock anthem
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• Take a Deep Dive Into Iron Maiden's New 'Infinite Dreams' Book
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• Anika Nilles Is Excited About ‘Incredible New Journey’ With Rush
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• 10 Things We Learned From Ozzy Osbourne's New 'Last Rites' Book
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• "When they heard it, everybody's eyebrows raised - and of course it changed everything": How divine inspiration and a last-minute song propelled a band to the brink of stardom
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• “Before we had a chance to stop, four officers jumped me. One tried to break my arm, the other put a choke hold on my neck”: With one music video, this rap metal band almost brought the financial heart of America to its knees
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• Top 5 '80s Hard Rock Guitar Duos
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• Here's What Sammy Hagar Thinks of Van Halen's Roth Era Today
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• Mayor of Belgian municipality reportedly cancels Disturbed show over singer David Draiman's stance on Gaza conflict
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• “I left my car with all the instruments in but I’d left the handbrake off and it rolled onto the motorway”: the tearaway Britpop teenagers whose knack of getting into trouble had Steven Spielberg on the phone wanting to make a TV show with them
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• “I’d been living in a dark room, drinking and taking drugs, and I was done with music. My heart was too broken to think about it”: This frontman overcame death and the loss of his band to make one of the 90s’ essential metal songs
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• Frank Zappa's 1978 Halloween Concert Box Set Details Revealed
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• Chrissie Hynde & Pals, 'Duets Special': Review
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• Lou Gramm Is Finally Planning to Retire
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• Top 10 John Lodge Songs
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• “It feels like going back in time to relive our history”: No Doubt announce Las Vegas shows for 2026
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• "Lady Gaga passes this bottle of Jameson to me, and I just tip the whole bottle over my face. That was a formative moment." Wargasm's Milkie Way makes us a playlist and takes us inside her world of Sabbath, Gaga, Bowie and more
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• Vote for Rock's Spookiest Song: Only the 'Evil Eight' Remain!
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• Debate: What’s the best live prog album of all time?
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• “We thought it would be hard to replace her, so we didn’t. There had always been changes and this was a big one, but our attitude was to soldier on”: The prog pioneers who evaded disaster and reinvented themselves in 1970
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• The Legacy of Rock's Most Hated Records
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after Lostprophets singer and convicted paedophile Ian Watkins killed in prison
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• “It’s light-hearted, sexually ambiguous – I love it!” Justin Hawkins chooses the 10 best Queen songs you might have missed
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• Disturbed say they want their music to “heal” people after their singer signed a bomb and caused their Belgium gig to be cancelled
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• "The guys from the record company were jumping up and down and screaming": The beer-soaked, chart-topping anthem that saved a career and became an all-time classic
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• Watch Foreigner Play Emotional Final Show With Kelly Hansen
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• “M***********, you stole my guitar sound!”: the classic Nirvana song that another major 90s artist says ripped him off
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• Tattoo designer says Sleep Token's record label had her Instagram shut down over alleged copyright infringement
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• Watch video for new Rob Zombie single Punks and Demons taken from upcoming album The Great Satan
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• The Hilariously Bad First Concerts of Rock's Biggest Bands
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• How Oasis Captured the World: Photo Gallery
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• "I split my forehead open. He said, 'Can you squeeze it and make it bleed some more? It looks great on the telly.'" Crazed fans, blood, burnout and mummies: the story of Iron Maiden's epic World Slavery tour
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• “One of my favourite things about Robert Smith is his ability to really convey the sadness”: the eight best Robert Smith guest spots
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• Moody Blues bassist and vocalist John Lodge dead at 82
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• Caligula's Horse share previously unreleased cover of The Beatles' Across The Universe as they announce Bloom tenth anniversary release
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• Metal’s hardest-working band just played the biggest show of their lives – naturally, they pulled out all the stops
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• Rush Adds 11 More Shows to Surprise Comeback Tour
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• Sammy Hagar Rocks With Belinda Carlisle + More at Birthday Bash
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• 35 Years Ago: Dave Grohl Plays His First Show With Nirvana
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• “Robert Fripp is a really diddly-diddly man, all the riff stuff, and that works to an extent. But you need to put that in a context to make it accessible”: The secret to making King Crimson work by Peter Giles, the bassist who helped make it happen
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• PHOTOS: Life in Small-Town America During the '70s
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• How Bryan Adams Almost Gave Away One of His Biggest Songs
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• Chicago Extends Incredible Run With First Confirmed 2026 Dates
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• “If you see him live, it’s insane! He’s just ripping his heart out in front of you”: King Crimson’s Jakko Jakszyk on his favourite prog vocalist – also loved by David Bowie, Johnny Rotten and the guy who did The Sooty Show
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• Slash on Long-Awaited New Guns N' Roses Album: 'It's Coming'
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• Watch unmasked Slipknot in soundcheck ahead of year 2000 show in South Dakota
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Potential Rock Reunions?
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• Bernie Leadon, 'Too Late to Be Cool': Album Review
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• Eagles Extend Show Schedule With New 2026 Concert Dates
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• Win Ozzy Osbourne's New 'Last Rites' Book
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• Yes guitarist Steve Howe to release limited edition vinyl 10 inch EP of Bob Dylan covers
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• Moody Blues' John Lodge Dies 'Suddenly and Unexpectedly'
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• “It’s heraldic. It’s funny. It’s virtuoso and also really stupid! I wouldn’t change a note”: Simple ideas and happy accidents propelled a Dutch band’s second album to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.
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• Thommy Price, Drummer for Joan Jett and More, Dead at 68
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• "It changed everything. After that it was never the same. I had to adjust my life": The story of the career-defining song with a lyric scribbled on a takeaway bag while stoned
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• The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
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• “We had to pay the families of Charles Manson’s victims royalties from the song. And we’ve been doing that ever since”: With the inadvertent help of a notorious cult leader, one band became the kings of 90s goth metal
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• "I turned a hockey stick into a scythe": Introducing Castle Rat, your new favourite medieval-themed doom-rocking New Yorkers
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• Jorma Kaukonen Celebrates 85 With Special Concert Series
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• "A significant song of hope!" In 2010, with Yes forging on without him, Jon Anderson teamed up with old pal Rick Wakeman for The Living Tree album
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• "More relatable than Mötley Crüe or Ratt and hipper than Foreigner or Journey": Night Ranger's place in rock history settled by first album Dawn Patrol
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• How big a Ghost fan are you? Take our devilishly hard Ghost quiz to find out!
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• Ex-Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dead at 48 following prison attack
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• Watch Gene Simmons officiate at 2025's most rock'n'roll wedding
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