Rock News 2025-12-29

• "This one song is worth more than most entire albums. Consider yourself lucky": Vinnie Vincent defends $200 price tag on new CD single
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• Ian Gillan Didn’t Know of His ‘Stranger Things’ Soundtrack Spot
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• "It changed everything. I had to adjust my life": The story of the career-defining song that began with a lyric scribbled on a takeaway bag –and a riff written by someone else
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• The 10 best alt-metal and nu metal albums of 2025
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• “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
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• "I interrupted the passage of this chalice to the great one!" The night that The Police's Stewart Copeland "mortally embarrassed" himself in front of a Beatles legend
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• Five Classic Rock Acts We'd Love to See Do an Eras Tour
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• Peter Gabriel 'Delighted' About 'Marty Supreme' Feature
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• “We came on after the bingo but before the stripper. It freaked me out when this woman walked past us naked… it was enough to put you off sex for ever”: Jon Anderson before, during and after Yes
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• Revisiting When Brian Wilson 'Quit' the Beach Boys
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• Classic TV Shows With Only One Surviving Cast Member
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• What to Expect From the Scorpions' 2026 Tour
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• "They're doing anything to try to destroy me": Graham Bonnet slams former bandmates over accusations of lip-synching
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• “If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
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• “I became obsessed with doing the perfect album. I even had them working on Christmas Day!” Producer was perfect for Marillion the first time, a disaster the second time – and didn’t get a third time
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• “I was on a mission to move away from the rave scene.” The story of The Prodigy's era-defining electro-punk classic inspired by Foo Fighters, Rage Against The Machine and The Breeders
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• “The stupidest thing I could have done was put myself out as much as I did. I’ll never make that mistake again”: Inspired by astrology and personal tragedy, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan wrote his most personal song. He came to regret it
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• “He’d never touched an instrument in his life. I gave him the cello and he made a sound. That was a moment – music is something to be part of, not just consumed”: Jo Quail’s music education was free. She believes yours should be too
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• "I’m still grieving the loss of him. I can’t really accept it because, like a lot of people, I don’t want to think about him not being here." Judas Priest legend Rob Halford on his love for Ozzy Osbourne, touring with Alice Cooper and what comes next
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• The 50 best metal songs of 2025
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• See the First Ever Music Video for Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were'
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• Bill Nelson's Orchestra Futura share trailer video for new live release
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• Original Jethro Tull Guitarist Mick Abrahams Dead at 82
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• “I refused to believe the negative things he said because I couldn’t lose hope. But everything he said came to pass”: Terry Bozzio asked a question when he joined Frank Zappa. He asked the same question when he left
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• Best vinyl records of 2025: The rock, metal, prog and alternative albums you need in your collection
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• Black Crowes Set 2026 Headlining Dates Before Guns N' Roses Tour
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• Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025
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• "The most important and influential British female singer-writer-musician ever": Nine Kate Bush albums you should definitely hear, and one to avoid
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• Which Classic Rock Acts Played The Most Concerts in 2025?
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• Zak Starkey ‘Still Confused’ Over Double Dismissal From the Who
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• Nazareth Announces New Singer Ahead of Busy Touring Year
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• Megadeth's Dave Mustaine reveals he's suffering from hand condition that makes it "really painful to play"
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• “That was the one time Kiss succumbed to the critics. We wanted a critical success. And we lost our minds”: This sci-fi concept album was Kiss’s attempt to match The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Instead it became their most epic fail
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• "The world has lost someone incredibly special." Kate Bush pays tribute to friend lost in Devon swimming tragedy
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd Has 'About 30 Songs' Written With Gary Rossington
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• 40 Classic Rock and Metal Albums Turning 40 in 2026
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• “I’m fascinated to know what people think!” Brian May gifts Queen fans never-before-heard "work in progress" version of Christmas song Not For Sale (Polar Bear)
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• What to Expect From Steve Hackett's Upcoming World Tour
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• The 10 best death metal albums of 2025
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• "I’m still confused." Zak Starkey still doesn't know why he was fired – then rehired and fired again – from The Who
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• “I didn’t expect him to get busted in that bathroom. But his misfortune actually helped us. We couldn’t have asked for more of a buzz!”: How an unexpected arrest accidentally gave Limp Bizkit their big break
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• “What came out of a tragedy gave birth to something that was hugely positive in my life.” How the legendary Chris Cornell channelled his grief over a dear friend's death into making one of the 90s' most underrated classics
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• "One bloke was on Antiques Roadshow saying he was our first drummer. Absolute rubbish!" Steve Harris sets the record straight about Christmas Day, Paul Di'Anno and Iron Maiden's early years
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• "The first time I heard his voice it was like, ‘Does this guy smoke 40 cigarettes at once?!’" Metallica, Judas Priest, Halestorm, Body Count members and more pick the ultimate Motorhead playlist
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• The 10 best metalcore albums of 2025
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• Classic Rock Christmas Playlist: 42 Songs to Make the Season Loud
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• What to Expect From Styx's Second Rockin' In Paradise in 2026
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• Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025
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• Vinnie Vincent to Critics of His Song Prices: 'Grow the F--- Up'
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• The Day Joe Strummer Died
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• “I’d have to stop, gather myself, get through two lines, start crying, leave the room, come back in”: When Linkin Park exposed a different side of themselves with Breaking The Habit
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• The 10 best black metal albums of 2025
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• “It’s about trying to get into the middle of life – not the extreme left or right. It had to do with drinking”: Written in a church, inspired by excess and disliked by their guitarist, this dark Scorpions classic is still one of their strangest songs
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• “One day Ronnie came in and said he was leaving. I went: ‘Yeah, right.’ He said: ‘No, I really am. Plus I’m running off with my best friend’s wife’”: These 70s icons were rock’s ultimate party band – and gave the world Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood
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• Vote for Rock's Best Christmas Song: UCR's Holiday Bracket
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• Top 12 Classic Rock Christmas Albums
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• Rock Christmas Songs Bracket Round 2: Only the Elite Eight Remain
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• Rock's Best Christmas Song Bracket Finals: Lennon vs. Bowie
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• The Best 50 Rock Songs of 2025
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• “Lemmy was very forceful and pushy because he took a lot of speed. He got the job because he elbowed everybody else out the way!” How Hawkwind made Silver Machine, and gained the respect of Dave Brock’s bank manager
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• Got a new turntable? Here are 9 essentials that'll make your listening and collecting journey more enjoyable
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• Don Dokken Blames Himself for 'Disaster' Dokken Reunion
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• “There is absolutely nothing you can do with a broken soul. He sank into an abyss that he wasn’t able to dig his way out from”: He played with Traffic, Hendrix and Free. But this doomed musician has been all but forgotten today
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• StubHub sorry for "confusion" over Christian Christmas concert promoted with a picture of metal giants Lamb of God
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• "The drums were recorded on a massive concrete staircase in an old Victorian brewery": Out of step with Britpop, one of the Levellers' biggest hits was inspired by Led Zeppelin
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• The 15 Best Hard Rock and Metal Albums of 2025
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• Megadeth Release New Video for 'Let There Be Shred'
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• How Musicians Embraced, Rejected and Utilized the Early Internet
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• Rock’s Biggest Christmas Haters: Ozzy Osbourne and Noel Gallagher
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• The Cure's Perry Bamonte Dead at 65
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• “The publisher told us to forget it. But I didn’t give up so easily – I got his home number and called him”: How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk
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• Peter Criss Was Selling Downloads of His New Album for $1,000
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• “It was me digging in and lightening up. Cheap Trick’s In Color was a big touchstone for that record”: His first band inspired Nirvana but sold no records. His next band finally gave him the success he deserved
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• Ozzy’s retirement, belly dancers, and whales flying around an arena: the best metal concerts of 2025, as picked by Metal Hammer’s writers
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• On This Day in 1955: Carl Perkins Records 'Blue Suede Shoes'
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• “There was a picture of me in a ‘wanted’ sign on the stage screen. It was a red rag to a bull”: Pagan band harnessed a fake feud, kickboxing and a Cornish faery, and it all ran out of control
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• The Cure’s Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: “He was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story”
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• “We weren’t scared of grunge. We would see Dave Grohl wearing Sepultura t-shirts”: It was built on death metal – until three iconic bands helped turn this underground record company into the most influential metal label of the 90s
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• Oasis Sold More Tour Tickets in 2025 Than Beyonce
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• Vinnie Vincent's New Single Can Be Yours for $225
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• "It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America
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• “Without small venues, there is no starting line for musicians. It’s crucial to keep these places alive”: I’m a metal musician who tours the world, and this is why I refuse to let my local venue die
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• Chicago's NSFW Response When Jimi Hendrix Invited Them on Tour
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• Oasis sold more tickets in 2025 than Beyonce
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• "He was given 24 hours to live. It all came crumbling down in one day": The astonishing story of Slade: glamour, tragedy and beyond
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