Rock News 2026-04-04

• Meet Alice Cooper's New Guitarist
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• Veteran R&B, Funk and Rock Drummer James Gadson Dead at 86
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• Win an Aerosmith 'Aerosmith' Deluxe Vinyl Box Set
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of New Jersey Rock Bands?
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• Watch Rush Make Their 2026 Live Debut at the Juno Awards
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• U2 Releases New 'Easter Lily' EP
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• Yes Postpones Fragile UK Tour So Steve Howe Can Undergo Surgery
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• "We're exploring the similarities between recycling and horror. For example, zombies are recycled flesh and bones." Sweden has a new face in the war against household waste: heavy metal monster band Lordi
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• Masked-up Canadian math rockers Angine de Poitrine announce new EU and UK tour for October
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• "Our goal is to be the biggest heavy metal band in the world." Tailgunner want to be the new Iron Maiden. Or the new Metallica. Or the new Judas Priest. And KK Downing is convinced
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• Listen to Jack White's Two New Singles
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• "I lost it. I was just screaming and swinging at people. I’m not proud of it." How Red Hot Chili Peppers made By The Way, in their own words
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• James Lollar, the mastermind behind dark synthwave trailblazers GosT, dead at 46
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• "When I started playing guitar at 14 I was watching Alice Cooper live shows on YouTube, dreaming of joining one day!" Alice Cooper announces new guitarist Anna Cara
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• "If you’re trying to have followers and make them think like you do, you’re just building a cult." How Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer explore comedy and tragedy
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• "When you live in Mexico there is always this thought in the back of your head that you are not safe. You’re always alert."Meet the band bringing true heavy metal back to Mexico - while trying to escape it
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• Guns N' Roses' Massive Reunion by the Numbers
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• Bruce Springsteen 'Jeopardy!' Questions: How Many Can You Answer?
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• Neal Schon Is Over Journey Drama: 'I Just Want Some F—ing Peace'
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• "I kind of did that on purpose, because there's just so much fake AI stuff going on." Journey's Jonathan Cain admits to deliberately misleading fans over Steve Perry return
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• Bonnie Raitt Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• “David Coverdale believed those things were alright to say. Jon Lord and I would see something he’d said and wrinkle our noses”: How a controversial album cover and cheeky T-shirts helped turn two ex-Deep Purple members into stars all over again
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• Fleetwood Mac star Lindsey Buckingham attacked in Santa Monica
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• Lindsey Buckingham Attacked by Alleged Stalking Suspect
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• Crowdfunding campaign launched to support the family of late GosT mastermind James Lollar
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• Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Plini, Chimpan A, William Gilmour & John McGuigan, Playgrounded and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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• "I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend
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• Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory
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• "I was so terrified to go out I stayed in my room for a week." Rare 1974 talkshow footage starring Ozzy Osborne, Jon Lord and Ian Hunter appears online
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• Exploring 50 Songs That Celebrate the Moon
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• Can You Answer These 50 Bob Dylan 'Jeopardy!' Questions?
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• Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert facing charge of attempted murder of Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates' 79-year-old father
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• If you think Bruce Springsteen should shut up about politics and just play his songs, you obviously have no idea what Bruce Springsteen has been singing about for the past 50 years
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Irish Rock Bands
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• “I freely admit to doing disgraceful things in the past. What I did to certain band members was appalling. I hope that’s all behind me”: When Robert John Godfrey rebooted The Enid
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• “There’s a man trapped inside my cat!” – genre-smashing star Poppy is on the cover of the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive new interview
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• “I wake up in the middle of the night thinking, ‘What if we hadn’t gone with him?’ I can’t see how it would have worked”: If Big Big Train hadn’t met Alberto Bravin, they wouldn’t have been on tour to discover the inspiration for Woodcut
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• "I could feel his heart through his chest and he passed away right there." Childhood tragedy, unlikely success and emotional reunions: Max Cavalera on how he reshaped metal with Sepultura and Soulfly
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• “Taking up music was a rebellion against order… I realised I was never going to be the most studious guitarist”: Why Steve Howe didn’t join The Nice or Atomic Rooster, and didn’t even go to his Jethro Tull audition
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• Harm's Way guitarist Bo Lueders dead at 38
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• "I want to do lots of different things. I'm always on some sort of learning curve." Every album Robert Plant has made since Led Zeppelin broke up, ranked from worst to best
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• "We're honouring a legend." Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Chris Cornell featuring members of Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and more
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• Arnel Pineda Tried to Pull Out of Journey's Farewell Tour
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• The Black Crowes Albums Ranked Worst to Best
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• "Not just a way to disrupt the status quo, but perhaps to destroy it completely." Sub Pop announces details of what promises to be the best record on the label since its '90s heyday, and you can hear the first single now
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• "It wasn't quite working with the three of us. We were thinking that maybe we should continue with someone else." Alex Lifeson says he initially had doubts about new Rush drummer Anika Nilles
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• Blackie Lawless Reveals the Title of His Upcoming Memoir
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• "We don't write songs which shy away from witnessing a world in its trauma, its rage and pain." U2 surprise-release new six-song EP Easter Lily
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• Lost treasures: Ten cult classic albums worth scouring second-hand record stores for
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• Guns N' Roses Kick Off World Tour With Live Debut of New Songs
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• Iron Maiden Announces 2 Major Additions to EddFest Lineup
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• Babymetal announce a tour of the Americas with support from Halestorm and Violent Vira, plus an expanded edition of last year’s Metal Forth album featuring Bring Me The Horizon’s Jordan Fish
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• "Bonzo picked George Harrison up and launched him into the swimming pool. He said it was the greatest night of his life!" How Led Zeppelin seized control of the industry and became the biggest rock band on the planet
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• How Would Neil Peart Feel About the Rush Reunion?
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• Yes postpone this month's Fragile UK tour as guitarist Steve Howe requires surgery
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• "It was an experiment, and not everyone was ready for that kind of change!" Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps
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• "I'll definitely take being number one in fourteen countries!" The story of the song that heralded Blondie's comeback – but tanked in the US
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• "I put my hand up and said I'm bringing trouble to them. Here we are." Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova added to Russian federal wanted list
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• "We want it to happen just as much as you do." Resurrected prog metal heroes Nevermore reveal why they won't play the USA in 2026
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• The Black Crowes Dig Out Rarities for First Concert of 2026
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• “I liked Master Of Puppets, but I’d definitely change the channel when Dave Mustaine got in the car”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s 1986 game-changer
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• Hear Peter Gabriel's New Song 'Till Your Mind Is Shining'
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• "It takes me back to my schooldays." Peter Gabriel shares his latest single Till Your Mind Is Shining
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• Deep Purple and Kansas Announce 2026 Tour Dates
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• Suki Lahav, Former Bruce Springsteen Violinist, Dead at 74
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• Who Are the 'Big 4' of British Rock Bands?
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• "We like going places where it's a challenge." How Queen helped tear down the Iron Curtain
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• “He may be alluding to life, the universe or a balance sheet, for all the listener knows”: The 1980 album that brought George Orwell, Casio calculators and a pop producer into the realm of prog
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• "We exchanged no words. He eyed me up and down, dipped the silver tube he wore on a chain into a bag of white powder, shoved it up my snout, then walked out. I was up for three days." The day The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde met Motorhead's Lemmy
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• "There'd be guys in full Kiss make-up just standing there flipping us off for the whole set." After the release of Adrenaline, Deftones faced hostile audiences and were forced to hone their chops the hard way
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• Bob Dylan Launches a Patreon: What's on It?
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• Eric Clapton Announces 2026 Crossroads Guitar Festival
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• Former ELO members reunite to present band's silver electric cello donated to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
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• 10 Kiss Songs for People Who Don't Like Kiss
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• Vote for the Best Album of the '70s: Pink Floyd vs. The Who
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• "I wanna write lyrics that have real weight in real life experience. I don’t wanna write about still dyeing my hair black!" Members of influential bands Crowbar and Type O Negative unite in dour new supergroup Sun Don't Shine
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• Gene Simmons Announces Summer 2026 Solo Dates With '80s Rockers
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• "Pete Doherty said that I was a high-kicking acrobat crossed with Nico. I was very pleased with that." Approved by Blondie, Iggy Pop and the Sex Pistols, The Molotovs are a ferocious generational voice
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• 15 of Rock's Funniest Pranks and Jokes
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• Bruce Springsteen Blasts Trump at Tour Launch in Minneapolis
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• “I just wanted to punch that dude in the face." How Linkin Park pushed themselves to the limit on Hybrid Theory and changed the face of metal
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• "The America that I've written about for 50 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration." Bruce Springsteen launches his fiercest attacks yet against "criminal clown" Donald Trump
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• How Arthritis Made Keith Richards Adapt His Guitar Playing
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• "This record could change your life, if itneeds changing. It's adefiant burst of joy for a world in flames." Jim Jones All Stars' Cat Fight is a record for people who wanna have a good time, all the time
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