Rock News 2026-04-09

• Who Are the 'Big 4' of Rock Supergroups?
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• Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years
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• “His legend has only grown since his death. He comes closer than anyone to being the best guitar player that ever lived”: In 1989, this cult rock’n’roll musician was called “the world’s greatest unknown guitar player”. Five years later he was dead
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• Is WKRP Coming to Cincinnati for Real?
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• The Black Crowes Dig Out Rarities for First Concert of 2026
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• "I’m not the first woman in metal. I just did it a little more my own way." The trailblazing black metal star who worked with Martin Scorsese and Michael Bolton before taking on the mother of all career changes
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• “He asked, ‘Who owns the rights to your albums?’ I was like, ‘We should.’ He said, ‘How about I buy them for you?’” It took nearly 50 years for Happy The Man to hear their music the way they’d intended
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• "It was scary when we were getting death threats over social media." After angering the far right by pretending to murder Donald Trump, alien monster metallers Gwar couldn't believe people were trying to censor them
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• “Our peers – Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Green Day – see the honesty and they get it. A lot of people never will, but that’s not important”: Horror-punk icons the Misfits recorded their classic debut album in 1978. It took 18 years for it to be released
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• Longtime Van Halen Engineer Donn Landee Dead at 79
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• 5 insanely obscure 1980s rock albums that are a perfect 10/10
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• Listen to Jack White's Two New Singles
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• 10 Kiss Songs for People Who Don't Like Kiss
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• "Like Blondie with Teeth." Shakin' Street mix high-energy rock with post-punk pop sensibility on album starring Ross The Boss and Fabienne Shine
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• "English people don't really want to feel that much." The curious tale of Robert Smith's least favourite Cure album, despite him telling the world "anyone who doesn't like this just doesn't like the Cure"
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• The Gaping Hole in Paul McCartney's Resume? His Solo Career
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• Inside Corrosion of Conformity's 'Love Letter to Rock and Roll'
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• Twisted Sister announce first show with Sebastian Bach - and it's in Alaska
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• "I first met Phil Lynott completely by accident during my first ever acid trip." Original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell on the birth of the band and his relationship with their "gentle and romantic" frontman
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• “When Eric Clapton left, we tried different guitarists. Peter Green told me he was better than everybody else. Once I heard him play, I realised he was”: How the most influential British blues band of the 60s replaced one brand new guitar god with another
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• "People were throwing coins and smashed up cups. It was horrifying!" This is what it's like supporting metal legends Iron Maiden in front of a hostile crowd, according to Atreyu guitarist Dan Jacobs
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• Win a Heaven and Hell 'Breaking Out of Heaven' Box Set
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• Bob Dylan Adds More Dates to His Summer Tour
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• "Slipknot is a big scary monster and we're losing control of it." How Slipknot's angriest and sweariest song helped the metal icons land the heaviest number one album in history
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• “I cried my eyes out when I heard Maiden’s Brave New World. There was this sense of great loss that hit me really hard”: Blaze Bayley comes clean about leaving Iron Maiden, clashing with Rick Rubin and the heart attack that nearly killed him
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• "I was never a fan of it and I didn't even want it to be on the record." The emotional Linkin Park anthem that Chester Bennington didn't originally like but became one of the biggest rock songs of all time
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• "There are certain signature sounds that come directly from his playing – not from the equipment, but from him." New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reveals her thoughts on Neil Peart's playing
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• “We’d been getting a battering about how polished we sounded. So we started to search for a little more earthiness”: How a hard rock band who made Johnny Rotten “jump around like a lunatic” made a gritty 70s classic – and caused uproar with the cover
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• Howard Jones, Wang Chung and English Beat Announce Summer Tour
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• “I’ve often wondered if other people knew what I was talking about!” This is why Roger Chapman sings about his shoe in Family classic Burlesque
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• New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band
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• 25 Songs for National Beer Day
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• Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: April 6, 2026
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• “We’re back to being the opening act – a difficult pill to swallow. But I see a great opportunity”: Textures pioneered djent but never received full credit. Can their comeback album secure their achievements?
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• Joe Jackson's 'Hope and Fury': Album Review
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• “The atmosphere was intense. Manson said hello and I froze. There was a feeling of extreme evil in the room”: Jon Keliehor went from an unknown psychedelic group to playing with The Doors, turning down The Byrds and rubbing shoulders with Charles Manson
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• Lindsey Buckingham's Alleged Attacker Faces 7 Criminal Charges
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• “My partners lived bohemian lives but ran the band like a capitalist corporation. Exploiting other people makes you feel lonely, I guess”: Why Karl Bartos had to leave Kraftwerk
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• “Someone put toilet paper in my back pocket and set fire to it. I sat in the sink and fell asleep. The soundtrack to that night was Gong!” How Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway got into prog
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• Twisted Sister Announces 2026 Tour Dates With Sebastian Bach
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• 21 Candies From the 1980s That You Haven’t Thought About in Years
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• "I am your Rat Queen! We're on a mission to defend the realm from those who seek to destroy it." Watch one of the most hyped young bands in heavy metal battle on stage as Castle Rat slay a brilliant new live set
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• The 11 best songs from 1973
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• "Good luck with your music, I will continue to not listen to it." Gloves are off in Arch Enemy v Kiko Loureiro copyright beef as former Megadeth man and Michael Amott trade barbs
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• Pink Floyd Set to Release Rare Extended Version of '70s Favorite
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• Billy Idol Adds New Summer 2026 Tour Dates
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• “How dare he revolutionise rock’n’roll then give it all up and just walk away without a word!” Syd Barrett was never lost. He just didn’t want to be found
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• Ozzy Osbourne's Los Angeles Home for Sale at $17 Million
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• "Everybody I know is sending me the clip!" Kansas react to viral Carry On Wayward Son sketch on Saturday Night Live
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• “Whoever listens closely to Hallelujah will discover that it is a song about sex, about love, about life on earth”: How Jeff Buckley turned a Canadian troubadour’s forgotten song into a one-man tour de force – and launched a million bad cover versions
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• Veteran R&B, Funk and Rock Drummer James Gadson Dead at 86
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• "I just want her to leave me alone and not hurt anyone else." Woman charged with alleged stalking of Ghost singer Tobias Forge
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• Why and How Neil Young Drove a Hearse Across America
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• Hear Ratt's Stephen Pearcy Perform 'I Need U' From New Solo Album
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• “There would be no Holiday In Cambodia without Hawkwind”: Jello Biafra discovered the space rockers in a copy of Penthouse – and wound up singing Silver Machine with Nik Turner
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• Neal Schon Responds to Arnel Pineda's Journey Tour Allegations
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• Watch Guns N' Roses Play 'Bad Apples' for First Time Since 1991
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• Sons of Kiss' Stanley and Simmons Announce First-Ever Live Shows
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• “When you’ve got the helicopter, the yacht, the private jet, what do you do? ‘I’ll go into space and pretend it’s for research!’” Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into the cosmos, and regrets William Shatner went there too
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• Crowdfunding campaign launched to support the family of late GosT mastermind James Lollar
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• Blackie Lawless Reveals the Title of His Upcoming Memoir
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• “I used to cringe when I heard my voice on those songs, and then it went to Number 1! I remember it blasting out of radios. I was mortified”: The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde wrote a classic late 70s hit. She’s still not sure why it was so popular
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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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• “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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• Upcoming CSN Documentary Shows ‘Deep Love,’ Not Fighting
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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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• "When I wrote that song I was really going through it...I was almost embarrassed by it." From Brazil to the UK, the hardcore punk four-piece channelling Distillers fury via some deeply personal lyrics
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• Can You Guess the Band Just by Looking at Their Fans?
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• “Spielberg requested a meeting. They’d written a movie and decided their hero’s favourite band would have been Huey Lewis & The News”: How a Hollywood legend and a time-travelling teenager turned a veteran rocker into an unlikely 80s superstar
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• Suki Lahav, Former Bruce Springsteen Violinist, Dead at 74
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• "A starting point for new listeners to discover the depth and breadth of their peerless album catalogue." Pink Floyd announce new compilation album including extended version of classic track
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• Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory
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• "We were invited to a séance by some girls in Italy. It all got a bit out of hand, a bit freaky. That was the first and last time we tried to summon spirits of the dead." How Uriah Heep's Demons And Wizards album turned them into global superstars
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• U2 Releases New 'Easter Lily' EP
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• How One of the Who's First Managers Met a Tragic End
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• "My role in life was to be a proud, bold lion, to tell the truth, and stick up for what's right." Dave Mustaine on Megadeth's final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness, and trading mosh pits for a silver-screen future
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• Geddy Lee on Using Rush Name: 'What Else Do You F—ing Call It?'
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• "We didn’t always know what we were doing on this record, and I think that’s the beauty of it." Jonathan Davis and Munky share the stories behind every song on Korn's game-changing debut album
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• "There can be more spices – we have a choir on three songs – but the foundation must be secure." 16 albums into a 44-year career, German thrash veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing
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• Here's How Rush Will Honor Neil Peart at Their Reunion Shows
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• Take a tour of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's Los Angeles home – and if you like what you see, it's yours for $17 million
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• Metallica Announces Only 2 Non-Sphere US Shows of 2026
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• "Their record label couldn't figure out whether they were the next Poison or the first Guns N' Roses." The story of Jetboy, the band who could have saved glam metal but didn't
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• “Gram had this idea of ‘Cosmic American Music’. Music had no rules back then. There was so much freedom”: The trailblazing ’60s country-rock band who pioneered a whole new sound – only for the Eagles to steal their thunder
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• How Graham Nash is Keeping the CSN Legacy Alive
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