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“Life is short. I can’t sit around waiting for a reunion that may never happen. It felt like the right time to finally do this”: When Mike Portnoy performed his Dream Theater 12-Step Suite – without Dream Theater

Mike Portnoy stopped drinking in 2000, giving rise to the 12-Step Suite, a set of five songs inspired by his Alcoholics Anonymous experience, delivered across...

“If it wasn’t working, I could see the point of changing. But we were more successful than ever. It was incomprehensible”: The tumultuous story of Sepultura’s Roots album and their bitter split

Sepultura’s 1996 album Roots was one of the most pivotal albums of that decade, priming the band for even bigger success - but instead it...

“A light was in the wrong place and he went straight off into the orchestra pit and broke his leg. He did the show, but he was obviously not feeling great”: The chaotic story of forgotten Deep Purple spin-off project Paice Ashton Lord

Paice Ashton Lord are the neglected branch on the Deep Purple family tree. Not surprising, given that their existence amounted to just one studio album...

“So that’s why I’m a skinny f***.” Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee on the physical demands of being a rock drummer

Tommy Lee says the physical demands of drumming for a rock band like Motley Crue for so many years is the reason he is a...

“There were more people there than they had ever cumulatively played to in their career at that point.” The story behind the Ramones first ever UK show, on Independence Day 1976

On November 8, 1975, NME magazine ran a live review of a Ramones and Blondie show at the Performance Studio on New York's Lower East...

“At almost 72, I’m realising that there are things I won’t be able to do forever, such as singing Over My Head”: The return of King’s X with Three Sides Of One

In 2022 King’s X ended a 15-year silence with the release of most recent album Three Sides Of One. Ahead of its launch they told...

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