"Hey, everybody. It's me, Dee Snider, and I'm not dying!" Twisted Sister frontman "still rocking, ain't stopping", despite reunion tour cancellation "Don't worry about old Dee" Louder · Feb 16
Steven Wilson announces two Royal Albert Hall dates in October, his only live shows this year Steven Wilson will perform with an orchestra and choir for the very first time with a live show featuring previously unheard arrangements of The Overview Louder · Feb 16
"I get choked singing that one. I lose the rhythm, lose the riff, and I think to myself: 'Oh, don't do that.' It's stupid." The story of the pub rock classic that journeyed from paradise to paradise lost With cryptic lines only some were meant to decipher, Dr Feelgood's Paradise experienced new life after tragic death Louder · Feb 16
"It's not big, it's not clever, but it is a lot of twelve-bar fun with that Keith Richards' twist": Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut Louder · Feb 16
“We have an identity crisis. People say, ‘I knew every one of those songs, but I had no idea they were yours’”: Mike + The Mechanics’ history is a bit more rock’n’roll than Genesis’ Spurred on by surprise early success, Mike Rutherford’s band endured a tough time with a demon-haunted singer, then a replacement who expected rehearsals to be all thought and no action Louder · Feb 15
"Under any authoritarian government, bad laws are there to be broken." Massive Attack react to High Court ruling that the UK government acted unlawfully when classifying Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation Keir Starmer's government acted unlawfully in proscribing Palestine Action, British High Court rules Louder · Feb 13
"I and so many others have experienced gaslighting, vilification, monitoring and covert manipulation." Sister Ghost shares raging punk single Not Your Toy, lines up special Valentine's Day show "We can reclaim our collective power" Louder · Feb 13
Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Crown Lands, System 7, Major Parkinson in Prog's Tracks Of The Week Great new prog from Myrkus, Godsticks, Koyo Bloom and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week Louder · Feb 13
“It would be interesting to revisit some of the songs, but it’s never going to happen. I don’t know who isn’t talking to who these days”: Judy Dyble was always amazed at the quality of her collaborators In 2018, Fairport Convention’s first female vocalist found herself inspired by a trapped rainbow, a bad Elvis impersonator and her early work with Giles, Giles and Fripp Louder · Feb 13
"The pursuit of immortality? I'll chase that as hard and fast as the next guy": Why the world is seeing a lot of Bruce Springsteen The last year has seen the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the expanded Nebraska ’82 and the completion of the Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour... and there's plenty more to come Louder · Feb 13
"I've got to be careful about what I say about it. But I've got a lot to say." Superstar drummer Josh Freese on his enforced "mystery" exit from Foo Fighters "One day it was nothing but laughs... and then it was just over" Louder · Feb 12
"We’re in the lab, we’re woodshedding, excited." Eddie Vedder says that Pearl Jam are preparing for a new era Pearl Jam look to life after Matt Cameron Louder · Feb 12
Alanis Morissette and Skunk Anansie added to inaugural State Fayre Festival line-up following the cancellation of Neil Young's European tour Alanis Morissette confirmed as new headliner for "the UK's biggest music and BBQ festival" Louder · Feb 12
"This is a much more insular record." Steven Wilson reveals details of his upcoming studio album Steven Wilson is expected to release the follow-up to last year's The Overview later this year Louder · Feb 12
Louder · Feb 12 "Fuelled by booze and pills, they cut their teeth delivering approximations of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran." Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with themop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discoveredsomething darker, druggier and way more dangerous
Louder · Feb 12 "He locked himself in the studio and threatened to burn the tapes. It was a stand-off for almost a day." How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived
Louder · Feb 12 "I was intubated, put in a coma for seventeen days. I had to relearn how to walk and talk – and my voice was completely different." Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke’n’honey battle cry With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away, roots star Elles Bailey's story is turning into a real page turner
Louder · Feb 12 "I looked over my shoulder, saw Ronnie Wood and thought: 'That's nice!' I didn't meet the Rolling Stones, but I waved at them from a golf cart." Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her complicated relationship with the blues Contemporary blueser Samantha Fish hits UK venues in late February, with mainland European and US shows beginning in March
Louder · Feb 12 "After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record." The story of the mongrel mix of blues, country and pop that sold a million and became the original rock’n’roll anthem Sell a million, get a free Cadillac
Louder · Feb 11 “Everything’s changed. We’re going to be rich.” How a song about gang wars helped a Ph.D. student and a school janitor become the '90s most unlikely rock stars The story of the song that helped launch the biggest independently-released rock album of all time
Louder · Feb 11 Marillion share new remix of Go! as they announce 25th anniversary reissue of marillion.com Marillion will release a new Deluxe Edition of 1999's marillion.com on CD and vinyl in June
Louder · Feb 11 The Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken dead at 72 Londoner Andrew Ranken is the fourth member of The Pogues to pass away
Louder · Feb 11 “I think we met with his approval. If I find him haunting me, I’ll know I did something wrong”: Tim Smith left an unfinished Cardiacs album when he died. Five years on, his bandmates released the finished version of LSD A brother who took over the band, a singer who struggled to keep the secret and a determination to do exactly what their late leader would have wanted led to the end of an 18-year journey
Louder · Feb 11 "There was about 380 people in the hall, sold out. There wasn’t a woman in sight." Carl Palmer looks back on the earliest Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows The birth of a prog rock legend
Louder · Feb 11 “I got three whacks with the cane for lying and skipping school. So I blame The Beatles for me being in the music business. I also blame them for getting a whacking!” Derek Shulman’s path to Gentle Giant Singer and future A&R icon recalls what the Fab Four meant to him, why Hendrix made him break up his first big band, and the truck stop where he met Syd Barrett, Eric Clapton and others