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LouderSound7/12/2026

“I discovered our album by chance when a pub landlord showed me his copy”: They brought steampunk to prog, connected to The Stones and The Who, and didn’t know their only record had been released until 32 years later

Bram Stoker brought steampunk to prog, connected to The Stones and The Who, and didn’t know their only record had been released until 32 years later

LouderSound7/11/2026

“We could have followed a similar path to Queen. But our first song was our strongest and the whole thing was short-lived”: The story of Genesis/Yes supergroup GTR’s When The Heart Rules The Mind

In 1985 guitarists Steve Hackett and Steve Howe hit the US Top 20 with GTR’s When The Heart Rules The Mind – and then it was suddenly all over

LouderSound7/8/2026

“We played Madison Square Garden twice in one day… we saw our name in 50ft-high letters and said, ‘Perhaps we’ve made it!’ We bought a load of tickets off a scalper and gave them away”: When the Moody Blues started taking themselves seriously

Justin Hayward and co weren’t sure how long The Moody Blues would last after inheriting the music of Denny Laine - but they needn’t have worried

LouderSound7/7/2026

"I purposely ignored this record for a long time. I didn’t really fully understand the band because I never gave it a chance." Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon on the '80s alt. rock album that changed his life, and his band, forever

"It changed everything"

LouderSound7/7/2026

“Some guy who obviously didn’t recognise me said, ‘You just ruined a classic song.’ But another chap replied, ‘He’s allowed. He wrote the song!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident

Keyboard legend Keith Emerson’s jam-packed career saw interactions with the ‘strange’ Dario Argento, Motörhead’s Lemmy, and karaoke

Blabbermouth6/19/2026

SPINESHANK: 'We've Got Some Songs In The Oven Right Now'

At last weekend's Download festival in the United Kingdom, SPINESHANK vocalist Jonny Santos, drummer Tommy Decker and guitarist Tommy Decker, Jr. spoke to Neil Jones ‪of TotalRock spoke about the band's plans to write and record new music in the not-too-distant future. Santos said (as transcribed by...

Metal Injection5/27/2026

ASCENSION SKIPLINE, CHIMAIRA Members' Previous Projects From The 90s, To Take The Stage Once More

Chimaira members are getting together this November to resurrect the two bands that came before the heavy metal group's inception.

The PRP5/26/2026

Chimaira Members To Resurrect Their Mid-90s Bands Ascension Skipline For November 2026 Show

Going 'Back To Before The Beginning'.