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“I’d sit behind my dad and watch him play and watch people just go crazy. As a kid, you think that’s the coolest thing in the world. Because it is.” Taylor Hawkins’ son Shane is giving his late father’s classic rock covers band a new lease of life

Taylor Hawkins' son Shane says that his decision to take his late father's place in his classic rock covers band Chevy Metal is one way...

“I wasn’t feeling much of anything by the time it was released.” Failure’s brilliant third album Fantastic Planet should have made them superstars. Instead, it broke their hearts and split the band

In the summer of 1996, Los Angeles alt-rock trio Failure released Fantastic Planet. Named after René Laloux’s stop-motion sci-fi film, their third studio album was...

Louder Than Life has announced set times – get planning on how you’ll be spending your time at America’s largest rock and metal festival and grab tickets while you still can

Louder Than Life, America’s largest rock and metal festival, has officially announced the set times for its colossal 2026 edition, meaning you can get planning...

Gravecrawler – Nidus Review

Sometimes you need an album that slaps. An album to lower the type of smackdown to make The Rock jealous, an album that brings out...

“I don’t dislike the albums we made after that. Some of them are very good. But there was a wonderful innocence about that time”: Steve Howe’s favourite Yes songs are mainly from the 1970s

In 2015 Prog asked Yes guitarist Steve Howe to name his five favourite songs from his band’s catalogue. As it turned out, all but one...

“They got kicked out of their band because they wanted to shave their heads and call it Turd”: The story of Mr Bungle – how Mike Patton’s ex-high-school band made one of the strangest debut albums in heavy metal history

"The best description of Mr. Bungle I've ever heard is from Warren Entner," says Mike Patton. "He says, 'I couldn't really relate to it because...

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