LouderSound7/15/2026
"Iggy was in a mental hospital when I first met him." In 1975, David Bowie introduced a 10-year-old Slash to Iggy Pop in a LA psych ward. He and Dennis Hopper later returned wearing space suits to share a bag of drugs with their friendIggy Pop's attempts to kick his drug addictions in the 1970s weren't always helped by his famous friends
LouderSound7/14/2026
"I was shocked at how fast it is on the record. If we’d recorded that song at the tempo we’d play it live a year later, it would have crushed buildings.” The 10 best Rollins Band songs chosen by guitarist Chris Haskett"If we’d recorded that song at the tempo we’d play it live a year later, it would have crushed buildings.”
Blabbermouth7/14/2026
LORRAINE LEWIS Collaborates With DEE SNIDER On Cover Of DAVID BOWIE's 'Heroes'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' AlbumSOCIAL 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. ArtistsU.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 jobRobert 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 politiciansReleased 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 anniversaryThe 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 hammerTony 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’ creationAfter 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 + MetalHonoring 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 albumNirvana'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 foreverIn 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 generationThe 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 superstarBowie 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 videoLadrones 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...
