Lorraine Lewis of FEMME FATALE recently joined Mark Strigl on his long-running independent "Talking Metal" podcast, where she discussed her recent collaboration with BLACKLIST UNION, her upcoming European tour with FASTER PUSSYCAT, working with TRIXTER guitarist/producer Steve Brown, her departure f...

LouderSound7/13/2026

"I honestly believe it was one of the best things I've ever done." The story of the Marc Bolan classic that inspired Prince twice

"I honestly believe it was one of the best things I've ever done"

LouderSound7/10/2026

"Once we realised the guys with guns pointed to our heads were cops, we were relieved." The night that armed police gatecrashed David Bowie's end-of-tour party

"A bunch of guys broke down the door, shouting with handguns drawn"

Blabbermouth7/8/2026

SOCIAL DISTORTION Releases Music Video For 'Tonight' From 'Born To Kill' Album

SOCIAL DISTORTION has released the official video for "Tonight", a smoking rock ballad from the veteran outfit's "best album in years" (Rolling Stone),"Born To Kill". Shot on location in Tulsa, Oklahoma, "Tonight" was directed by John Swab, whose credits include cult classic "Candy Land" as well as...

Loudwire7/3/2026

11 Great Rock + Metal Songs About America by Non-U.S. Artists

U.S. bands don't have the monopoly on writing about their homeland, you know!

LouderSound7/1/2026

"There’s two days missing from my life. Apparently, we had a really good time!" That time The Cure's Robert Smith went on a 48 hours drinking session with David Bowie's guitarist, then offered him a job

Robert Smith and Reeves Gabrels got together in 1997 to rehearse for David Bowie’s 50th birthday gig, then hit the town to celebrate. Things got messy

LouderSound6/30/2026

"If another c**t calls me The Firestarter I'll stab him in the f***ing throat." How The Prodigy's incendiary electronic punk album The Fat Of The Land put a bomb under heavy music and freaked out British politicians

Released on June 30, 1997, The Fat Of The Land blew the minds of a generation

LouderSound6/23/2026

"In the studio the baby I picked couldn’t put two gurgles together. I kicked it, I did everything to make it scream, and it really buttoned its lip." The stories behind David Bowie's Labyrinth soundtrack album, now celebrating its 40 anniversary

The five songs David Bowie recorded for Labyrinth were never performed live, but that doesn't mean they weren't special to him, or to fans

LouderSound6/23/2026

A record collection that belonged to the man who promoted The Beatles and managed the Rolling Stones is going under the hammer

Tony Calder's vinyl collection is being auctioned this week – and there's some incredible stuff up for grabs

LouderSound6/20/2026

“The rock business has become so established, and so much like a society, that I have revolted against it." After killing off Ziggy and breaking up the band, David Bowie recorded a covers album in a French castle. This is the story of Pin Ups’ creation

After Aladdin Sane, Bowie recorded Pin Ups to pacify his label – but the critics weren't impressed

LouderSound6/19/2026

"Music of vaulting ambition, cinematic in scope, literate, endlessly witty and intelligent." Nine 10cc albums you should listen to and one to avoid

"Music of vaulting ambition, cinematic in scope, literate, endlessly witty and intelligent"

Loudwire6/12/2026

34 LGBTQIA+ Icons in Rock + Metal

Honoring the musicians who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

LouderSound6/12/2026

How the band David Bowie called “a psychotic Beatles”made the '80s weirdest and most influential alternative rock album

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain admitted it, but pretty much every single alt. rock band has 'borrowed' from Pixies' 1988 masterpiece Surfer Rosa

LouderSound6/6/2026

“Bowie’s a hell of a fast guy. I had to be quicker than him. The band and David would leave the studio to go to sleep, but not me”: How David Bowie came back from the abyss and made four albums in one year that changed music forever

In 1977 David Bowie helped create four albums and found redemption. Not a bad year

LouderSound6/4/2026

"I knew something was wrong. I went to the bar and my girlfriend was there with another guy." The dagger-through-the-heart memory which inspired the biggest rock song of its generation

The story behind "the UK's alternative national anthem", inspired by heartbreak, David Bowie and Iggy Pop

LouderSound5/26/2026

“Slash came up to me and said, ‘Man, I got laid to your records so much.’ I said, ‘Dude, didn’t we go to high school together?’”: How Lenny Kravitz’s Let Love Rule and Mama Said turned him into a superstar

Bowie and Petty loved him, Jagger danced onstage with him, Slash jammed with him – this how Lenny Kravitz’s retro mix of rock, soul and funk made him a crossover star

Lambgoat5/24/2026

Ladrones call on fans to appear in upcoming music video

Ladrones have taken to social media to call on fans to appear in an upcoming music video set to film on May 28th and 29th. Fans that want the chance to appear can apply through the link here, but need to act fa...

Lambgoat5/24/2026

Beartooth's Caleb Shomo: "I am a proudly gay man"

Beartooth singer Caleb Shomo has come out as gay. This news comes after he deleted his social media for a period of time after being hit with homophobic slurs and more due to his appearance in the band's music video...