British Punk Rock
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Will Denmark Castle be the most rock ‘n’ roll hotel in Soho?
This is not another central London luxury hotel covered in chandeliers, marble bathrooms and white walls. Punk rock throbs in Soho’s latest opening, Chateau Denmark, where ... -
Here comes your men (and wife), Kurt – slightly weathered
As Nirvana took the world by storm with their album “Nevermind” and single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in the early 1990s, frontman Kurt Cobain came out ... -
Rockers React to Jon ‘Jonny Z’ Zazula’s Death
The death of Megaforce Records founder Jon “Jonny Z” Zazula is reverberating throughout the world of rock and metal. Zazula, along with his wife Marsha, laid ... -
Gerard Way knows people miss guitar music
It’s interesting to look back too, because they had the grunge tag and we have the emo tag, and I don’t think any of our bands ... -
Skunk Anansie Releases New Song “Piggy”
British rock icons Skunk Anansie roar into 2022 with a fierce new track titled ‘Piggy’. A punk-rock explosion of distorted riffs, growling vocals and powerful beats, ... -
Colin Hay/Ringo Starr, Babyface Ray and more
So many artists, so little time. Every week, we review a handful of new albums (from all genres), round up even more new music that we’d ... -
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ singer and actor, dies at 74
Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rocker whose 1977 debut album, “Bat Out of Hell” — a campy amalgamation of hard rock and Broadway-style bombshell — became one ... -
Watch Duran Duran Play “Save a Prayer” on “Austin City Limits”
Duran Duran turned “Save a Prayer” into an atmospheric synth-pop chant for their episode of Austin city limits. The performance, available below in an exclusive video, ... -
10 bands who rip off Black Sabbath but get away with it
“Scam” might be the last phrase anyone wants to hear to describe their band, but when it comes to imitating Black Sabbath, that’s not always a ... -
How Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Lost His Porsche
The idea that a Metallica album could sell 10 million copies once seemed so absurd that Kirk Hammett bet his Porsche against it. As the story ... -
Loverboy Shares “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” – Inspired “Release”
Loverboy has released a cathartic new single titled “Release”, an ode to rock fans everywhere whose video celebrates the band’s past and present. You can listen ... -
Anthea Turner reveals surprise passion for lockdown as she falls in love with punk art and builds impressive collection
TV presenter Anthea Turner has revealed her passion for lockdown – the love of British punk artist Mark Sloper. The broadcaster was introduced to the controversial ... -
Breadboy: Tony Macaulay’s second memoir turned into a musical, with a great opportunity for a rising star
The hunt is on to find the best thing from sliced bread for a new musical adaptation of a man’s second memoir from Belfast. Author Tony ... -
Neil Diamond was “thrilled” to give the Monkees “I Am a Believer”
In January 1967, the Monkees had a # 1 hit with “I’m a Believer”, a song originally written by Neil Diamond. Diamond said the manager of ... -
Stryper Singer – Unlike Slayer, We Practice What We Preach
Over the years, Michael Sweet has firmly maintained his belief that Stryper is not a Christian band, but rather a band made up of Christians. However, ... -
UK fan travels to New York to see Katy Perry’s NYE performance in Las Vegas
Katy Perry kicked off the New Year with a performance in Las Vegas. KatyCats descended on Sin City for the chance to watch one of the ... -
Rockers remember Betty White who died at 99
Golden Girl Betty White has passed away. She was 99 years old and a few weeks away from celebrating her 100th birthday on January 17th. Many ... -
The epic prank John Madden pulled on ‘Saturday Night Live’
John Madden arrived with a few tricks up his sleeve when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982, including one specially for producer Dick Ebersol. “With ... -
Jason Bonham names Robert Plant’s favorite Led Zeppelin songs
It’s always interesting to know which song from a musician they like the most, especially when it’s such a huge band like Led Zeppelin. During a ... -
Robin Le Mesurier, former Rod Stewart guitarist, died at 68
Robin Le Mesurier, the guitarist best known for his long association with Rod Stewart, has died at the age of 68. Reports say the musician was ... -
Axl Rose and Tom Keifer pay tribute to late vocal coach Ron Anderson
Axl Rose, Tom Keifer and several other rock legends this week mourned the loss of famous vocal coach Ron Anderson, who died Sunday at the age ... -
Unforgettable moments of Tobias Forge without a mask
Tobias Forge captivated the rock and metal world throughout the 2010s as the mastermind behind Ghost. Since her eventual unmasking, Forge has made a few rare ... -
The best musical reissues of the year, from the Beatles to Philly soul to The Roots
The best reissues of the year include a full Beatles immersion experience, an array of Philadelphia International Records 50th anniversary releases, Joni Mitchell and John Coltrane ... -
Tony Iommi shares new details about Ozzy Osbourne’s team in 2022
Tony Iommi says a reunion song recorded for Ozzy Osbourne’s upcoming solo project is “awful, really” before adding he was just kidding. “No, that’s good. It’s ... -
Badfinger’s Straight Up album creates a sensation 50 years later
Despite struggling with their record label and crooked manager, power-pop pioneers Badfinger have shattered their landmark Directly album in December 1971. Swansea in Wales remembers its ... -
Denis O’Brien, George Harrison’s former manager, died at age 80
Denis O’Brien, who was George Harrison’s commercial director and produced several feature films with the former Beatle, has died at the age of 80. O’Brien’s death ... -
Vagina Avant-garde Tampa Shuffle Hosts “Babefest” Concert This Weekend | Show previews | Tampa
Click to enlarge The nonprofit Love Your Rebellion (LYR) is bringing back Cincinnati’s Lung for the arts and activist event Babefest, which this year takes place ... -
Lindsey Buckingham blames Stevie Nicks for Fleetwood Mac LP delay
Lindsey Buckingham has claimed her former bandmate Stevie Nicks was responsible for Fleetwood Mac’s lack of new material in recent years. In a conversation with Classic ... -
Brighton and Hove News »The Atom Jacks organize a« bunker party »at Hope & Ruin
The Atom Jacks performing live at The Hope & Ruin, Brighton 4.12.21 (photo Cris Watkins / PunkInFocus) (click to enlarge) THE ATOM JACKS – HOPE AND ... -
The Strokes to headline this Ain’t No Picnic festival
A years-delayed Goldenvoice festival at SoCal announced its new lineup on Friday – but no, it’s not Coachella. This Ain’t No Picnic, a cover of a ... -
Dave Grohl’s Death Metal cover of Lisa Loeb’s “Stay”
Dave Grohl and producer Greg Kurstin have reunited for another edition of “Hanukkah Sessions”, covering Lisa Loeb’s 1994 hit “Stay (I Missed You)”. “Welcome to the ... -
Redbrick Meets: we are scientists
Ahead of their UK tour, which kicks off in the UK on November 24e and arriving in Birmingham on December 6th, I sat down with Keith ... -
10 artists who prove that the future of rock is female
As Dave Grohl helps launch the career of his daughter, Violet, and Nandi Bushell drum fights, he continues to point out that young women are the ... -
Choose Love Cuts Funding For Calais Shows Limits Of Celebrity Philanthropy | Daniel Trille
PIn the event of a humanitarian emergency in any part of the world, the needs will appear remarkably consistent. Once people escape immediate danger, they need ... -
Travel: Most ‘amazing’ destinations to discover in 2022 – and some are in the UK | Travel News | To travel
Between April and June 2021, UK citizens made 95% less air travel than in the same period in 2019. So there is no doubt about it: ... -
Mick Rock, legendary photographer behind iconic images of Bowie, Lou Reed and more, dies at 72
You might not know Mick Rock by name, but you’ve seen his photos on iconic album covers: “Transformer” by Lou Reed, “Foreigner” by Cat Stevens, “Pinups” ... -
Rammstein guitarist doesn’t think of Ghost as a “stage” band
The era of stadium rock may be coming to an end, at least in the mind of Rammstein guitarist and Emigrate frontman Richard Kruspe. In a ... -
Poll: What’s the best song on Green Day?
What is the best song from Green Day? That’s what we want to know from you in this week’s Loudwire Nights Artist of the Week poll! ... -
Wacky’s ‘Masked Singer’ double elimination reveals British punk, pop royalty
Pepper and the jester in “The Masked Singer”. (Photo / s: Fox) It was a great pop / punk night on Masked singer Wednesday – when ... -
Sing 2 Trailer Breakdown: Garth Jennings Talks About The Beasts, Bono And The Major Role Of Adam Buxton | Movies
2016 To sing was way more fun than it got allowed to be, and with a star-studded cast, a gill-stuffed soundtrack, a set of furry animated ... -
Miscellaneous: Box Of Pin-Ups – The British Sounds Of 1965
Miscellaneous – Box Of Pin-Ups – The British Sounds Of 1965 Grapefruit 3CD / DL Outside now The British Sounds Of 1965, a new 3CD box ... -
Did Nirvana play at Carbondale on July 4, 1989? radio personality investigates with new podcast | Entertainment
Your browser does not support the audio element. An investigation into the legitimacy of a highly controversial performance by the famous rock band “Nirvana” with Kurt ... -
Weekly music guide – 4.11.2021
Music fans, we’re here with your weekly Leicester music guide featuring news and interviews from across the local scene. This weekly music update is brought to ... -
Rockers pay tribute to metal journalist Malcolm Dome
Malcolm Dome, the legendary metal journalist and author who coined the term “thrash metal”, has passed away at the age of 66. One of the first ... -
Randy Rhoads wins Rock Hall Musical Excellence Award
The late guitar virtuoso and Ozzy Osbourne collaborator Randy Rhoads received the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence at the induction ceremony ... -
′ Nothing Else Matters ′: 40 years of Metallica | Music | DW
It all started in 1981 with an ad placed in a local Los Angeles newspaper by a 16-year-old Dane called Lars Ulrich, which said, “The drummer ... -
Group meeting tours taking place in 2021 and 2022
Reunion: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (2022; no dates yet) The backstory: Their collaborative chemistry, aptly described by a British magazine as “so sweet, attentive and ... -
I’m a girl who first tried the “grungy” Spiders nightclub in Hull – Lucy Marshall
Everyone kept saying how good Spiders is – and after 19 months of shutting down, I couldn’t wait to try it for myself. Having never been ... -
“Music of the Spears” is Gold Play’s ninth UK No. 1 album
For the ninth time and their ninth album, The Cool game topped the UK charts. The recent “Music of the Spears” topped the charts with the ... -
Duran Duran releases new album 40 years after debut
Band Hanna Rantala LONDON, October 22 (Reuters) – When British pop group Duran Duran made their debut, they weren’t sure how long they were going to ... -
The legacy of Neil Peart awarded with the “Spirit of Drumming” scholarship
In honor of the late Rush drummer Neil Peart, Modern drummer magazine officially announced the “Neil Peart Spirit of Drumming Scholarship”, with the support of his ... -
Corey Taylor, Perry Farrell and more compete in “Above Ground” benefit
Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison are back, hailing two more classic albums on behalf of a good cause for their annual “Above Ground” benefit. And they ... -
Things to do: Egg Soup, Pachinko Hut, October 20, 2021
According to Sammy Westervelt, you can hear the very moment she knew her band, Egg Drop Soup, had made the right decision regarding their musical future. ... -
A higher power comes to Southampton
Higher Power will come to Southampton in November, as part of their UK tour. The genre-defying group from Leeds will perform at The Joiners on November ... -
Why the 1980s were the greatest decade of pop music of all
I SEEM to have spent most of my life trying to redeem the 80s. In fact, I’ve spent my entire journalistic career trying to redeem them. ... -
DP Diana Olifirova creates cinematic sitcom using Cooke Anamorphic / i – YMCinema
Unconventional cinematography for an unconventional story can be used as a logical approach to creating a cinematic sitcom. “We Are Lady Parts” is a A sweet ... -
Antonia Campbell Hughes to Direct Adaptation of Philomena Lynott’s Memoir ‘My Boy’ (Exclusive) | New
British actress and director Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ next project as a director is expected to be My boy (working title), an adaptation of the memoir of the ... -
10 things you didn’t know about John Constantine
An interesting trend among the writers of “Hellblazer” is that they also create their own version of the character. Constantine inspired Mike Carey, who wrote issues ... -
Iggy Pop, the still young godfather of punk
Iggy Pop, the American punk pioneer who became an icon for generations of musicians and fans, turned 74 this year, but his wit and vitality seem ... -
Sarah Perrotta’s new record is stimulating, enveloping and transformative
Sarah Perrotta The graceful and dramatic artistic song of Sarah Perrotta, a native of Mid-Hudson, has always struck me as a variation of progressive rock. This ... -
11 new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend: Ted Lasso finale, Muppets Haunted Mansion and more
A big batch of new movies and TV shows are coming this weekend, and not to say they’re welcome, but at least one entry disappoints us. ... -
Tom Morello says the problem with Rock Hall is “procedural”
Tom Morello has expressed his thoughts on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying the institution’s problems are largely “procedural.” “The reason they let me ... -
Find out how the death of legendary musicians was announced
Before social media and the internet, music fans learned of the deaths of their favorite artists in a variety of ways, from watching TV, listening to ... -
How Lack of Time Helped Judas Priest Find His “Entry Point”
The new Judas Priest box 50 years of heavy metal music presents a huge amount of material for any music fan to digest: 42 records bringing ... -
Year of unexpected collaborations includes intergalactic encounter between Coldplay and K-pop
On Coldplay’s bilingual single My Universe, Swedish producer Max Martin negotiates a shimmering sentimental ballad that unites the world in a sweet treat. Theo Wargo / ... -
“I don’t see the point” of the 50th “Who’s Next” tour
Roger Daltrey says the Who doesn’t need to mark the classic album’s 50th anniversary Who is next by interpreting it live or by creating a box ... -
Richard H. Kirk, post-punk pioneer of industrial music, dies at 65
Richard H. Kirk, founding member of the English group Cabaret Voltaire and a major figure in the creation of the post-punk style known as industrial music, ... -
Dave Grohl’s “ethical crisis” on the Rock stadium
Dave Grohl felt “in conflict” when Nirvana became a stage rock band, even though he had rejected the concept early in his career. In an interview ... -
Underground Sound Series hosts first of seven concerts
The Underground Sound series takes place weekly at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek.Vilar Performing Arts Center / Courtesy photo Last Friday, the Underground ... -
Collaboration column | Music can change lives
Collaboration Columns consist of multiple columnists offering their own views and experiences on a topic. This week, we’ll discuss how music can create a deeply personal ... -
Tom G. Warrior of Celtic Frost receives the “Swiss Music Prize 2021”
Celtic Frost, Hellhammer and Triptykon founder Tom Gabriel Fischer, better known by the pseudonym Tom G. Warrior, recently received the Swiss Music Prize 2021, awarded by ... -
Erykah Badu, Big Freedia among the 40+ best concerts in Houston
Manchester Orchestra Photo: Shervin Lainez Most sites still follow COVID-19 guidelines, including reduced capacity, social distancing, and masks. Many shows require proof of vaccine or a ... -
Baroness announces 2021 tour dates, fans choose each night’s setlist
The Baroness has just announced a series of tour dates in the United States in 2021. Dubbed the “Your Baroness” tour, the group’s setlist will be ... -
Kelsey Plum propels the Aces of Mercury
The Las Vegas aces were well rested. The Phoenix Mercury had just won two emotional knockout victories. And in a sea of stars, a bench player ... -
Ian Masters of Pale Saints & His Name is Alive Warren Defever has released a new ESP Summer LP (listen)
ESP summer, a.k.a Pale saints‘ Ian Masters and his former label mate 4AD Warren Defever of Her name is alive, released some folk and ethereal psyche ... -
Glen Matlock on his time in the Sex Pistols before all this Bollocks
It’s been almost 45 years since the Sex Pistols released their first single Anarchy In The UK, in November 1976, changing the face of popular music. ... -
No More Heroes: Six Decades After The Beatles Did It All, Is Pop Culture Finally Dead?
It was the year of the invention of sex, according to poet Philip Larkin. The contraceptive pill had just become available, allowing recreation rather than procreation, ... -
Justin Simien and Jaclyn Moore on Dear White People Season 4 and Say Goodbye to the Series
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the final season of Dear White People.] From the creator Justin simien, Dear Whites Vol. 4 is the latest ... -
Why You’ll See a ‘Gigantic and Huge’ Bull at Judas Priest Shows
Rob Halford has revealed why the current Judas Priest show features a “huge and gigantic” inflatable bull appearing on stage towards the end. The singer explained ... -
Rob Halford explains why Judas Priest has a giant bull on stage
Judas Priest 50 years of heavy metal the tour is finally in action after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Rob Halford went into ...
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