Record(s) o’ the Month – October 2024 Mere weeks remain before the big holiday events befall us. Of course, I’m speaking about the AMG Listurnalia, but yeah, Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s...
“Put this band in any venue and they will play like their lives depend on it”: While She Sleeps reiterate their place among the metalcore elite with exhilarating London show While She Sleeps’ second of two nights at O2 Forum Kentish Town may not have the scale of their Ally Pally concert last year, but...
“It was a reaction to a life of being bullied and also a celebration of fun. A lot of the metal world didn’t understand that”: How Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst became nu metal’s biggest star – and lived to tell the tale With his red cap and hip hop swagger, Fred Durst was the biggest and most divisive star of the nu metal era. But that’s only...
“Today will be my final gig with Iron Maiden.” Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain retires from band after 42 years Beloved Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain is officially stepping away from the band
“I’m told that I introduced Ozzy to cocaine when Black Sabbath opened for Mountain on their first American tour”: Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more
“Whether as a solo performer or part of a band, his remarkable playing and strident yet emotive voice remains a remarkable legacy”: John Wetton’s Concentus live box set, volume one Expansive 10-disc collection is the first of three charting decades of his onstage work