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Japan's Richard Barbieri on the unusual reason he joined
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (692+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder Future Porcupine Tree member recalls being put off playing keyboards by Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman, and feeling…...
Aerosmith's Joe Perry on how The Beatles changed his life
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (729+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder In Malcolm Gladwell's 2008 book, Outliers: The Story of Success, the British-born journalist contends that "you need to have…...
The story of how Pyromania turned Def Leppard into superstars
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1504+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder Def Leppard made an album so huge that only Michael Jackson's Thriller prevented it from reaching No. 1 in…...
"I remember when I first heard Nevermind and I was like, "OK, it's on'." Radiohead's Thom Yorke recalls the moment he realised Nirvana were going to change the world
2+ day, 1+ min ago (296+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder Radiohead frontman on getting excited about new music and not obsessing over the past Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke…...
"I know he would be into this." Jack Osbourne responds to criticism of Ozzy AI avatar plan
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (318+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder The Osbournes have come under fire for digital Ozzy but Jack insists his dad would have approved Jack…...
How a real-life murder inspired two songs on Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (695+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder The killing of roadie and documentarian Joe Cole remains unsolved 35 years on The plan was to grab some…...
Sigur R's, Odin's Raven Magic and the end of Heaven and Earth
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (774+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder Labels have learned that post-rockers will do whatever they want. But did anyone expect a collaboration with a…...
"A riot broke out. The barrier had collapsed and broke somebody's leg. .. people were just tearing stuff apart!" From being hired, fired and hired again by one of metal's most influential bands to a life of sobriety, Exodus' Rob Dukes reveals all
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (486+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder He's had one of the most unique career trajectories in metal - but now Rob is back where he…...
"I'd log onto a school computer, listen to Evanescence and write 60 poems by the time the album was over." Melding visceral grime with pulsating metal, Native James is one of the UK's most unique and exciting new artists
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (795+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder From making poems in school to playing Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury, Native James has confirmed himself as an…...
How Bob Mould finally struck gold with Sugar's Copper Blue
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (445+ words) Explore interviews, stories and insights from iconic bands. Discover album reviews and the latest rock and metal releases. Stay Ahead With Louder Released in 1992, Sugar's debut album Copper Blue gave former H'sker D' man Bob Mould the commercial success he…...